Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alan Cochtane & James Foster
Location: A1
Municipalities take different approaches to tackling noise complaints — Communities in New Brunswick are trying to find ways to deal with noisy motorcycles. — The City of Fredericton is now asking the community to provide feedback on a proposed motorcycle noise bylaw. — The issue of loud motorcycles came up at a recent Fredericton city council meeting, with council ready to push through its new noise bylaw which contains a noise limit of 92 decibels for motorcycles. But councillors... Read article
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Times & Tramscript
By: Allison Toogood
Location: A4
2013 Women of Distinction Gala to recognize community achievements of eight local women on May 10 at Peace Centre — Kaitlyn Enright is not a typical 20-something Canadian, trying to find her place and purpose in the world. — The Moncton native, currently studying the neurobiological underpinnings of impaired driving in her master's program at McGill University in Montréal, wants to help improve the lives of New Brunswickers, and she has always found the time to volunteer locally and... Read article
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Louise Gilbert
Location: D7
When we are younger and engaged in our careers full time, we mistakenly think that our work defines us. As we grow older and retire, we learn suddenly that it is our leisure and how we spend it that constructs who we really are. — Our Mayor's Seniors Advisory Committee members have been discussing leisure and social and cultural options for our senior residents since the recent release of our Older Adults' Needs Survey in Moncton. — We saw that seniors wanted more activities, yet many... Read article
Monday, April 29, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: James Foster
Location: A4
Young people fully engaged in literacy are but one highlight — Don't try to force Frye Festival chairwoman Dawn Arnold to choose one highlight from the 2013 edition of Canada's only bilingual international literary festival, the largest literary event in Atlantic Canada. — But for certain the number of truly engaged young readers and writers who marked this year's festival ranks quite highly. — When the Frye Festival held its high school writing awards ceremony for students across... Read article
Monday, April 29, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Ginabeth Roberts
Location: D1
Peter Coke comedy, plays tomorrow night at the Capitol Theatre — A feisty group of local seniors is ready to showcase their new-found acting and directing chops. — Tomorrow evening at the Capitol Theatre, the Moncton Lions Seniors Drama Group will create humorous havoc in Winter Glory , a comedy written by Peter Coke. — The nine-member cast, along with three directors and a prop and set manager, have been putting in three-hour rehearsals three times a week for the past few months... Read article
Monday, April 29, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Sylvie Mousseau
Location: 19
Moncton - Près de 16 000 personnes ont assisté aux activités du 14e Festival Frye à Moncton qui s'est clôturé dimanche sur l'envolée poétique du chef Gabriel Robichaud, alias le poète flyé. «Et puisse longtemps flyer de vos propres plumes!», a lancé le poète en tournant la dernière page de son poème inspiré des événements de la semaine. — — Les organisateurs sont très satisfaits de cette 14e édition qualifiée de mémorable par la directrice Danielle LeBlanc. — — Le festival... Read article
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
Heidi Jardine Stoddart shares stories with Riverview youngsters — Moncton's annual Frye Festival, one of Canada's best literary festivals, has clearly demonstrated its worth over its 14-year history. — But there is one component to the event each year that may be the most worthwhile of all. — Each year, Frye Festival authors go into area schools and talk to the next generation about writing. This year, there will be 140 presentations in 48 schools, reaching more than 10,000 students... Read article
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Keith Clement
Location: D8
To The Editor : How great and wonderful it is to see the wheels moving on the new civic centre, with a short list of developers (Events centre hopefuls a varied group, April 17). I wonder if consideration should be made to include the benefit a company gives to our region in having local offices and hiring local people who in turn spend their money locally. — Keith Clement, Moncton — Read article
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Rod Allen
Location: D8
Will Moncton have a Hill show? — Will hard-hitting T&T columnist — Alec Bruce finally tur n into a big blubbery jam-tart with the arrival of this third grandchild? — Will Mayor of All Moncton George LeBlanc get in trouble with the cops at this week's fabulous annual — Pollett River Run ? — So many pressing questions, Metro-Gnomes! Yet by comparison as pale and unappealing as a downtown rat-poop pizza next to the biggest question of all: what's Mountain Man 's favourite... Read article
Friday, April 26, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A8
Despite wet weather, until grass turns green there's still danger, officials say — Moncton Fire Department Deputy Chief Don McCabe loves April showers. — Rainy days are just what firefighters need to get a respite from the annual spate of grass and brush fires this time of year. — 'What we wait for is greening up,' he said. — Despite some really wet weather on Wednesday, warm, sunny weather is on the way this weekend. We're not out of the woods yet, so to speak, when it comes... Read article
Friday, April 26, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Steve Malloy
Location: D7
I had this friend some years back who lived in a pretty modest house that he inherited from his folks. A lot of the house wasn't well maintained, and I specifically remember a few things that stood out. His air exchanger was hanging out of the ceiling in his washroom, there was a soft spot in his bedroom floor that threatened to collapse if you walked on it, his back deck was a complete death trap, the windows weren't sealed properly and let in frigid air in the winter and his hot water would work... Read article
Friday, April 26, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Philippe Murat
Location: Page 2
FREDERICTON - Le président de la Société de l’Acadie du N.-B., Jean-Marie — Nadeau, menace de se tourner vers les tribunaux après la présentation du rapport final de la Commission sur la délimitation des circonscriptions électorales et la représentation. — M. Nadeau qualifie de désastre le redécoupage de la carte électorale provinciale présenté jeudi matin à Fredericton. — «Il y a un entêtement chez ces commissaires-là qui sont totalement irresponsables. C’est une disgrâce, d’une... Read article
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Allsion Toogood
Location: A1
Town hall staffers, some council members participate in Accent program — Riverview may be a mainly Englishspeaking town but it has recently made a conscious effort to acknowledge the French and bilingual population in Metro Moncton and beyond. — Last week, several council members, including Mayor Ann Seamans, and the town's front-line service staff participated in halfday language training program called Accent. The program was funded by ACOA and the provincial government. — Seamans... Read article
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Cole Hobson
Location: A6
Good variety of bicycles expected to be up for grabs — An upcoming event will give local citizens the chance to get a new-to-them bicycle at a good price. — The City of Moncton will be holding its annual bicycle auction on Saturday, May 4 at 10 a.m. at the D & M Auction Centre on 75 Millenium Blvd. — 'There's always a good variety of bikes there,' said Tanya Carter, purchasing manager for the city, noting they normally see everything from toddler bikes to mountain bikes to higher-end... Read article
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Étoile
By: Marc-Samuel Larocque
Location: A1
Depuis déjà un bout de temps, la qualité de l’air à l’école Champlain inquiète les parents et les membres de la communauté. L’école étant entourée d’entreprises industrielles, il a déjà fallu garder les jeunes à l’intérieur de l’école en raison des odeurs qui se dégagent de ces industries. Cependant, depuis quelque temps, la situation semble s’être améliorée. — La directrice de l’école, Chantal Desroches, explique que le problème de l’air est encore présent à l’école, mais qu’il est moindre... Read article
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Times & Trnascript
By: Ginabeth Roberts
Location: A3
More than 500 local volunteers celebrated at 15th annual Volunteer Recognition Breakfast — Some of Metro Moncton's most generous, kind, passionate and selfless individuals were thanked for their contributions to the community yesterday morning. — The Volunteer Centre of Southeastern New Brunswick honoured more than 500 local volunteers at its 15th annual Volunteer Recognition Breakfast at Casino NB. The breakfast was part of National Volunteer Week celebrations. — The theme of... Read article
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Jean-Marc Doiron
Location: 6
Le comité de candidature du Sud-Est et de l’Î.-P.-É. consulte la population — DIEPPE - Le comité de candidature du Sud-Est et de l’Î.-P.-É. visite les communautés de la région et les incite à «imaginer le Congrès mondial acadien 2019 ensemble». Mardi soir, le groupe a rencontré les gens de Dieppe. — Après avoir signé un protocole d’entente, le groupe du sud-est du Nouveau-Brunswick et de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard qui veut accueillir le Congrès mondial acadien (CMA) 2019 rencontre les gens... Read article
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Cole Hobson
Location: A1
