A New Brunswick musician is up for this year’s Polaris Music Prize. Rosaireville’s Lisa LeBlanc got the nomination for her album Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? She’s up against Gord Downie, Feist, the late Leonard Cohen and others, with the winner getting $50,000.
Category: Miramichi
Friends of Beaubears Island hosting weekend event for National Parks Day
Friends of Beaubears Island host “A Day in the Time of Beaubears Island” on Sunday. Honouring Canada National Parks Day, you can meet 19th-century characters discussing the decline of wooden shipbuilding, effect of Confederation, and the future of the island without industry. Excursions to the island for the show cost $5, and take place Sunday at 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm.