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(NB-Shelters-Busy)
Some homeless shelters in New Brunswick are reporting their busiest summer yet.
A building at the exhibition grounds in Fredericton that was meant to be an out-of-the-cold shelter until mid-April, will be staying open for the foreseeable future.
And in Saint John, Ben Appleby with the Outflow Ministry is reporting a record number of people accessing the shelter.
Figures from New Brunswick’s Social Development Department say the shift in homelessness is provincewide, with 60 per cent of out-of-the-cold beds available for the summer.
(Global News)
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(NB-Rare-Owl)
The New Brunswick Museum is set to add a rare great grey owl to its extensive bird collection next month.
The owl will become the first specimen of its kind to be held at a Canadian museum in over 100 years, according to Greg Jongsma, the museum’s acting curator of the zoology department.
The great grey owl is one of the largest owls in North America in terms of height.
The museum only knows of nine confirmed sightings of the bird, according to records vetted by the New Brunswick Bird Committee, an organization created in 1992 and sponsored by the museum to come up with an official bird list for the province.
(CBC News)
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(NB-Celebrations-Day)
This year’s New Brunswick Day celebrations are slated to take place in Doaktown, in the upper Southwest Miramichi River valley.
Premier Susan Holt says New Brunswickers can get out on August 4th and celebrate the very best of the province, its people, culture and accomplishments.
Doaktown is famous for its world-renowned salmon fishing and warm hospitality, and Mayor Arthur O’Donnell is inviting everyone to come participate in this year’s activities.
The province is expected to announce more information about celebrations in the coming weeks. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Moose-Saved)
A young moose calf that was caught in a fence in Kilbride, Newfoundland was safely freed from a fence and relocated without injury.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says its officers responded to a call of a small moose caught in a fence Friday night.
Police say they were able to keep the young animal calm until conservation officers arrived.
Conservation officers Andrew Dyke and Patrick Lovell freed the moose calf, who was exhausted but uninjured.
(VOCM)
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(NS-Church-Closure)
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia held its final mass, marking the end of more than three centuries of Roman Catholic worship in the community.
The church is closing its doors due to declining attendance.
The building was built in 1874, but the church has been part of a continuous Catholic presence in the community that began in 1690.
(CBC)
