Grand Manan re-elects Bonnie Morse as mayor

Grand Manan re-elects Bonnie Morse as mayor

Grand Manan voters have re-elected Bonnie Morse as mayor following Monday’s municipal election, returning the longtime municipal leader to office after a competitive race against challenger Norah J. Davidson. Morse secured victory by a healthy margin after a campaign focused on stability, infrastructure planning, and protecting the strong sense of community that defines island life. […]

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 Two Grand Manan wharves to be reconstructed

Two Grand Manan wharves to be reconstructed

Two major wharves on Grand Manan Island will be receiving an infusion of cash for repairs and reconstruction. Secretary of State for the Canadian Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions and Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long announced the funding as part of a $957.8 million in small craft harbours — noting significant investment in Ingalls Head […]

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 More than 1,100 candidates enter N.B. local elections

More than 1,100 candidates enter N.B. local elections

Around 1,103 individuals submitted nomination papers to be representatives across the 77 local governments in New Brunswick.  Two council positions in two communities remain vacant. Karine Pitre with Elections New Brunswick (ENB) said it is hard to compare the turnout between the 2022 elections and this one given the amalgamation in 2023, where not every […]

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 The Matriarch of the Island

The Matriarch of the Island

On Grand Manan, time does not so much pass as it settles. You feel it the moment the ferry pulls away from the mainland, when the shoreline softens and the horizon opens, and the world you’ve left behind—its noise, its urgency, its fluorescent insistence—begins to feel faintly theoretical. Here, there are no chain stores, no […]

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 3 arrested on Grand Manan after drugs seized

3 arrested on Grand Manan after drugs seized

The New Brunswick RCMP say three people have been arrested on Grand Manan.  A 41-year-old man, a 48-year-old man both from Grand Manan, and a 41-year-old woman from Nova Scotia were arrested during a traffic stop on the island, according to police.  “On March 12 at approximately 9 p.m., members of the Grand Manan conducted […]

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