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2013-06-20

Track event begins today

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: A1

Topics: Sports/Tourism, Economic Development, Major Events, Very Positive

Catgeories: Major Sporting Events, Events - General, Economic Development, Tonality

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Championships continue until Sunday at Stade Moncton 2010 Stadium, with special shot put championship event tomorrow at Riverfront Park — The preparations are over and it's now time for Moncton to host the country in a top-notch display of athletic talent. — The 2013 Canadian Track and Field Championships kick off today at Stade Moncton 2013, as more than 600 athletes from around the country get set to compete for a chance at a personal best, Canadian record or a spot on an upcoming...  Read article

Council opposes provincial plan on riverfront

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcirpt

Location: A4

Topics: Petitcodiac Study, Somewhat Positive

Catgeories: Environmental Issues, Tonality

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Moncton city council opposes plan to line riverbank with rip-rap — Moncton city council wants to take back control of its riverfront. — In a special public meeting, the council unanimously rejected the recommendations of its own staff and declared its opposition to a provincial plan to cover roughly 300 metres (1,000 feet) of riverbank along the Petitcodiac River with stones known as rip-rap. — Daniel LeBlanc, the founding member of the Petitcodiac Riverkeeper who has worked frantically...  Read article

Police confirm arson at Old Cosmo

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Trancript

Location: A8

Topics: Neutral, Fire Department

Catgeories: Tonality,

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Two downtown fires deemed suspicious — Three fires in about eight hours kept Moncton firefighters hopping overnight and police say one was arson. — At about 5 a.m. yesterday, the fire department was dispatched to a blaze at the Old Cosmo Complex on Westmorland Street. — 'It basically put itself out,' with the help of the building's sprinkler system, Platoon Chief Rob Brine said. — Codiac RCMP later confir med it was a case of arson. — 'The investigation so far has revealed...  Read article

Commission wants phony contracts ripped up

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: B3

Topics: Sports/Tourism, Neutral

Catgeories: Major Sporting Events, Events - General, Tonality

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Meeting with city lawyer, boxing promoters scheduled — The Moncton Boxing and Wrestling Commission wants to close a loophole that allows promoters to draw up phony $1 contracts for fighters. — The commission, which is a branch of the city, must follow a bylaw and receive all the money for the fighters' pay 14 days in advance of a boxing card. The amount of money that promoters must give the commission up front is in accordance to what is showing on the fighters contracts. — Promoters...  Read article

Metro Moncton's Highland Games have a new home

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: D1

Topics: Sports/Tourism, Very Positive

Catgeories: Major Sporting Events, Events - General, Tonality

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Metro's seventh annual celebration of Scottish culture moves to Moncton High School Sports Field — Don Sage is busy. — In the final week before the 2013 Moncton Highland Games take the field, it seems like there are many details left to work out; and as one of the organizers, he wants to make sure everything is perfect. — 'But it is a really good thing (to be this busy),' says Don, 'because we are growing each and every year! This is going to be the biggest and best Highland Games...  Read article

Go the distance

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: D6

Topics: Sports/Tourism, Budget/Finance, Economic Development, Editorials, Very Positive

Catgeories: Major Sporting Events, Events - General, Budget - Finance, Economic Development, Newspaper sections, Tonality

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City of Moncton Tourism Director Ben Champoux has done a fine job of putting an event such as the four-day Canadian Track and Field Championships starting here today in the broader perspective. — Indeed this single event will, as Mr. Champoux says, directly and immediately benefit the local business community simply by bringing in 800 athletes, 60 coaches and 100 officials, along with numerous friends, family members and fans, almost entirely from outside the Metro area. That does such things...  Read article

UdeM celebrates 50 years

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: A3

Topics: Miscellaneous, Moncton Success Stories, Very Positive

Catgeories: , Arts and Culture, Tonality

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Community celebrates half-century of university's contributions to education, development — Emotions ran high as l'Université de Moncton's 50th anniversary flag was raised in front of the environmental sciences pavilion yesterday morning, and chief among those were joy and pride in an Acadian institution that has contributed, and continues to contribute, to French-speaking education. — Yesterday marked the exact date of UdeM's 50th anniversary, as it was founded on June 19, 1963 by Fr....  Read article

National Aboriginal Day to be celebrated

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: A5

Topics: Miscellaneous, Very Positive

Catgeories: , Tonality

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Moncton and the Elsipogtog First Nation will be celebrating the unique heritage, diverse cultures and achievements of First Nation peoples tomorrow for National Aboriginal Day. — This year's event theme is 'Honouring our Nations,' in order to recognize the three primary nations that make up New Brunswick's cultural fabric - First Nations, Acadian and English. — There is a full day of events planned at Moncton city hall, beginning at 7:30 a.m. with an 'honouring the day' ceremony and opening...  Read article

Championship form

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: B1

Topics: Sports/Tourism, Very Positive

Catgeories: Major Sporting Events, Events - General, Tonality

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Track nationals set go — Athletics Canada has continued to grow the country's prowess in the sport and those talents will be on full display at the 2013 Canadian Track and Field Championships, taking place today through Sunday at Stade Moncton 2010 Stadium. — 'I think what people are going to see is just the depth of high-level competition,' said Mathieu Gentes, the organization's director of corporate and public relations. 'Our sport has been known in the past, we've always —...  Read article

Museum welcomes historic artifacts

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: C3

Topics: Heritage, Moncton Success Stories, Very Positive

Catgeories: Arts and Culture, Tonality

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Brass number plate from Engine 5555 tells story of commuter line between Moncton Shops and Pointe-du-Chene — — A solid brass number plate from Engine 5555 recently donated to the Moncton Museum not only serves as a unique artifact from the golden age of steam locomotives, but the story behind it helps us understand the importance of the railway to daily life in Moncton. — The brass plate has been in the private collection of Howard Easton for many years. Easton spent a career...  Read article

Track event partners with Highland Games

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: D1

Topics: Sports/Tourism, Very Positive

Catgeories: Major Sporting Events, Events - General, Tonality

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Shot in the Dark event to feature shot put as well as traditional Highland Games stone throwing — 2013 Moncton Highland Games cochairman Stephen Tweedie said it was a 'natural fit' for their event to partner with the Canadian Track and Field Championships. — Tweedie said they had been meeting with the City of Moncton and discussed the idea of having a Friday night kick-off event for the Highland Games with an outdoor concert. It was at that point they learned the track championships...  Read article