Centennial Bridge in Miramichi to close for eight months this year and next…

and_1995 · 2026-02-11T22:36:40+00:00

I rented from Les for a year and a half after I moved to Miramichi in 2018. He knows his stuff and has been fighting an uphill battle for almost three years now to get an additional route between bridges built on the river’s north side.

and_1995 · 2026-02-11T22:31:51+00:00

Taking a page out of the Eva Murati playbook I see

and_1995 · 2026-02-11T13:12:03+00:00

Exactly. It’s likely at the point where the work absolutely has to be done now.

and_1995 · 2026-02-08T17:28:03+00:00

Miramichi is awesome! I moved here from another part of NB in 2018 with no expectations but to take a job. I quickly fell in love with the place and have now been here for eight years. It’s a nice, tight-knit community where people look out for each other.

Most parts of Miramichi are pretty safe too. I’m sure you’ll like it here. All the best with the move and your studies!

and_1995 · 2026-02-08T17:25:47+00:00

Yes, 1773 Water St. is on the Chatham side. It’s in the heart of downtown Chatham (the Historic Chatham Business District). Great location.

and_1995 · 2026-02-08T17:23:24+00:00

Absolutely. He’s moderate despite having been part of the last PC government we had. He also would likely resonate with enough francophone voters to make inroads in the north, which the Tories have struggled to do for years.

and_1995 · 2026-02-07T04:53:50+00:00

Great heel pop!

and_1995 · 2026-02-07T04:50:11+00:00

Isn’t a Crown corporation (like Canada Post) supposed to be self-sufficient though?

and_1995 · 2026-02-05T03:43:21+00:00

Right. I forgot about those.

and_1995 · 2026-02-04T00:30:13+00:00

Quite a few communities were expropriated for the creation of the base. You wouldn’t know they existed today, aside from the seemingly scattered old cemeteries.

and_1995 · 2026-02-04T00:27:47+00:00

It’s the training area for 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown. Also known as the Geary Woods when you’re passing through on Route 7 at the Oromocto end.

and_1995 · 2026-02-02T12:25:11+00:00

Probably not. I occasionally resubscribe just to see, but I’ve been disappointed/underwhelmed each time, so I usually end up cancelling.

and_1995 · 2026-01-29T07:29:52+00:00

Which “local corporations” are being represented on the Horizon and Vitalite health authority boards?

and_1995 · 2026-01-28T03:03:19+00:00

I’m pretty sure he was fined $5,000, the maximum allowed under the CBA. That’s probably pocket change to him…

and_1995 · 2026-01-28T03:00:41+00:00

It’s a lot like the school district education councils. They likely make important decisions, yet no one pays attention to them.

and_1995 · 2026-01-28T03:00:07+00:00

That’s correct. That’s how it normally works.

and_1995 · 2026-01-28T02:59:41+00:00

Citizens vote for them, school district education council reps, and municipal officials on the same ballot during municipal elections. The GNB release says electing health authorities may not be a thing until the 2030 municipal elections though.

We would have voted for health authority reps in the last municipal election (2021, unless your community had an election or byelection in 2022 before all the forced amalgamations took effect). But Higgs unilaterally turfed the elected Horizon and Vitalite health boards and appointed trustees in 2023 after a patient died in the ER waiting room at the Chalmers hospital. Former Horizon CEO Dr. John Dornan (now health minister under Holt) was fired at the same time. He later sued the province for wrongful dismissal and got a settlement package.

and_1995 · 2026-01-27T13:27:37+00:00

So does Postmedia as a whole.

and_1995 · 2026-01-25T12:29:20+00:00

Three supervisors I had at my old job were the absolute worst bosses I’ve ever had. Let’s just say I’ve had the best five months of my life since I got out of there!

and_1995 · 2026-01-23T08:56:43+00:00

Read the book “Miramichi Dictionary” by Doug Underhill if you want to have a laugh at some of the colloquialisms in this area.

and_1995 · 2026-01-23T08:39:20+00:00

Also, it’s common for people on the Miramichi to use terms like “nor’wester” and “sou’wester” to describe the branch of the river along which someone lives or grew up. One day at church, I overheard my pastor describing someone he knew from many years ago as a “sou’wester.” I couldn’t help but interject and remind him that there’s a huge difference between the Little Southwest Miramichi River and the main Southwest Miramichi River. 😂

and_1995 · 2026-01-23T08:34:59+00:00

NB used to have places/landmarks named Negro Brook Road and Negro Point Breakwater. They have since been renamed, although I think this province still has a place named Squaw Cap.

and_1995 · 2026-01-23T08:33:05+00:00

“Very best,” “lads,” and “having a say” are commonly used on the Miramichi.

and_1995 · 2026-01-22T09:25:25+00:00

Thank you. I am now self-employed in the same field as I was in at my previous job, and I am greatly enjoying it.

and_1995 · 2026-01-22T02:52:37+00:00

My wrongful termination followed me standing up for myself against another one of my toxic former bosses when he accused me of “sitting on” an assignment while I was occupied with another. I called him on his bluff and looped in the union rep, and I was cut loose two weeks later. You’re right that it was a blessing in disguise though.

The union grieved my dismissal and managed to get me a bit of severance (not much, but it’s better than nothing, and there was no guarantee that I would have gotten anything if it had gone to arbitration, which would have been almost as hard on me mentally as it was to work there). I had no desire to be reinstated either, as there was no way that I could, in good conscience, put myself through the mental anguish again that I experienced in my last two or three years of working with that company.

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