Literary event is now celebrating its 14th successful year — The 14th annual Frye Festival was officially started yesterday during a ceremony at Moncton City Hall. — Running until Sunday, the Frye Festival will see more than 30 local, Canadian and international authors come to Metro Moncton to take part in nearly 50 events for all ages. — 'As I have watched this festival grow over the years, I am amazed and truly proud of how much literary talent we have right here in our city,... Read article
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D4
We Say: Government needs to protect success of cities — While it is gratifying to have Metro Moncton recognized as New Brunswick's main economic driver, the message from Atlantic Provinces Economic Council CEO Elizabeth Beale should be considered a challenge rather than cause for celebration. — Ms. Beale is right to say Metro's economy has managed to weather recessionary times relatively well compared to much of the province. This is because Metro's private sector has diversified into... Read article
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Olivier Robichaud
Location: 2
Moncton - Le Casino Nouveau-Brunswick a transféré 18,9 millions $ à la Société des loteries et des jeux du Nouveau-Brunswick (SLJNB) en 2011-2012. En 2007, la société d’État prévoyait recevoir un peu moins de 25 millions $ annuellement grâce aux profits du casino. — Selon l’entente conclue avec le gouvernement, le casino envoie 47 % de ses profits au gouvernement par le biais de la SLJNB. Un autre 3 % des profits financent un fonds pour les joueurs compulsifs. Le reste est empoché par le propriétaire,... Read article
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Sylvie Mousseau
Location: 19
Moncton – Ayant enfilé un costume de — chef cuisinier, le poète «flyé» Gabriel — Robichaud est apparu à l’ouverture du 14e — Festival Frye en invitant le public à se nourrir — l’esprit et l’imaginaire. Le grand rendezvous — littéraire qui a pris son envol lundi à — Moncton accueille une trentaine d’auteurs — francophones et anglophones. — D’ici à dimanche, la littérature sera bien — présente dans la région de Moncton avec un — festival qui... Read article
Monday, April 22, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
We Say: Regional marketing could be a key to a thriving events centre — It is worth noting that even though there are some striking similarities between London, Ontario's Budweiser Gardens and a downtown events centre as envisioned by its many supporters here, there are also differences. Janette MacDonald, director of Downtown London, told 350 of those supporters at a public meeting on Moncton's centre last week that London's 10,000-seat facility typically sells out games for the city's London... Read article
Monday, April 22, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Jean-Guy Richard
Location: D8
To The Editor : There certainly has been a lot written about a new entertainment centre for Moncton. I have come across a study done in the United States which relates to the proposed Moncton centre. — A study of several downtown centres financed in large part by taxpayers' money has isolated the factors which lead to success and those that do not. There are two major requirements for such downtown centres to be successful: 1) A strong density of downtown residents, mostly young professionals.... Read article
Monday, April 22, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: W.E, (Bill) Belliveau
Location: D6
The Moncton debate on sports and entertainment centres has been largely focused on cost and the perceived tradeoff between a centre and a new sewage system. As the folks from London, Ontario demonstrated at a Symposium hosted by Downtown Moncton Centreville Inc. (DMCI) this week, a well planned investment in a downtown centre is an investment in economic development with a significant ROI potential that could fund new sewage systems and other municipal infrastructure. It is not an 'either or' situation.... Read article
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Patrick Lacelle
Location: 2
Moncton - Le projet de Spataro Holding est bien accueilli par les autorités municipales et s’aligne à la vision qu’elles ont du centre-ville de Moncton. — Sébastien Arcan est urbaniste à la Ville de Moncton. L’immeuble de huit étages que compte ériger Spataro Holding est ce dont le centre-ville de la municipalité a besoin dans un effort de revitalisation. — «Une grande composante de revitalisation d’un centre-ville, c’est d’avoir non seulement des bureaux, mais aussi des gens y habitant... Read article
Friday, April 19, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alan Cochrane
Location: A1
Information technology industry helps hub city move forward in rough economic times — Despite economic uncertainty around the world, Metro Moncton is bucking the trends with continued growth in population, housing and new business startups, reinforcing its position as the economic engine of the province, analyst Elizabeth Beale said in her annual outlook statement yesterday. — 'The overall message is that the Maritime economy has been weak throughout the recession, with very little employment... Read article
Friday, April 19, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A4
Staff failed to obtain permit for generator fuel tank — The City of Moncton was fined yesterday after admitting it violated New Brunswick's Clean Environment Act. — City solicitor Nick Robichaud appeared in Moncton provincial court to answer to the charge on behalf of the city. The charge was that between June 9 and Dec. 5, 2011, the city unlawfully installed a storage tank system capable of holding more than 2,000 litres of fuel, without obtaining site approval and environmental approval... Read article
Friday, April 19, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alec Bruce
Location: D8
As Moncton approaches the future of its downtown core like a cat in a roomful of Tennessee rockers, it may benefit from learning how other, less tentative municipalities have embraced their own urban development. — Take, or example, London, Ont., and its titular parade marshall, Janette MacDonald, who told a broadly rapt audience at the Hub's Capitol Theatre on Wednesday, 'Just stop talking about it and get it done.' The 'it' to which the executive director of Downtown London - that city's... Read article
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Times & Trasncript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
Building includes condos, apartments, commercial space — It's just the sort of thing Moncton has been looking for. — When the City of Moncton and Downtown Moncton Centre-ville Inc. sponsored a community visioning exercise for downtown back in 2006, both the expert consultants hired to run the symposium and the more than 100 citizens who volunteered their time to brainstorm the future look and character of Moncton's urban core talked about the sort of development they wanted. —... Read article
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Patrick Lacelle
Location: 2
Moncton - «Il faut passer à l’action — maintenant et arrêter d’en parler!» C’est le — message qu’a lancé la directrice générale de — Downtown London, Janette McDonald, à la — communauté d’affaires de Moncton lors du — symposium Imagine, pour la construction — d’un nouveau complexe multifonctionnel au — centre-ville de la cité néo-brunswickoise. — En 1990, le centre-ville de London, en — Ontario, était en piètre état. Environ 25 % — des bureaux... Read article
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Patrick Lacelle
Location: 2
Moncton – Avant l’ouverture du Budweiser Gardens à London, les Knights, une équipe junior de la Ligue de hockey de l’Ontario, attiraient de 3000 à 4000 spectateurs. Aujourd’hui, l’équipe attire plus de 9000 partisans au centre-ville de la municipalité ontarienne. — En fait, selon son directeur du marketing, Chris Campbell, Le Budweiser Gardens a dépassé toutes les attentes pour l’équipe de hockey locale et les spectacles qui y sont présentés. — «L’achalandage régional a excédé d’environ... Read article
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
A closer look at who's interested in partnering with City of Moncton on events centre — One has been around since the 1950s, another dates back all the way to the 1920s. One is part of the Molson family dynasty that dates back to 1782 and has already invested in Moncton with its newest brewery. — One is among the world's largest events promoters, another is a world leader in the management of sports and entertainment venues. They've built hospitals and mines and university campuses.... Read article
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Times & Trancript
By: Ginabeth Roberts
Location: A4
Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview give students opportunity to gain experience in field of study with fourmonth positions — Local university students will write their last exams over the next couple weeks, and after the final equation is solved or sentence written, it's time to starting bringing home the dough. — If they can find a job, that is. — On jobbank.gc.ca, Service Canada's job search website, there are currently only eight student jobs advertised in the Moncton area, with... Read article
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
We Say: Today's events centre symposium, May 6 financing outlook are building energy — It's encouraging to see interest in an events centre project for downtown Moncton from such prominent firms as the three introduced to the public at Monday's session of Moncton City Council. — A name like L'Arena de Canadiens Inc./Evenko is bound to generate excitement as the builder of such massive sports and entertainment-themed projects as Montreal's Bell Centre and it is exciting that Ellis Don... Read article
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Telegraph Journal
By: James Foster
Location: B1
Enterprise Greater Moncton and the Province of New Brunswick officially launched their pilot project La Ruche on Tuesday, a business incubator for new Frenchspeaking entrepreneurs in the Moncton area. — The program provides guidance and support services to help French-speaking entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses with the help of EGM's business expertise. — Budding new business professional Olivier Bertrand said La Ruche, which is French for "The Hive," has been an immeasurable... Read article
