Local newspaper stories
Apr 9th 2016, 5:12 am
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Re: Local newspaper stories
Apr 16th 2016, 2:10 pm
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Apr 17th 2016, 1:52 am
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Re: Local newspaper stories
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/lynx-captured-in-fredericton-downtown-1.3539126
This is what we get up to downtown!
This is what we get up to downtown!
Apr 17th 2016, 11:22 am
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Re: Local newspaper stories
Cheap Trick bassist talks about new album, Hall of Fame and Moncton runs the headline in the 'entertainment' section of the local paper.
Some impression.
Some impression.
Apr 19th 2016, 1:42 am
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Re: Local newspaper stories
Apr 19th 2016, 2:48 am
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Re: Local newspaper stories
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Apr 20th 2016, 10:51 am
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Re: Local newspaper stories
Canadians like the Queen as monarch, but her heir?
A recent survey suggests that while the majority of Canadians are supportve of the Queen as the country's monarch, the same cannot be said for her heir, Prince Charles.
A recent survey suggests that while the majority of Canadians are supportve of the Queen as the country's monarch, the same cannot be said for her heir, Prince Charles.
Apr 26th 2016, 11:52 pm
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May 3rd 2016, 11:16 am
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Re: Local newspaper stories
Our City Council has voted against a pay rise for City Councillors.
A by-law (why a by-law
) would have given them rises of 20-35%. In voting against, by 6-5, the Mayor said he believed that council members worked hard and are underpaid but he could not support a pay rise in view of the City's decision to freeze wages of non-unionised City staff.
It sounds all very noble.
Then you remember this is the man who, while there were negotiations underway about pay for Transit employees took the buses off the road and locked out those employees. Not a strike, a lockout. The City was without a bus service for 5 months.
The Mayor's salary would have seen the lowest increase (20%) while ordinary councillors would have got the 35%.
Current Councillor pay is $25k compared to Mayor pay @ $70k
These are part time positions although the Mayor considers his role to be full time.
We do have a City Hall (so does Dieppe and Riverview, the other two members of our Tri-Community) but this is not Da Vinci's City Hall or Toronto.
Oh yes, nearly forgot. The Mayor is not standing again (good riddance) so he would not have got the pay rise anyway.
A by-law (why a by-law
) would have given them rises of 20-35%. In voting against, by 6-5, the Mayor said he believed that council members worked hard and are underpaid but he could not support a pay rise in view of the City's decision to freeze wages of non-unionised City staff.It sounds all very noble.
Then you remember this is the man who, while there were negotiations underway about pay for Transit employees took the buses off the road and locked out those employees. Not a strike, a lockout. The City was without a bus service for 5 months.
The Mayor's salary would have seen the lowest increase (20%) while ordinary councillors would have got the 35%.
Current Councillor pay is $25k compared to Mayor pay @ $70k
These are part time positions although the Mayor considers his role to be full time.
We do have a City Hall (so does Dieppe and Riverview, the other two members of our Tri-Community) but this is not Da Vinci's City Hall or Toronto.
Oh yes, nearly forgot. The Mayor is not standing again (good riddance) so he would not have got the pay rise anyway.
May 19th 2016, 11:28 am
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Re: Local newspaper stories
I was listening to a report on local CBC this morning - though I believe this may be more local to Millie - about a teacher guilty of misconduct with a 17 year old male student.
Mum says she believes there was no sex involved although she knows she was in his bedroom. Apparently they were also seen at the mall together (not exactly secretive) on a schoolday when the teacher had emailed the school sec to say he was sick.
Anyway, there is apparently a lot of on line support for the teacher. So naturally I did a bit of googling
and came across a comment on the Rate My Teacher site from 2011.
With a (maximum) 5 Star rating it said she had several magic powers, one of which was not school appropriate.
Mum says she believes there was no sex involved although she knows she was in his bedroom. Apparently they were also seen at the mall together (not exactly secretive) on a schoolday when the teacher had emailed the school sec to say he was sick.
Anyway, there is apparently a lot of on line support for the teacher. So naturally I did a bit of googling
and came across a comment on the Rate My Teacher site from 2011.With a (maximum) 5 Star rating it said she had several magic powers, one of which was not school appropriate.
May 30th 2016, 9:23 pm
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Re: Local newspaper stories
Not actually from the local newspaper, although no doubt it will find its way into it.
1766: The Founding of Monckton Township, exhibit opening at Resurgo Place celebrating the 250th anniversary of the arrival of Monckton Township’s founding families
Yes, Monckton. Our fair city was named after Lt. Col. Robert Monckton, but a clerical error at the time resulted in the misspelling of the community's name, which has been perpetuated to the present day.
1766: The Founding of Monckton Township, exhibit opening at Resurgo Place celebrating the 250th anniversary of the arrival of Monckton Township’s founding families
MONCTON – Resurgo Place is pleased to present 1766: The Founding of Monckton Township, a bilingual exhibit depicting the journey of eleven families, from Germany to the Township of Monckton in 1766 via Philadelphia. The exhibit will be on display from June 3 to July 3, 2016 at Resurgo Place. Access to the exhibit is included with the cost of admission....
The exhibit celebrates the 250th anniversary of the arrival of eleven families: Stief, Lutz, Treitz, Sommer, Shantz (Jones), Smith, Richter, Koppel, Wortman, Ackley and Reynold. The families, who arrived on the sloop Lovey on June 3, 1776, were granted the land in 1778...Documents and archives from c. 1776 as well as a model of the sloop Lovey built by Yvon Haché will be on display as part of the exhibit...
The exhibit celebrates the 250th anniversary of the arrival of eleven families: Stief, Lutz, Treitz, Sommer, Shantz (Jones), Smith, Richter, Koppel, Wortman, Ackley and Reynold. The families, who arrived on the sloop Lovey on June 3, 1776, were granted the land in 1778...Documents and archives from c. 1776 as well as a model of the sloop Lovey built by Yvon Haché will be on display as part of the exhibit...
Jul 12th 2016, 5:35 pm
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Re: Local newspaper stories
These Buddhists just wanted to keep a low profile and they were surprised at the media attention.
I wonder if anyone asked them why they invited a CBC news crew.
I wonder if anyone asked them why they invited a CBC news crew.
Jul 20th 2016, 10:11 pm
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Re: Local newspaper stories
Restaurant of 40 years has closed, no longer getting the customers he used to get - increased competition not always a good thing - although he's still running the second one he opened after doing so well with the first.
He has no plans to sell the building. The reason being the City is building a new events centre and he thinks that when it's done there will be a new business venture for him from his existing site.
Forward planning eh?
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He's 71.
He has no plans to sell the building. The reason being the City is building a new events centre and he thinks that when it's done there will be a new business venture for him from his existing site.
Forward planning eh?
Nothing unusual in this except...
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He's 71.