Potential brawl defused in Moncton
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Moncton police defused a potential brawl outside a nightclub in the city's downtown bar district early Sunday morning.
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Acadia 88, UNB 79
CIS Hoops.ca (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The Axemen remained undefeated with a home victory over the winless Varsity Reds in a game which was very close throughout until Acadia pulled away in the fourth quarter. 6'6" Justin Boutilier showed he is likely all the way back from an injury with 21 points to lead all scorers and he added 6 assists. 6'5" Alex Traikov also had 21, adding 12 rebounds including 8 on the offensive glass. The...
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Lord Moncton's ecology address
Love Undefiled (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
This youtube video is a lecture by Lord Moncton on climate change just prior to the Copenhagen Summit. There is a powerpoint presentation which goes with the youtube video (it comes up naturally on the Youtube video). The event was sponsored by the Minnesota Free Market Institute. It's on the sceptical side of the climate debate. H/T Life Site News
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Lost bus ticket stalls student in Moncton
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A 17-year-old university student from Prince Edward Island thinks Acadian bus lines should not have stranded her temporarily at its Moncton terminal this week.
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Moncton High could be saved for $7M: report
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The cost of restoring historic Moncton High School may be millions of dollars less than originally expected, according to a new study.
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[LINK] "N.B. doctors get Acadian French dictionary"
Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Acadian French is a unique dialect of Canadian French, having developed in isolation from the Canadiens who went on to dominate Québec and settle areas to the west of the Ottawa River. Vocabularly and pronunciation are quite different from Canadian and international standards. But this variant? Two linguists from l'Universite de Moncton have put together a dictionary for doctors and doctors-in-training...
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Former MP ends retirement for homeless project
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
A former federal cabinet minister is coming out of retirement to lead a new research project aimed at helping homeless people who suffer from mental illness in Moncton.
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Shelter volunteers live in box to raise money
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
A Moncton shelter is hoping to raise awareness about homelessness, and money, by having volunteers live in a giant cardboard box outside a local mall.
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Death of Lady Touche, wife of the 2nd Baronet
Peerage News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Lady Touche, who died suddenly from heart failure, 8 Nov, 2009, at Calgary, Canada, was the wife of Sir Rodney Gordon Touche, 2nd Baronet (b 5 Dec 1928). She was the former Quida Ann MacLellan, dau of Frederick Gerald MacLellan, of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, and married in 1955. The baronetcy was cr in 1962 for her father-in-law, Sir Gordon, MP 1960-62. She leaves issue. --==--
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Commercial signs in the city of Dieppe, New Brunswick, may become bilingual
Page F30 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Right next to the city of Moncton, New Brunswick, is a city called Dieppe with a population of 18 565, that is considering a bylaw to make commercial signs bilingual. First the location of the city: View Larger Map The reason for the proposed bylaw is that the city itself is about 75% francophone (Acadian), so only 23% of the city's inhabitants speak English as their mother tongue and yet thus
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4 United churches in Moncton open door to merger
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Four Moncton-area United churches voted over the weekend to start the process that could lead to their amalgamation.
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Frank McKenna's Perpetually Ajar Door
CalgaryGrit (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
With today's " McKenna keeps door ajar " headline sure to generate some buzz, perhaps it's time for a stroll down memory lane . 1989 : Ontario Premier David Peterson interrupted a brief vacation with Frank McKenna Tuesday to suggest that the New Brunswick premier should run for the federal Liberal leadership. 1990 : Whispers about McKenna's interest in replacing John Turner have been growing...
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Free broadband works wonders at Fredericton and Moncton
ITBusiness.ca - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Here's how separate municipal "broadband for all" projects revitalized the quiet university municipality of Fredericton and ex-blue collar railway city of Moncton.
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4 United Church parishes in Moncton may merge
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Four congregations of the United Church in Moncton are considering amalgamating due to dwindling numbers and rising costs.
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3rd Moncton cab driver robbed
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Another Moncton cab driver has been robbed, the third in less than a week, which has some drivers wondering how they can protect themselves.
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