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Times & Trancript
Location: A10
Environment and Local Government Minister Bruce Fitch has presented the City of Moncton the Council of the Federation excellence in water stewardship award for its automated water meter reading project. Here, Fitch, left, presents the award to Mayor George LeBlanc and city staffer Julie Stokes. The city is the first municipality in Canada to complete a full installation of the Radio Frequency Fixed Network System, which monitors the water usage and leakage of 20,000 residential and 1,400 commercial,... Read article
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alan Cochrane
Location: D7
It was interesting to sit in the back row of Moncton City Hall last Thursday and listen as a group of high school students brainstormed ideas of things they'd like to see associated with a new downtown multi-events centre. — As one of the girls wrote on a big sheet of paper, others shouted out their ideas: a bigger library, Internet café, restaurants, an allages nightclub, art gallery, music and arts centre with recording studios, a videogame arcade with virtual reality suites, rockclimbing... Read article
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Times 7 Transcript
By: Romeo LeBlanc
Location: D8
Catgeories:
To The Editor : Bravo to Councillors Hicks and Bourgeois for their courage exposing the cult of secrecy that exists in the administration of too many municipalities. Mayor George LeBlanc's response is flawed, simply because the employed administrators of the city have sneaky ways of including in the meeting's agenda items which are considered 'sensitive' such as personnel or contractual issues - it may be only one item, innumerous items, but enough to justify a closed meeting. — The same scenario... Read article
Monday, April 15, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Ginabeth Roberts
Location: A1
Keeping kids active in organized sports can be expensive but there are ways to keep the costs in check — Every parent wants their children to be active, healthy and social, things sports and recreational activities can provide, but are also tough on the wallet. — Over the weekend the City of Moncton held a spring/summer sport and recreational registration event at the Crossman Community Centre-Kay Arena. — At the one-stop shopping event parents and kids could get advice about... Read article
Monday, April 15, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A2
There should be plenty of discussion tonight as Moncton city council holds a regularly scheduled public meeting. As the final few months of the City of Moncton's option on the Highfield Square property slip away, city staff will be providing an update on the city's efforts to finance and build an events centre downtown. — Council will also hear the results of a Seniors Needs Survey Report. — As well, a public hearing on rezoning property at 10 Budd Lane will be held. The matter was tabled... Read article
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
We Say: Stronger ID measures would help track stolen goods — We have no reason to question a local pawn shop owner's explanation for selling a $4,000 stolen guitar for $100 moments after buying it for $75. — He says he didn't know the guitar was stolen and he doesn't know much about guitars in any event, so he didn't appreciate the value of the instrument. — And it is routine, he adds, to turn goods over rapidly if there is even a small amount of money to be made. All of this is... Read article
Friday, April 12, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Cole Hobson
Location: A1
Teacher who had valuable guitar stolen from home upset over business behaviour in the pawn industry — Pawn shops can be a place for customers to make some fast cash selling their goods, but the presence of these types of businesses can also lead to ugly consequences when stolen merchandise is involved, as a local high school teacher recently discovered. — Local pawn shops are regulated by a City of Moncton bylaw, but those regulations aren't currently much help to Art Moore, whose guitar... Read article
Friday, April 12, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alan Cochrane
Location: A5
Students from Moncton high schools spend a day at city hall — Moncton Mayor George LeBlanc gave up his seat to Grade 10 student Ryan Rodgers yesterday, then sat in the front row of the public gallery to applaud his new protégé as he chaired a mock council meeting. — The switch came during the annual YouthFest, a program where students from four Moncton high schools spend a day at city hall to learn more about the process of local government. About 100 students participated in the day's... Read article
Friday, April 12, 2013
Telegraph Journal
Location: A8
Greater Saint John continues to be outpaced by growth in Greater Moncton, where the economy is more robust because it is more diverse and less cyclical. — The lesson? Saint John-area councils need to work with federal and provincial partners to diversify the local economy, fostering growth in knowledge sectors such as ICT, high technology and health-related research as well as energy. But they also need to take ownership of the problem: Greater Moncton's economic development strategy has worked;... Read article
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alan Cochrane
Location: A1
Cleanups are May 6 to 10 in Moncton, May 21 to 24 in Dieppe and May 27 to 30 in Riverview — May is spring cleanup month in Metro Moncton and the people responsible for picking up huge piles of trash are gearing up for a big job. — 'We usually hire about 56 more people for cleanup month and will have eight trucks running 21 hours a day, split over two shifts. The trucks don't stop, they just come in for the shift change,' says Andrew King of FERO Waste & Recycling, one of the companies... Read article
Thursday, April 11, 2013
L'Étoile
By: Marc-André LaPlante
Location: A3
Daniel Bourgeois demeurera membre du conseil municipal de Moncton un peu plus longtemps que prévu. Le conseiller municipal de Moncton avait annoncé en décembre dernier son intention de démissionner. Il affirme qu’il quittera son poste lorsque certains dossiers seront menés à terme. — «Lorsque je l’ai annoncé en décembre, j’ai dit que lorsque mes projets seraient finis, je m’en irais. Dans ma tête, ça aurait été avant la fin juin. Il y a beaucoup de choses que je pensais être en mesure de compléter... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A2
The passenger of a vehicle involved in a collision with a Codiac Transpo bus has died as a result of her injuries. — At about 2:20 p.m. on April 2, Codiac RCMP members were called to the scene of a collision involving a Codiac Transpo bus and a car at the intersection of Morton Avenue and McLaughlin Drive in Moncton. — At the time of the incident, the injuries sustained by the three occupants of the car were believed to be non-life threatening. However, an 86-year-old Moncton woman died... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Times & Trancript
By: Alan Cochrane
Location: B2
The City of Moncton's Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee presents YouthFest 2013 at Moncton City Hall tomorrow. Students from four Moncton-area high schools have been invited to take part in this forum. — This year, students will participate in a mock election for the position of mayor followed by a council meeting, debating real issues pertaining to the City of Moncton. Each school will have two student representatives on the mock council. They will debate such topics as fracking near the Turtle... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Telegraph Journal
Location: A2
Moncton - The passenger of a vehicle involved in a collision with a city bus last week has died of her injuries. The 86-year-old woman from Moncton died Friday, three days after the April 2 collision involving a Codiac Transpo bus and a car at the intersection of Morton Avenue and McLaughlin Drive in Moncton. The bus was not in service at the time of the crash. The investigation continues but no charges are anticipated. Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Jean-Marc Doiron
Location: 5
Leurs représentants souhaitent organiser le Congrès mondial acadien 2019 — CAP-PELÉ - Les représentants du Sud-Est et de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard ont signé un protocole d’entente relié au Congrès mondial acadien 2019. Comme l’avait annoncé l’Acadie Nouvelle la semaine dernière, ils soumettront une candidature commune pour accueillir le grand rassemblement de l’Acadie. — — Le Sud-Est et Île-du-Prince-Édouard ont officiellement combiné leurs forces, mardi matin, à l’édifice municipal... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
Location: 7
Moncton - les membres du 8e canadian Hussars (Princesse louise) ont souligné leur 165e anniversaire et la contribution historique des soldats de la région lors de la guerre de 1812, avec une cérémonie du droit de cité, dimanche, à l’hôtel de ville de Moncton. le droit de cité est l’une des plus anciennes traditions militaires britanniques. c’est un honneur symbolique et l’expression de bonne foi entre les dirigeants municipaux et les membres des unités militaires qui travaillent et vivent dans cette... Read article
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Cole Hobson
Location: A1
The regional minister for New Brunswick said which infrastructure projects are likely to be federally funded in the Metro Moncton region will ultimately come down to what is deemed most pressing by the municipality and province. — — Fredericton MP Keith Ashfield covered a variety of topics during an editorial board meeting with the Times & Transcript on Monday, including whether or not funding for upgrades to sewerage infrastructure should take precedence over the long-discussed downtown... Read article
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: James Foster
Location: A9
