SPCA Update
The Victoria County SPCA would like to welcome the new manager to the shelter! Mary Comeau has been a volunteer at the shelter for some time, and will now be the acting manager at the SPCA. The Victoria County SPCA is open for adoptions on weekends Saturdays 11 am–...
Fostering …The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
DunRoamin’ Stray and Rescue’s mandate is to help injured strays that have been abandoned, abused and neglected. We ensure they receive the medical treatment they need to survive and we work hard to find them permanent homes as soon as they are ready. As our name implies, once an...
Backyard bully
It pains me to have to admit this, but my cat Poquito has become a backyard bully. I feel something like a parent must feel when told that their child is a juvenile delinquent! Poquito is the kind of cat who likes to mess with your head. He...
Plaster Rock SummerFest 2013
August 23, 24 & 25 Mark your calendars now! Plaster Rock 2013 SummerFest will be held on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of August and this year’s venue promises to be well worth attending. Three days of music and fun for the whole family as all age groups will...
NEW FLOOD PROGRAM OPTION AVAILABLE???
At the regular weekly meeting of the Citizen’s Advisory Committee a recent change to the Flood Relocation Program was discussed. For months we have been lobbying Fredericton bureaucrats to allow more flexibility in program delivery particularly with respect to the “hard cap” of $100,000 for relocation of residences. As...
It’s Time Again! Larlee Creek Hullabaloo
The sixth annual Larlee Creek Hullabaloo music festival will be welcoming back acclaimed local, national and international artists to Baird’s Campground along the banks of the beautiful St. John River in Perth-Andover from August 16-18, 2013.The Festival features over 16 official performances over three days. Not including the impromptu...
“You are welcome!”
The old man in the hat As one grows up, hopefully, one of the first things you are taught is to say please, thank-you and you are welcome, in social situations in which you have requested that something be done in your favour or for your benefit. In short,...
Ms. Donna’s Delights
Those of us who live out here in the hinterlands don’t have access to the variety of retail stores available in cities….like stores that carry personal pleasure products! Donna Miller of Tobique Narrows has opened her home based business, Ms. Donna’s Delights, to fill this gap in our...
Digger Fever
Have you ever wished you could find buried treasure? Greg Wallace finds lost treasure all the time with his metal detector. He became interested in the hobby of metal detecting about five years ago. He attempted to buy a metal detector in New Brunswick, but discovered that none was...
Agenda 21 and Rural NB
Rural New Brunswick is under siege these days. Rural hospitals , along with other services, have been closed or downsized all over the province. During my recent stay at the much reviled Waterville Hospital, which was supposedly built to consolidate regional health care so as to be “sustainable”...