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Students set to ‘shine’ on Saturday 
Hundreds of returning Mount Allison students will be out in full force this Saturday shining shoes, painting faces, washing cars and doing whatever else they can to lend a helping hand in the community.
Their efforts are part of a continuing tradition for the university students, who take to the streets every year during “Shine Day” to raise funds for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
This year the goal has been set at an ambitious $17,000 but Mount A’s Shinerama co-ordinator Natasha Gosselin says she is optimistic that target will easily be met. (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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Danika Fawcett serves up some cupcakes and cold drinks to her customers at her lemonade stand. |
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Girl raises funds for animal shelter, learns valuable business skills
When seven-year-old Danika Fawcett set out to raise funds for her favorite animal shelter this summer, she relied on an age-old trusted method of making some cash.
Danika, with some help from her grandmother Amy Cormier, set up a lemonade stand along a busy stretch of road in Dorchester on a sunny day last month, selling cool drinks and delicious cupcakes to many thirsty and hungry customers.
“We thought it would be something fun to do,” said Danika from her grandmother’s home last week, “while raising money for the shelter.”
And raise money they did. (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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Beth MacDonald looks through a microscope in a lab at Mount Allison University. MacDonald is part of... » |
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Researchers study shrimp to learn more about shorebirds
They might be shrimp but you wouldn't want them in your cocktail.
This summer, researchers from Mount Allison University have been making trips out to the Bay of Fundy mudflats to gather mud shrimp.
Diana Hamilton is the professor leading a team of student researchers in search of the shrimp.
It's part of a project to study the eating habits of shorebirds and to find out if those habits are different between day and night.
Hamilton said the group has no idea what to expect when they look at the availability of food during the different times of day.
"Nobody's ever done it." (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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Recent arts, culture report paints an interesting picture
It is often noted with the shifting global economy that, in the big picture, manufacturing jobs are on the decline. If that’s the case, the followup question goes: what goods or services are replacing them?
One ‘good’ that might not leap to mind is arts and culture. A study from the Conference Board of Canada in collaboration with the Department of Canadian Heritage claims that culture generated $84.6 billion in direct and indirect economic benefits over the past year. (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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Football Mountie coaches, players prepare to open season
While the trio of excellence - quarterback Kelly Hughes, corner Jermaine Oram and all-Canadian Gary Ross - will again lead the Mounties as they attempt to regain some lost lustre, it will necesarily be a total team effort and coaches and players alike are confident some new systems and a fresh approach to coaching will go a considerable distance in accomplishing team goals. (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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New Brunswick’s senior curling team included Sackville curlers (l-r)?George DeBenedetti, Bill Presco... » |
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Sackville athletes shine during recent Canada Senior Games
Sackville's "senior" athletes did their hometown proud last week as wins were recorded in badminton and tennis while the curling foursome just missed a medal, ending their bonspiel in fourth place.
Local tennis champ Art Miller was the big winner, collecting a gold and a bronze medal, while the badminton duo of Bill Evans and Helmut Becker returned with a bronze. (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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Soccer Mounties prepare for home openers
The Mount Allison soccer Mounties open their AUS regular season play at home this Sunday afternoon when they host Université de Moncton. The women's match will start at 1 p.m. followed by the men's game at 3:15 p.m.
Both games will be played on MacAulay Field.
The Mounties hosted Concordia University in exhibition games in Sackville last weekend. The women's team tied Concordia 3-3 while the men's team scored two goals in the last 20 minutes to defeat the Stingers 2-1. On Sunday the women's team traveled to UPEI to play the Panthers and lost 1-0 in a well-played game. (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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Juno-nominated jazz vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow is an up-and-coming musician who will be performin... » |
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Rising jazz star bringing her talent to Sackville
She may be only 32 but Emilie-Claire Barlow has been dazzling the world with her stunningly beautiful voice for more than two decades.
Starting out her career at the tender age of seven, voice acting for television and radio jingles, kids may know her best from her character roles on Sailor Moon, 6Teen, Rescue Heroes, and Total Drama Island, just to name a few.
Music lovers, however, will recognize Barlow as Canada’s up-and-coming rising star on the international jazz music scene, the Toronto-based musician who recently brought home the female vocalist of the year award from the 2008 National Jazz Awards and who was recently nominated for a Juno award for vocal jazz album of the year for her most recent compilation The Very Thought Of You. (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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Norman C. Hicks
Midgic, N.B. - With his family by his side, the death of Norman C. Hicks, age 75, of Midgic, occurred at the Sackville Memorial Hospital on Sunday, August 31, 2008.
Born in Midgic he was a son of the late Titus and Revolia (Phinney) Hicks. (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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VIDA R. (ATKINSON) TRENHOLM
Vida R. Trenholm passed away on August 23 at the Spring Creek Health and Rehab Centre in Murray, Kentucky, USA.
Born in Sackville, N.B., on December 26, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Lalia Atkinson and was predeceased by a sister Netta Estabrooks and brothers Hartman, Frederick, Robert and Benjamin Atkinson. (more)
03/09/08 10:28 PM
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