Bouctouche News

Food: Ever wondered why there aren't more provincially grown turkeys available at Christmas? Ask an organic turkey farmer D4 Larry Slipp had an epiphany one day while mixing medication at a high-intensity poultry farm.

It's 1904 on a crisp, November Saturday morning. Main Street in Moncton was bustling with shoppers although it is barely eight o'clock. McSweeney's store opened at seven for you to avoid the rush and city market vendors were there before dawn.

When They all breathe gently opened at the Gallery at The New Brunswick College of Craft and Design on Thursday, people approached Erin Hamilton to inquire about her collaboration with Suzanne Babineau.

From the lighting of the Olympic torch in Victoria on Oct. 30, the flame has been to the northern and the eastern reaches of Canada.

The New Brunswick Health Council has announced it is conducting an extensive survey of patient care at the province's 19 acute-care hospitals.

The RCMP have released the name of a man killed over the weekend in a crash on New Brunswick's Highway 11.

It took about three centuries for an Acadian writer to be internationally accepted.

The owner of a unique wooden car that was featured at last weekend's Moncton Woodworking Show is keen to track down the history of the vehicle since he learned that it was built in New Brunswick and not Maine.

Dwayne Storey is halfway towards mission accomplished. "We're going to set it up for about 1,200 capacity,'' the promoter said in looking ahead to a seven-bout professional boxing card that will be held on Nov.

I always try to keep the spirit of Remembrance Day close to my heart, but the photo I received by e-mail last week really struck home.

A Metro Moncton reservist solider wounded two years ago when the armoured vehicle he was driving was destroyed by a roadside bomb will be among the first to receive Canada's new Sacrifice Medal from Governor General Michaelle Jean.

It is 30 years since Antonine Maillet received the Prix Goncourt, France's highest literary award.

Experts have long predicted the inevitable arrival of another influenza pandemic as deadly as the one that killed millions around the world in the early 20th century.

Mayor Raymond Cormier had about five million reasons to smile yesterday. Cormier was still grinning from the news that the province will pump up to an extra $5 million into the Route 11 twinning project in order to add a new highway exit that will make it easier for southbound traffic to access Shediac.

Although a quiet Halloween was reported around the province early in the evening, the ghosts and ghouls were howling up a storm by about 9 p.m. on Saturday.

Drivers won't need to get used to any newly located highway exits on the ride between Bouctouche and the Richibucto River once the highway is twinned.

The Department of Transportation hasn't changed its plans to eliminate a well-used highway exit that leads drivers onto Bouctouche's main strip as Route 11 is twinned.

The provincial government is putting funds into an outreach program to increase science literacy in northern New Brunswick.

Maelstrom Bistro is exhibiting the oil paintings by Cathy Linfield entitled Out of My Mind during November and December.

All the talk about the possibility of a new commuter bus service between Bouctouche and Moncton jogged some old memories in the mind of Paul LeBlanc.