Category: Moncton

The Gallant Government is committing $750,000 to help Moncton stage the 2019 Brier…if it wins the event.

The city and a local committee recently submitted a bid to Curling Canada for the national men’s championship. The brier would be the first major event for the downtown events centre which is expected to be completed by the fall of next year.

People were advised again yesterday not to swim at Parlee Beach because of high bacteria levels for the fourth straight day. It’s the tenth time the advisory’s have gone up this year at the beach where water quality has been a concern for years.

The Red Dot Association, which is pushing for cleaner local water, told the Times and Transcript it believes wetlands preservation and a moratorium on development would be a step in the right direction to help alleviate such problems.
Meanwhile, another problem is cropping up at other beaches on Northumberland Strait…jellyfish. Coastal residents say they’ve never seen so many as are turning up this year. Jellyfish can sting.