Category: Issue 49

EXACTLY 2 years ago, the tortured currents of the River Saint John last raised its majestic waters in protest of human intervention and progress! With her watershed now “robbed” of forested woodland and her flow to the sea “tamed” by concrete dams, she has raised her wrath in the...

The Butterfly Effect describes the condition in which a small change in one place can result in large differences in a later state . The flapping wings of the butterfly represent small changes in the initial condition of the system which then goes on to create a chain of...

Jammed – positioned tightly between bodies or surfaces so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible. Jammed – caught between a rock and a hard place. I’ve written columns like that …! Taberduker! But, you won’t get “jammed” if’n you know that “in it’s class” means basically...

I was out walking the other morning admiring the beauty of the snow and thinking how blessed I was to live in such a scenic place.   We really are quite fortunate. It is almost a Goldilocks sort of situation. Most of the time it is neither too hot...

the old man in the hat Canada is a neat place. New Brunswick is fantastic. I mean, where else can you put your beer in the snow to get cold and it is still there, still cold, 9 months later. Still in the snow. AND more snow.   But...

The Royal Canadian Legion hosted a lovely dinner and award ceremony on Friday night to recognize the community work and contributions of Rod MacIntosh and Mike Allen. They were recipients of the Paul Harris Award, the Rotary Club’s highest honour.   Pat Perry, a Rotary member and multiple Paul...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Southern Victoria Skate Club, a non-profit organization which is dedicated to promoting safe skating with the town’s youth. Monday, March 17th marked the last practice for the season for the club. The Perth Elks Club had pledged to donate $350 to...

Bigger Tigger here, It’s been sooo snowy and cold and not Tigger-friendly outside, that I have been forced to spend my time watching TV.   I like commercials.  Tig has been trying to get Angie to buy a Tig all the cool things he sees.  Like the can of stuff...

As I was delivering the previous issue of the Blackfly to Plaster Rock I stopped in at the Arthurette Animal Shelter to say hi to Linda, Shelley and the cat gang. I met some new additions to the crew. Everyone came over to say hello and Barney and Harriet...

Since the Perth-Andover flood of March 23, 2012 there have been three public meetings to discuss the future of vacant lots left in the wake of the flood. The Glenn Group, a Fredericton-based landscape architect firm was contracted to come up with a plan for ‘re-purposing’ the Village of...