Dieppe has agreed to contribute $5,000 to a study of the services offered by Enterprise Greater Moncton as a means of seeing how the economic-development agencies’ services complement, or not, Dieppe’s own efforts. — — The contribution is on condition that Riverview and Moncton also contribute to the evaluation. During their regular meeting Monday night, Dieppe city council heard that Moncton has already agreed to do so, while a decision is pending in Riverview. The three municipalities... Read article
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Christian Johnston
Location: D8
Catgeories:
To The Editor: After reading the article, Noisy Jake brakes still a common complaint (March 26), I’d like to remind everyone that the brake is a safety feature — unlike loud motorcycles. I like motorcycles. I also like having goods accessible to me that aren’t manufactured here. — — That being said, how could you possibly complain about the Jake brake and not motorcycles? Motorcycles were mentioned in the article, however the title makes it seem like they aren’t an issue. — ... Read article
Monday, April 08, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
Time-honoured tradition, presentation of War of 1812 banner part of 165th anniversary celebrations for New Brunswick regiment — The calm of a Sunday afternoon was broken by a police officer's barked command. — 'Identify your unit!' she demanded, as she stood guarding the gates of Moncton city hall, a lone sentinel staring down a group of men and women wearing combat fatigues and brandishing automatic rifles. — Fortunately, they were friends, not foes, the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess... Read article
Monday, April 08, 2013
Telegraph Journal
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
Military The 8th Canadian Hussars re-enact tradition in Moncton — Moncton - The calm of a Sunday afternoon was broken by a police officer's barked command. — "Identify your unit!" she demanded, as she stood guarding the gates of Moncton City Hall, a lone sentinel staring down a group of men and women wearing combat fatigues and brandishing automatic rifles. — Fortunately, they were friends, not foes, the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) and affiliated units, re-enacting... Read article
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
Disagreement over proposed downtown centre gets personal — Despite some significant progress in the last couple of years, Moncton is really no closer to building a downtown events centre than it was a decade ago. — There was no signed contract to break ground then, and there's no contract being drafted to break ground now. — There's not even ground to break, though the City of Moncton does have an option to buy the for mer Highfield Square property, should it choose to exercise... Read article
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Times & Trancript
By: Rod Allen My Spies
Caffeine-crazed curmudgeon Kaffee-Klatsch couldn't believe her bloodshot eyes while bellying up to the bar at the Moncton City Hall Tim Hortons this week after noticing signs both at the counter and just outside city hall welcoming patrons in for a cup of Moncton's favourite joe . . . in English-only. — 'Jeez, Spymaster, complains Kaffee, 'I'm cool with letting businesses decide on bilingual signage, but at the city hall of the only officially bilingual city in Canada's only officially bilingual... Read article
Friday, April 05, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alan Cochrane
Location: A4
Producers report an excellent season so far; Moncton maple camp to host big open house this Saturday — New Brunswick's maple syrup producers have looked at the idea of tapping sap from birch trees but decided it isn't worth the extra expense and effort. — 'Nothing against what they are doing in New Hampshire but tapping birch trees is more expensive and it is a very bitter-tasting sap,' Yvon Poitras, general manager of the New Brunswick Maple Syrup Association, said yesterday. —... Read article
Friday, April 05, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
We Say: Moncton should study Bouctouche's tourism success — Bouctouche has earned a well deserved accolade as 'Canada's most artistic town' and while there are many factors that earned the designation it is clear the main driver behind the town's thriving, entertainment-themed tourism industry is Pays de la Sagouine. While it's true 'Pays' receives annual government support, it aims to do better than break even each year by means of admission fees. — However, its greatest function is... Read article
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
We Say: Council needs room to focus on work, not personalities — We are increasingly concerned by the role Moncton City Councillor Daniel Bourgeois perceives himself to be playing, not only on the subject of a downtown events centre but as a councillor. — He announced in dramatic fashion his resignation from council some months ago. The fact he is still sitting might suggest he has changed his mind. — If so, he should say so. That way fellow councillors and constituents alike might... Read article
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Patrick Lacelle
Location: 8
Moncton - Les programmes fédéraux d’infrastructures ont été dévoilés. La balle est maintenant dans le camp de la Ville de Moncton en ce qui a trait au financement du nouvel amphithéâtre, selon le député de Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, Robert Goguen. — — Dans son budget, le ministre des Finances, Jim Flaherty, a annoncé un nouveau plan qui se traduira par des investissements de 47,5 milliards $ dans les infrastructures du pays. — — Cette nouvelle initiative échelonnée de 2014... Read article
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alan Cochrane
Location: A1
Metro Moncton could qualify for a share of $14 billion worth of infrastructure spending laid out in the most recent federal budget, member of Parliament Robert Goguen says, and the onus is on municipal politicians to set out their priorities so he can get to work on it. — 'People will be fighting for this money all across the country and our communities will have to compete for it. Everyone will be tugging on the blanket and everybody will want a piece of the pie,' Goguen said in an interview... Read article
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Eric Lewis
Location: D7
I hesitate to write this, because an announcement could be just around the corner. One never really knows. — But with the news arriving Tuesday morning that legendary rockers KISS would play four Atlantic Canadian concerts this summer - no dates in Moncton - I can't help but wonder why nothing has been announced for the Hub City in terms of big concerts this year. — In years past, major announcements have come as late as May, so I'm not suggesting that 'nothing' is going to happen. What... Read article
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Mathieu Roy-Comeau
Location: p. 10
Le projet de construction d’un nouveau complexe de sport et de divertissement au centre-ville a essuyé quelques critiques, mardi soir, au conseil municipal de Moncton. — Ce qui devait être une simple présentation de l’organisme Moncton Centre-ville en vue du Symposium Imagine s’est transformé en une séance de remise en question du projet de construction du nouvel amphithéâtre de la — part de certains conseillers municipaux. — La directrice générale de Moncton Centreville, Anne Poirier... Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A2
Moncton city council will be holding its first regular public meeting of April tonight, beginning at 5 p.m. — The meetings are usually held on Mondays, but the Easter Monday holiday necessitated a Tuesday meeting. — Among the items on the agenda are a presentation by Anne Poirier-Basque of Downtown Moncton Centre-Ville Incorporated, who will be there to underscore the organization's support for the building of a downtown events centre. — There will also be a presentation on water... Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Louise Gilbert
Location: D7
Writer Edith Wharton said there are two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. — We all know senior citizens who seem to be both lighting their candles and letting the light reflect all over the world around them. Many of them have been volunteers their whole lives, but in later years when they were freed of the tasks of daily employment and raising a family, they turned their energy into making the world a better place. — Members of the Mayor's Seniors... Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Katherine Brinson
Location: A8
To The Editor : I sure hope that Mr. — Richard Coleman's letter (Doggy doo dilemma disgusts dropper, March 23), was written tongue-in-cheek! I and many of my co-workers were horrified at what he said, and only one person thought he had to be joking. He said he was 'a responsible dog owner' who picks up his dog droppings in 'biodegradable' bags and places them 'carefully' beside 'stop signs, parking signs, and telephone poles awaiting pickup by city workers.' If sign posts are not 'handy' he... Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Telegraph Journal
By: Adam Huras
Location: A1
Boundaries Electoral commission to examine map after MPs raise concerns — A committee in Ottawa has sided with a series of objections by New Brunswick MPs asking for changes to a finalized redrawing of the province's federal boundary lines. — Only members of Parliament were allowed to oppose the design of the new ridings after the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission tabled its final report in the House of Commons in January following two rounds of public consultations. — Several... Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
Location: 7
Moncton - Un incendie a causé d’importants dommages à un immeuble de quatre logements de Moncton en début de journée lundi. Le service d’incendie de la ville ne signale aucun blessé. L’immeuble incendié est situé dans l’ouest de la ville, sur la rue Wesley. Les premières flammes ont surgi d’un balcon du 2e étage avant de se propager. À leur arrivée, les pompiers ont constaté que tous les résidants avaient pu fuir l’immeuble en flammes, sauf une femme, qu’ils ont pu secourir. La cause de l’incendie... Read article
