By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter New Brunswick has launched a strategy with the goal of growing tourist spending from $2.7 billion to $3.7 billion annually within five years. The Holt Liberal government came up with the glossy document after conducting a survey with 8,600 New Brunswickers and consulting with tourism businesses, Indigenous organizations, […]
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RAILFest is back on Ministers Island for its second year of train-centric Lego building. The festival has a working model train that people can interact with, including sending it around the tracks with the push of a button. Patrick Bourgoin, the president of The Maritime Lego Users Group (MariLUG), said that his favourite part of […]
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The operators of Ministers Island say without additional funding they will have to relinquish control to the province, but Holt says all the funding is already up. A lot has been made of ‘nation building’ projects as of late and the fate of the site tied to Canada’s original ‘nation-building’ project is in the hands […]
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The Van Horne Estate on Ministers Island (VHEMI) is under pressure due to a lack of funding from the provincial government. John Kershaw, chair of the board for the Van Horne Estate on Ministers Island, said it could shut down the business which operates the historical site. The operating grant the VHEMI received for the […]
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By Sari Green, Community Contributor If you’re looking for events to fill your Sunday afternoons, check out the concerts coming up on Ministers Island in July. First, we have Nico Paulo & Band. Paulo, a Portuguese/Canadian songwriter, as well as a visual artist, came to Canada in 2014 to pursue her musical and artistic ambitions. […]
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Songwriters can come from anywhere, but many are right around the corner on Ministers Island near Saint Andrews. The historic island held a songwriters circle for the public to experience emerging artists. The circle included Claira Blanchard, Jacob Rose, Charlotte Bartlett, and Shawn Richard. Blanchard is an emerging artist who just graduated high school last […]
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Jamie Steel joins host Jay Remer to talk about what’s in store for music performances on Ministers Island for summer 2025. Original broadcast date: May 23, 2025 Fundy Tidings with Jay Remer is an original CHCO Television production taped on location at the CHCO-TV studio in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.
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John Kershaw, Chairman of the Board for the Van Horne Estate on Ministers Island, sits down with host Jay Remer at the CHCO studio to talk about the role of the organization, a look back at the 2024 tourism season, and a look ahead to what visitors to the Island can expect in 2025. Original […]
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The chair of the Van Horne Estate on Ministers Island says the number of visitors is returning to pre-pandemic levels. “During COVID and after COVID, our numbers dropped quite a bit,” said John Kershaw. “But we’re starting to climb back to that historic high, we had just over 26,000. So, we’re back to 24,000 now. […]
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