Miramichi News

Ron Smith is wise. He is a former chief financial officer of a couple of big companies and a former board chairman at Acadia University.

Former legislature Speaker Michael Malley will not return to his seat on Miramichi city council after his recount left him three votes short.

New Brunswick's community college system is reducing its offering. Three programs are being cut and three different campuses will be affected.

There is some concern in Atlantic Canada that the federal government's proposed reforms to the Employment Insurance program are meant to stimulate more outward migration of workers from that region to western Canada.

The New Brunswick Community College is cutting three of its programs for the next academic year, which will affect students in Woodstock, Miramichi and Moncton.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is slashing $5 million in annual funding to some 50 economic development organizations in the region as part of a move its minister says will help eliminate red tape.

"Our Government is focused on boosting economic growth and job creation. That's why we are pleased to announce the opening of the Public Service Pay Centre in Miramichi and I want to welcome its new employees.

NEWCAP will be getting a new FM station in MIRAMICHI, NB after the CRTC approved its application, and so will MIRAMICHI FELLOWSHIP CENTER, but MARITIME BROADCASTING SYSTEM LTD.

About a dozen royal watchers and gardeners planted a tree in Miramichi Saturday afternoon to honour Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee celebrations and prepare for the royal visit of Prince Charles and Camilla, the duchess of Cornwall, who arrive tomorrow.

A A I was talking with one of the staff members at Mt View High School where I work and found out the he will be on the Miramichi in New Brunswick this weekend fishing for Atlantic Salmon.

For readers of the daily newspapers in Fredericton and Moncton, Thursday's editorial cartoon had many doing a double-take. The cartoon is a commentary on the recent E. coli outbreak in Miramichi.

A new study from the Human Resources Department suggests Ottawa is looking at ways to get people receiving employment insurance to move to other regions with more jobs.

Elections New Brunswick is moving forward with official recounts in three municipal races that ended in a tie and there is the possibility that 44 other races could end up being reviewed.

Mayerthorpe RCMP Const. Matthew MacLean gets ready to go on patrol in one of the detachment's trucks.

If the voter turnout is any indication, the majority of New Brunswickers were not interested in this latest round of municipal elections.

The majority of the people who became infected by E. coli ate at the Jungle Jim's restaurant in Miramichi.

Health officials in New Brunswick say they believe the source of a recent E. coli outbreak has passed through the food supply chain and is no longer a risk to the public.

Former Liberal health minister Mary Schryer has won a seat on one of the province's regional health authority boards in the first RHA elections since the former Liberal government eliminated them in 2008.

Cormier has 4,317 votes to Reg Falconer's 3,046 votes. Keith Kenny was far behind with 356 votes.

Several high-profile people are running for positions on regional health authorities and district education councils despite a relatively low-key election.