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A2
Cigarette that wasn't completely put out suspected as cause — Two Codiac RCMP officers traded their police hats for firefighting hats early yesterday morning. — Just after 1 a.m. there was a report of a small fire on the outside deck of Keglers Bar on Mountain Road. Codiac RCMP Const. Damien Theriault says two officers were first on the scene and spotted the small fire. — 'They used a fire extinguisher from their vehicles to put it out and no one was injured,' says Theriault. —... Read article
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Times & Trasncript
Location: A8
The Moncton Lions Seniors Drama Club presents Winter Glory , a comedy by Peter Coke, at the Capitol Theatre tonight at 7 p.m. — The 10-member cast have been practising for a number of months at the Lions Centre in preparation for the third annual performance at the Capitol Theatre. — The play is set in a senior's apartment building where the residents find unique and unusual - and sometimes illegal - ways to solve their problems, with hilarious and surprising results. — Tickets... Read article
Monday, April 29, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Ginabeth Roberts
Location: A1
Caledonia Regional High students came up with designs for what Moncton events centre could look like — Over the last four months 200 students at Caledonia Regional High School in Hillsborough designed 3D images of their 'ideal entertainment complex' - a complex that could soon be the focus of a city near you . — T heprojectwaspartof teacher Ben Kelly's technology program for students in Grades 6 to 10 and designs were based on what students believe a Moncton events centre, a multi-use... Read article
Monday, April 29, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: James Foster
Location: A1
National Day of Mourning marked in Moncton and in 100 countries — Perhaps the saddest part about 12,000 New Brunswick workers who were hurt or killed on the job last year is that all of those cases didn't have to happen, says Ken Thompson, past president of the Moncton and District Labour Council. — 'Workplace deaths and injuries are preventable,' Thompson told dozens of workers and labour officials who gathered in downtown Moncton yesterday for the International Day of Mourning for... Read article
Monday, April 29, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
We Say: In its special way, annual Frye Fest sets a benchmark for Canada — We extend the heartiest of congratulations today to festival president Dawn Arnold and all the volunteers behind Metro Moncton's 'Frye Fest,' which wrapped up yesterday, for yet another amazingly successful event. — The Northrop Frye Literary Festival celebrates the life and work of the late, great Monctonian Northrop Frye, one of the greatest literary critics and biblical scholars the world has ever known. That... Read article
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Cole Hobson
Location: A1
New route added as part of modifications coming into effect May 5 — The City of Moncton's senior transit planner said they considered every single suggestion submitted about how to improve Metro's public transit service. — Codiac Transpo yesterday unveiled the details of changes that will come into effect on May 5 and while they aren't dramatic or widespread changes, Marie-Claire Pierce believes some of the new routes and adjustments to existing routes will help better serve the public's... Read article
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Allsion Tooggod
Location: A2
Success fosters talk of bringing the Ghosts of Violence project to New York, U.S.-wide — The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada continues its artistic tour de force outside of Canada and this time, hit it large and loud in the Big Apple. — The company performed its full-length ballet, Amadeus, to a sold-out crowd at the 2,000-plus-seat theatre in the Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts. — About 100 members of the sophisticated and arts-savvy audience attended a question-and-answer... Read article
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Florence Ann Keeley
Location: D8
To The Editor : Recently, I took the No. 65 Codiac Transpo bus from the Northwest Centre to shop at the Trinity Drive Superstore. Upon exiting at the bus stop at East Side Mario's, I asked the bus driver about the time he'd be coming back. When I was at the bus stop a half an hour later, as designated, he did not stop for me to enter, but he looked at me. I walked to Northwest Centre from Trinity Drive to catch my No. 62 bus. It was a cold windy day. I carried purchases. I am a senior. I turned 74... Read article
Friday, April 26, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: John Chilibeck
Location: A2
Proposed changes include municipal powers to pass language bylaws — FREDERICTON - A new report recommends a host of changes to New Brunswick's Official Languages Act, and already people are weighing in on whether the revisions would be good for the province's two main linguistic communities, English and French. — The select committee of Progressive Conservative and Liberal MLAs that submitted the report to the legislature yesterday touched on several topics, including policing, commercial... Read article
Friday, April 26, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Adam Huras
Location: C1
Proposed changes to provincial ridings draw criticism — FREDERICTON - The electoral boundaries commission has modified its map of provincial ridings, recommending 40 changes to its initial report that outlined sweeping changes to the boundaries for the 2014 election. — But the independent New Brunswick Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission has decided against major changes to its original proposal, instead favouring minor tweaks to address specific complaints heard across... Read article
Friday, April 26, 2013
Telegraph-Journal
By: John Chilibeck
Location: A1
Update New report addresses policing, commercial signs, language training and immigration — FREDERICTON - A new report recommends a host of changes to New Brunswick's Official Languages Act, and already people are weighing in on whether the revisions would be good for the province's two main linguistic communities, English and French. — The select committee of Progressive Conservative and Liberal MLAs that submitted the report to the legislature on Thursday touched on several topics,... Read article
Friday, April 26, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Philippe Murat
Location: Page 6
FREDERICTON - Le Comité spécial de révision de la Loi sur les langues officielles recommande que la loi soit modifiée afin de confirmer le droit des communautés de légiférer sur la langue d’affichage commercial sur leur territoire. — Il recommande également de permettre au commissaire aux langues officielles de dénoncer publiquement des situations qui ont fait l’objet d’enquêtes et qui sont jugées d’intérêt pour le public. De plus, le comité recommande que la prochaine révision de la loi soit... Read article
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Cole Hobson
Location: A3
Nature park has enjoyed increased foot traffic in recent years — The supervisor of parks and grounds for the City of Moncton said having to close trails at Irishtown Nature Park is largely a result of the facility's increased popularity, coupled with wet spring weather. — 'In the last three to five years the parking lot at Irishtown Nature Park on the weekend has just been chock-full,' said Dan Hicks. 'The park is being quite well-utilized, which is a good thing. We want people to get... Read article
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A9
Moncton city council has unanimously rejected a developer's bid to rezone property at 10 Budd Lane in the Lewisville section of the city. — The land, just off Mill Road and Storey Road West, was slated to hold two 12-unit apartment buildings, but needed a rezoning to accommodate that. — Without the rezoning, however, father and son developers Gerry and Tom Thomas, can still construct two eight-unit buildings. — There are already a number of other multiple-unit dwellings in the immediate... Read article
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A2
A number of trails at Irishtown Nature Park are closed until further notice due to wet and deteriorating trail conditions. — The City of Moncton says the trails will be closed for repair because of damage done due to heavy foot traffic in wet soil conditions. — The trails will be closed until ground conditions improve. — Read article
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Craig Babstock
Location: A1
Judge hears of collisions, near misses and a driver asleep at wheel — Any member of the public who was in provincial court yesterday morning may have walked away thinking this city's streets are unsafe. — Judge Anne Dugas-Horsman presided over plea court and had to deal with a series of unrelated drunk driving cases. Some involved crashes, others involved injuries and many ended with remorseful motorists apologizing to the court for putting the public at risk. — 'I'm quite happy... Read article
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
Location: 8
Moncton - La Ville de Moncton désire aviser les résidants de la fermeture immédiate d’un nombre de sentiers au Parc naturel d’Irishtown, en raison de l’état humide et de la dégradation des sentiers. — Les sentiers seront fermés jusqu’à nouvel ordre aux fins de réparation, à la suite des dommages considérables causés par la circulation piétonnière sur des pistes humides. En raison de la vulnérabilité écologique des régions à travers lesquelles passent les sentiers, ceux-ci seront fermés de façon... Read article
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Cole Hobson
Location: C2
New Brunswick expected to have decreased investment activity, although longterm potential looks good — The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC) is holding its sixth annual Major Projects Event on June 3 in Moncton and it's expected to bring a mixed bag of results for the province. — 'I think the overall picture for New Brunswick will be a little stronger, the potential picture,' said Patrick Brannon, a research analyst for APEC. 'But the current year picture will continue to be... Read article
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Olivier Robichaud
Location: 2
Moncton - Le Casino Nouveau-Brunswick a été bénéfique pour le secteur touristique de Moncton depuis son ouverture en 2010. La plupart des statistiques pertinentes sont à la hausse et de nouvelles compagnies offrent leurs services aux touristes. — — Depuis plusieurs années, l’économie de Moncton fait exception au Nouveau-Brunswick. La cité continue de se développer alors que la plupart des autres régions stagnent ou connaissent un déclin. Le secteur touristique est un des principaux... Read article
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Olivier Robichaud
Location: 3
Moncton - Les problèmes de dépendance et de criminalité, qui sont souvent associés à l’établissement d’un casino, ne semblent pas s’être matérialisés à Moncton depuis l’ouverture du Casino Nouveau-Brunswick en 2010. — — En juin 2008, des citoyens du secteur de Magnetic Hill Estates avaient exprimé des inquiétudes face à la construction d’un casino et d’un complexe hôtelier dans leur cour arrière. — — «Nous sommes inquiets pour la sécurité et le bien-être de nos enfants... Read article
Monday, April 22, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A1
Hundreds visit the Moncton Market to celebrate Earth Day 2013 a day early — The feeling of community and co-operation emanated beyond the doors of the Moncton Market yesterday. — Hundreds of people from all walks of life streamed in and out of the downtown, taking time to check out of their harried, rushrush everyday lives and check into Earth Day Greater Moncton. — School children from all over Metro showed what they perceived as eco-friendly ideas and what society can consider... Read article
Monday, April 22, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
Observing that Greater Moncton is New Brunswick's economic dynamo (with or without a downtown events centre) is a little like marveling at how the patient's right arm is the only appendage not entombed in a body cast. Still, I'll accept Atlantic Provinces Economic Council President Elizabeth Beale's assessment of the Hub City with good, if somewhat wry, humour. — 'The overall message is that the Maritime economy has been weak throughout the recession, with very little employment growth and... Read article
Monday, April 22, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Jean-Marc Doiron
Location: 9
Moncton - Politiciens, meneurs communautaires, militants du développement durable et familles du Sud-Est se sont rassemblés au Marché de Moncton pour célébrer le Jour de la Terre, dimanche. — Bien que le Jour de la Terre ait officiellement lieu le lundi 22 avril, la population du Sud-Est s’est rassemblée au Marché de Moncton, dimanche, pour célébrer la fête internationale. — Dans une ambiance familiale de célébration et de convivialité, les organisateurs de l’événement ont fait la promotion... Read article
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Patrick Lacelle
Location: 2
Moncton - Nick Spataro compte construire le deuxième plus grand édifice au centre-ville de Moncton. L’érection de l’immeuble de huit étages pourrait commencer dès cet automne. — Construit au coin des rues Wesley, Queen et Lester, à l’arrière de l’hôtel de ville, l’édifice abritera 78 unités et un stationnement souterrain de 80 places. On y trouvera six penthouses au 8e étage, trois étages de condos, trois étages d’appartements et des boutiques au rez-de-chaussée. — Deuxième plus grand... Read article
Friday, April 19, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Cole Hobson
Location: A1
Charges are anticipated in death of Kathy Horsman; efforts continue to raise awareness of dangers of drunk driving — As authorities continue to investigate what happened in a horrific motor vehicle collision on Killam Drive that took the life of a 36-year-old woman on Wednesday night, work continues to try to prevent devastating losses of life that come as a result of drunk driving. — A Berry Mills woman died following a two-vehicle, head-on collision on Killam Drive in Moncton on Wednesday... Read article
Friday, April 19, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A3
The demolition of an old utility building led to a fire in Moncton yesterday morning. — A utility shed at 70 Assomption Blvd. - near the baseball fields - had been demolished on Wednesday. — 'When we arrived, that building had been demolished (Wednesday), so what was burning was the debris from the structure,' said Moncton Fire Chief Eric Arsenault. — Arsenault said crews arrived at the call yesterday around 5:50 a.m. and returned to the station at 7:25 a.m. Only one engine responded... Read article
Friday, April 19, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D8
We Say: New condominium project should set new standard for Metro developers — A public meeting Wednesday about Moncton's proposed downtown events centre heard all about the success of London, Ontario's 10,000-seat Budweiser Gardens, a multi-purpose events centre which has transformed that city's economy. But this success story isn't just about the centre itself. — Janette MacDonald, director of development agency Downtown London, also talked about how Budweiser was actually part of... Read article
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alan Cochrane
Location: A1
Director of Downtown London says events centre investment has paid off with spinoff development, activity — Investing in a 10,000-seat events centre has revitalized the City of London's downtown with many new businesses, restaurants and residential spaces - and the director of Downtown London told business leaders in Moncton yesterday that the city should move forward with its own plan immediately. — 'Just stop talking about it and get it done,' Janette MacDonald, executive director... Read article
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D8
We Say: If London's dream can happen so can Moncton's — When it comes to the impact a multi-purpose events centre could have on a community like Metro Moncton, there could be no clearer message in our view than the one delivered at the Capitol Theatre yesterday by Janette MacDonald. 'Just stop talking about it and get it done,' said the executive director of Downtown London, a civic-based economic development agency in London, Ont. Ms. MacDonald said there was a lot of in-fighting in London... Read article
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
Location: 2
Moncton – Trois grandes entreprises canadiennes ont répondu à la demande de proposition de la Ville de Moncton pour la construction d’un futur centre multifonctionnel au centre-ville de Moncton. — Ces entreprises sont l’Aréna des Canadiens (evenko), Bird Construction et Ellis Don. Ces propositions seront analysées par la municipalité afin de choisir le partenaire du secteur privé qui assurera la conception, la construction, le financement et l’aménagement du complexe au centreville —... Read article
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
Location: 17
Moncton - La Ville de Moncton a reçu le prix Exellence en gestion de l’eau du Conseil de la fédération pour son système de lecture automatisée de compteurs d’eau. — Julie Stokes, l’adjointe technique des compteurs d’eau de la Ville de Moncton est éblouie. — «C’est gros! On est l’une des seules villes au pays qui a ce système-là. Toronto est en train d’installer un système semblable tout de suite», a fait savoir Mme Stokes. — En 2007, la Ville de Moncton est devenue la première municipalité... Read article
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Times & Trancript
By: Brent Mazeroole
Location: A1
Business slipping because of lack of events — The Greater Moncton Hoteliers Association is worried. — Their member hotels and motels rented 14,000 fewer rooms in 2012 than they did in 2011. And now, 'this year, in the first three months, we've sold 10,000 fewer rooms than last year,' says Delta Beauséjour Hotel general manager Ray Roberge. — Roberge, the president of the hoteliers association, went before Moncton city council this week to urge them to keep pursuing a downtown events... Read article
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: James Foster
Location: B2
Business incubator helps French-speaking entrepreneurs get started — Enterprise Greater Moncton and the Province of New Brunswick officially launched their pilot project La Ruche on Tuesday, a business incubator for new French-speaking entrepreneurs in Metro Moncton. — The program provides guidance and support services to help French-speaking entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses with the help of EGM's business expertise. — Budding new business professional Olivier Bertrand... Read article
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Daniel Bourgeois
Location: D8
To The Editor : On Thursday, April 4, you published an editorial (A time to lead) critical of my questions on the downtown centre. You published a similar but shorter editorial on Tuesday, April 9 (Keeping it clean). Unfortunately, as usual, your criticism is based on numerous errors. Indeed, six of the seven statements you made are false. Allow me to correct them. — Your editorial stated I had 'changed my mind' about resigning from council. False. I will resign as soon as council completes... Read article
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
Bird Construction, Ellis Don, and L'Aréna de Canadiens Inc./Evenko all interested in proposed Moncton project — More details will come at the next public meeting of Moncton city council on May 6, but we now know the names of the three proponents interested in building a multi-purpose events centre in Moncton's downtown. — They are L'Aréna de Canadiens Inc./Evenko, Bird Construction and Ellis Don, all of whom answered a request for qualifications the city issued in December. — Their... Read article
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
We Say: Children's sports might help battle 'bullying' — As parent Nathalie LeBreton observes in this newspaper's report about registration for children's summer sports in the Moncton area this summer, outdoor physical activity and team sports develop good values in youngsters that will serve them well all the days of their lives. — We could not agree more. Indeed childhood obesity has as much to do with sedentary lifestyles as poor diet, because children these days spend far too much... Read article
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Times & Trancript
By: Louise Gilbert
Location: D7
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This week the Mayor's Seniors Advisory Committee and subcommittee on Senior Friendly Community presented the fascinating results of research done on older adults' needs in Moncton to City Council last night. The survey was completed by Dr. Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard of Université de Moncton and Dr. Odette Gould of Mount Allison University. — Here is a list of the key recommendations from the survey: Snow and ice, especially on sidewalks, is an important barrier to seniors in Moncton. Better snow... Read article
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
Location: 9
CARAQUET – La Ville de Caraquet compte bien officialiser sa candidature pour accueillir l’édition 2016 des Jeux de l’Acadie. — Une résolution a été prise lundi lors de la réunion du conseil municipal pour octroyer un montant de 5000 $ «afin de préparer la candidature de Caraquet», précise son maire Kevin Haché. La ville de Caraquet est loin d’être la seule municipalité qui désire accueillir ce grand rassemblement de la jeunesse acadienne. Des villes comme Dieppe, Fredericton et Dalhousie ont... Read article
Monday, April 15, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Cole Hobson
Location: A1
Moncton recreational facility continues to break even or make money each year — With over 750,000 people walking in the doors every year, it's Moncton's busiest building. — It's home to countless hockey, figure skating and other sports events and has become a one-stop place for year-round activity. — Now more than 10 years since its controversial inception, the Red Ball Internet Centre seems poised to overcome future obstacles in continuing to serve the needs of the public for... Read article
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alan Cochrane
Location: C2
The dream of a new multi-events centre for downtown Moncton will be explored during a public meeting next Wednesday featuring guest speakers from London, Ont. — The Learning From London Symposium will be held at the Capitol Theatre from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. — Guest speakers will be Janette MacDoanld, executive director of Downtown London; and Chris Campbell, director of marketing for Budweiser Gardens. They will talk about how the events centre in London became a catalyst for development,... Read article
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Times & Trancript
By: Rod Allen
Location: D8
Catgeories:
Daisies and doozies at fabulous Daffodil Ball — — Oh the sweet and fragrant somethings that were whispered in the bristly ear of your Spymaster at last Saturday's Daffodil Ball at fabulous downtown Hotel Beauséjour . — Why for one, that yours truly is also a DanceMaster in the opinion of none other than Mayor of all Moncton George LeBlanc , whose own smooth and slithery stylings were the envy of all political rivals as party-goers danced the night away to the high-energy tunes... Read article
Friday, April 12, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A1
Recent incident prompts reminder from City of Moncton — There can be no feeling more sickening than realizing you've been pricked by a stranger's hypodermic needle, but that's what happened to a City of Moncton garbage collector recently. — Hoping to keep its employees safe from what is one of the most hazardous occupations out there, the City of Moncton is urging citizens to think of those who handle our garbage after we put it to the curb. — The city says first of all, used needles... Read article
Friday, April 12, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A6
Festivities scheduled to take place at Moncton Market on April 21 — 'Connect! Connect! Connect! Coming together' is this year's Earth Day theme, according to Olivier Weil, executive director of Earth Day Greater Moncton. — The event is scheduled for Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Moncton Market at 120 Westmorland St. In a news release, Weil says admission is free for the event, which he describes as one of Canada's most festive and educational Earth Day events. — Great... Read article
Friday, April 12, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Mathieu Roy-Comeau
Location: 7
Moncton - Au fil d’une carrière, un éboueur peut devoir faire face à bien des choses, mais des aiguilles souillées ne devraient pas faire partie de son lot quotidien, rappelle la Ville de Moncton. — — La Ville de Moncton dresse elle-même une liste plutôt consternante des obstacles auxquels doit faire face chaque jour sa demi-douzaine d’éboueurs, dont «les brûlures, le verre brisé, les objets pouvant tomber des conteneurs, les maladies provenant des déchets, l’amiante, les morsures de... Read article
Thursday, April 11, 2013
L'Étoile
Location: A2
La passagère d’un véhicule impliqué dans un accident avec un autobus de la compagnie Codiac Transpo le 2 avril dernier est décédée des suites de ses blessures. — — Les services de police de la GRC Codiac ont été appelés sur les lieux de la collision le 2 avril dernier vers 14h30 à l’intersection des avenues Morton et McLaughlin à Moncton. Au moment de l’accident, les blessures subies par les trois personnes occupant la voiture n’avaient pas été considérées comme étant sérieuses. Toutefois,... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: James Foster
Location: A1
If successful, joint bid could lure 50,000 tourists — CAP-PELÉ - The race is on to host the 2019 World Acadian Congress, and a joint bid by southeastern New Brunswick communities with Acadians across Prince Edward Island is first off the mark with the signing of a memorandum of understanding here yesterday. — Marc Chouinard, representing southeast New Brunswick, and Gabriel Arsenault, president of the Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin Society on the Island, said the partnership draws on the historic... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A3
The City of Moncton invites residents to the Crossman Community Centre-Kay Arena for Spring/Summer Sport and Recreational Registration this Friday and Saturday. — Various local sports and recreational organizations will be on hand for registrations on Friday, April 12, from 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. — Registration will be available for the following sports and associations: Codiac Soccer, Codiac Storm Lacrosse, FITS Amateur Boxing Club, GO-GO Gymnastics, Greater... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
We Say: A pipeline can help sell events centre, but marketing begins at home — Federal New Brunswick cabinet minister Keith Ashfield speaks optimistically of an east-west pipeline connecting Alber ta oil with the refiner y in Saint John as an economic saviour not just for the port city, but his entire province. — Based on the fact all levels of government and industry are in favour of the pipe, we agree with Mr. Ashfield's New Brunswick perspective. We see many ways for the Moncton region... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Telegraph Journal
By: James Foster
Location: A4
CAP-PELÉ - The race is on to host the 2019 World Acadian Congress and a joint bid by southeastern New Brunswick communities with Acadians across Prince Edward Island is first off the mark with the signing of a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday. — Marc Chouinard,representing southeast New Brunswick, and Gabriel Arsenault, president of the Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin Society on the island, said the partnership draws on the historic bonds between Acadians on both sides of the Northumberland Strait... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Mathieu Roy-Comeau
Location: 6
Moncton - La passagère d’un véhicule impliqué dans une collision avec un autobus de Codiac Transpo est décédée des suites de ses blessures. — L’accident est survenu le mardi 2 avril, vers 14 h 20, à l’intersection de l’avenue Morton et de la promenade McLaughlin, près de l’Université de Moncton, campus de Moncton. Un malaise dont aurait été victime le chauffeur de l’autobus serait la cause de la collision. — Deux des trois passagers du véhicule ont été immédiatement conduits à l’hôpital,... Read article
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Mathieu Roy-Comeau
Location: 17
Moncton - Une étude doit se pencher sur les efforts conjoints de développement économique de Moncton, Dieppe et Riverview afin d’assurer leur efficacité et d’éviter les dédoublements. — Les élus municipaux de Moncton et Dieppe ont déjà accepté de financer l’étude de la firme Cape Consulting Group afin d’évaluer les services offerts par Entreprise Grand Moncton (EGM). La proposition sera aussi soumise sous peu au conseil municipal de Riverview. — «Nous allons dresser la liste de nos ressources... Read article
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Eric Lewis
Location: A4
No one was injured in an early evening fire on Magellan Drive in Moncton on Monday. — — The Moncton Fire Department responded to a call at 6:10 p.m. for a fire at 254 Magellan Dr., off Hennessey Road near the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 2). — — An initial call reported a garbage fire on the two-storey home’s rear patio, but the back wall of the home was actually on fire. — — “When our first truck arrived, the back of the house was involved in flames,” said... Read article
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: D6
We Say: Event centre debate should be respectful, constructive — Downtown Moncton Centreville Inc. President Louis Léger says he believes Monctonians can have a “heated conversation, without going into the gutter.” We commend Mr. Leger for his boundless optimism, a vital quality for the supporter of an events centre under the current climate at Moncton City Hall. — — Councillor Daniel Bourgeois is not alone in his opposition to the events centre project. However we expect most... Read article
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: France Daigle
Location: 6
La Ville de Moncton est sur le point d’annoncer si elle s’engagera financièrement dans la construction d’un complexe de divertissement sur l’emplacement de l’ancien centre commercial Highfield, dans le centre-ville. La nouvelle «infrastructure» remplacera le Colisée, qui a fait son temps et ne répond plus aux exigences. — Un après-midi que je traversais tout bonnement le centre-ville de Moncton, j’ai facilement repéré au moins quatre grands espaces désaffectés (à l’angle des rues Main et King,... Read article
Monday, April 08, 2013
Times & Trancript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
Annual event in support of Canadian Cancer Society New Brunswick is celebration of hope — Hundreds of people dressed up in their finest, ate, drank and were merry at the Delta Beauséjour Hotel. — They did it because it was Saturday night and it was spring and the daffodils - at least inside the hotel - were in bloom. — But most of all they did it because they wanted to beat cancer and wouldn't let it beat them, even though the insidious disease has affected everyone. — The... Read article
Monday, April 08, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
Location: 22
L’événement, qui se déroulera en juillet, propose plusieurs nouveautés — Moncton - Les préparatifs pour le Festival multiculturel Mosaïq 2013, qui aura lieu les 19 et 20 juillet au centre-ville de Moncton, vont bon train. — Ce 9e événement sera composé de trois volets principaux, soit la Scène internationale où se dérouleront des concerts gratuits, le Village du monde qui présentera une mosaïque multiculturelle d’art, d’artisanat et de nourriture, ainsi que le Pavillon pour enfants où... Read article
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: W. E. (Bill) Belliveau
Location: D6
A few weeks ago, this column put forward the preposterous idea that Moncton's downtown might benefit from a series of transplants. It started with the verbal sketch of a property bordered by Main Street on the north, Foundry Street on the east, Assumption Boulevard to the south and Vaughn Harvey/Gunningsville Bouelvards to the west. It depicted a mix of old and new buildings with underground parking to hide cars and facilitate foot traffic. It posited the idea of stripping the façade from the old... Read article
Friday, April 05, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Eric Lewis
Location: A1
Greater Moncton Sewerage Commission needs $120M for required upgrades — The Greater Moncton Sewerage Commission is hoping the provincial and federal governments will contribute about $40 million each toward the cost of upgrading its operation to secondary sewerage treatment. — If that doesn't happen, the commission - and Metro Moncton taxpayers - will be forced to borrow the bulk of the cash needed for the $120-million project. — That was the message given at the commission's annual... Read article
Friday, April 05, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A8
The City of Moncton will be represented at this year's SportAccord convention taking place in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the end of May. — Moncton city council unanimously approved the trip, which will cost about $19,000, as part of the city's efforts to position itself as a sport and entertainment hub. The gathering of more than 2,000 leading representatives from international sport is held in a different country each year. Read article
Friday, April 05, 2013
Acadie Nouvelle
By: Mathieu Roy-Comeau
Location: 4
Moncton - Un conseiller municipal dénonce le nombre de séances à huis clos à la Ville de Moncton et livre un plaidoyer pour plus de transparence à l’hôtel de ville. — — Selon le conseiller municipal du quartier 3, Brian Hicks, les élus de la Ville de Moncton se sont réunis à huis clos à plus d’une quarantaine de reprises l’an dernier. À son avis, c’est beaucoup trop. — — «Je trouve que trop de choses se déroulent en secret sans explications», a déclaré M. Hicks, mardi... Read article
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Alex Bruce
Location: D6
Maritimers are not the only Canadians who delight in stoking the fires of intercommunity rivalry. It is a pastime, however, at which we are especially proficient. — Halifax versus Dartmouth. Sydney versus Glace Bay. Saint John versus Quispamsis. And now Moncton versus . . . well, Moncton. — The last time I checked, the entire 70,000 population of the City of Moncton would fit 10 times over in the North York district of Toronto. And yet some of us in the 'Hub' seem to think that our individual... Read article
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
Perhaps it's the inevitable result of what was once vague talk evolving into something concrete, but the looming prospect of Moncton city council possibly embarking on the biggest infrastructure project in the city's history is exposing some rifts in the city hall chamber. — What was possibly the nastiest meeting of the current council's mandate played out off and on over the course of several hours last night, and the long-discussed downtown events centre was the elephant in the chamber even... Read article
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Times & Transcript
Location: A10
Several people were injured yesterday afternoon when a bus collided with a vehicle at a Moncton intersection. — The incident occurred at the intersection of Morton Avenue and McLaughlin Road just before 2:30 p.m. — Codiac RCMP Const. Damien Theriault said the bus was turning right, travelling from Morton onto McLaughlin, when it hit the car. — 'The collision occurred due to a medical issue with the bus driver,' Theriault said. — The bus was not in service, but three Codiac... Read article
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: George Jonah
Location: D8
To The Editor : I would like to thank Councillors Daniel Bourgeois and Brian Hicks for helping inform the citizens of Moncton of the cost of events at Stade Moncton 2010 Stadium on the Université de Moncton campus. It's taken over two years for the City of Moncton to come up with the cost in tax dollars for two CFL events. The one in 2011 was not a sell-out, and now we find out over expenditures of between 200 and 300 per cent. Over two years and city staff still are unable to answer Counc. Hicks's... Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A1
Red Cross helping residents who were left homeless after early morning blaze — Metro Moncton's year of fires continued in the early hours of Easter Monday, as flames swept through a century-old apartment building at 162 Wesley St. in Moncton's East End. — The first calls for help went out just after 3 a.m. The Moncton Fire Department threw multiple resources at what would prove to be a stubbor n fire because of generations' worth of renovations to what was originally a single-family... Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Adam Huras
Location: A4
Electoral commission to examine map after MPs raise concerns — OTTAWA - A committee in Ottawa has sided with a series of objections by New Brunswick MPs asking for changes to a finalized redraw of the province's federal boundary lines. — Only members of Parliament were allowed to oppose the design of the new ridings after the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission tabled its final report in the House of Commons in January after two rounds of public consultations. — Several objections... Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Johan Spiering
Location: D8
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To The Editor : How dare you suggest that others should pick up the doggy doo bags you leave at stop signs, parking signs and telephone posts or on others' properties (Doggy doo dilemma disgusts dropper; March 23)?! There are two destination options for the bags - in the designated receptacles for doggy doo bags or the garbage container at your home. That's your obligation to keep our city clean and beautiful - not city workers or property owners. — Johan Spiering, Moncton Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Times & Transcript
By: Richard Coleman
Location: D8
Catgeories:
To The Editor : Mission accomplished with my recent letter to the editor regarding dropped bags of dog doo (March 23). — For the record, I do not own a Shepherd or any other breed of dog. — Pardon my sneakiness, but this issue is near and dear to my heart, and shoes. — In my letter, I had assumed this socially deficient character to cast a bright light on this growing community problem. I felt it would garner a tad more attention than a standard letter of complaint. Judging by the... Read article
Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Telegraph Journal
By: Brent Mazerolle
Location: A4
Moncton - The Moncton area's year of fire continued in the early hours of Easter Monday, as flames swept through a century-old apartment building at 162 Wesley St.in Moncton's east end. — The first calls for help went out just after 3 a.m. The Moncton Fire Department threw multiple resources at what would prove to be a stubborn fire because of generations' worth of renovations to what was originally a single-family dwelling. — Fires in such buildings typically travel in spaces between... Read article
Monday, April 01, 2013
Times & Trancript
By: Leslie J. Chandler
Location: D8
To The Editor : As we enter the holiest of seasons on the calendar for those who profess Christianity, many in Moncton give thanks for the arrival of Pope Francis, now affectionately referred to in our home as 'Transpope Francis' for his lifelong use of public transit. — Bless his heart; he is very much the living patron saint of public transportation! — There is a lovely synchronicity about this as Moncton sets about launching its 2040 transportation action plan, although Pope Francis... Read article