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Meet SPCA Pet of the Week: Fergus
This friendly boy has been waiting a few months for his special family to come in. He is friendly and loving but will be a bit shy at first. But once he knows you have a warm, caring hand to pat him, he will be in love. Words that describe Fergus are loyal and appreciative. Come visit Fergus in our Boys Room.
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Sweet Caroline Walk/ Run this Weekend
The Sweet Caroline Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness of allergies and anaphylaxis, are hosting a walk/ run this Saturday, October 10th in Rothesay. The 10K run/ walk will begin at 10 am, while the 2.5K walk/ run starts at 10:15 am at Rothesay High School. Both courses travel down the Rothesay Road towards Rothesay…
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Halifax Learning Centre in Saint John
Halifax Learning Centre in Saint John is proud to offer the SpellRead Program! SpellRead is a gold-standard reading program that focuses on phonological automaticity and reading fluency for struggling readers. Backed by independent research, SpellRead combines intensive phonemic and phonetic activities with a language arts program to build students’ reading comprehension, fluency, decoding, spelling and writing strategies!
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Retro Film Series Presents: Halloween Double Bill
7:30pm Dawn of the Dead (1978) Unrated Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. 10:00pm Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Rated R A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in… Read More
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Lucky (aka Fanceen)
An update from the Saint John SPCA Animal Rescue: This photo of Lucky (aka Fanceen) was taken this morning in his new home. Lucky was the sole survivor of 15 cats who were found buried in the backyard of a west side home a few weeks ago.
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Heavy rainfall warning – how to prepare and stay safe
With heavy rains, road conditions can deteriorate quickly and localized flooding can occur. To prepare for the event of a prolonged power outage, citizens are reminded to have everything they need for at least 72 hours following a storm. This includes preparing an emergency kit for home and car. An emergency kit should include food, water, batteries, a battery-powered radio, first-aid supplies and any special items such as prescriptions, infant formula and equipment for people with disabilities.
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Imperial Theatre presents Whitehorse
The Imperial Theatre is proud to present the Canadian duo Whitehorse on Friday, October 9th at 8 pm. Tickets are on sale at the Imperial Theatre Box Office for $32 per adult. Subscriber tickets are $26 each and Student RUSH tickets are $20. Whitehorse is the story of two acclaimed musicians joining forces under one new name – no drummer, no…
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Kickstart: A Grassroots Approach to Entrepreneur Development
For the last three years, a group of 12-15 budding entrepreneurs have been gathering every fall for 12 weeks to participate in Enterprise Saint John’s Kickstart your Business Course. The participants are folks who are newly in business as well as people who want to become armed with knowledge before even beginning to look at starting a business.
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Safety Tips for Motorists from City
With the increase in traffic volumes after the summer holidays, and construction projects continuing across the City, the City of Saint John reminds motorists to look out for City workers who perform construction, maintenance and public safety services on, under or above city roads and other right of ways.
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1812: The New Brunswick Story Exhibition
An exhibition entitled 1812: The New Brunswick Story opened earlier this month at the New Brunswick Museum and will run through January 3rd, 2016. On June 18, 1812 the United States declared war on Britain and placed His Majesty’s colonies in British North America (now Canada) in peril. Already fighting a life and death struggle with…
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Yuk Yuk’s Stand-Up Comedy Tour Coming to Saint John
Get ready for some uncensored comedy as Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Tour reaches Saint John! Tickets are now available for the first of several Yuk Yuk’s On Tour events happening next Wednesday, September 30th at 7 pm at the Saint John Trade & Convention Centre in the Loyalist Room. This show features a hilarious line-up of some…
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Retro Film Series presents: To Kill a Mockingbird
Season 22 of the Retro Film Series continues at the Imperial Theatre next week with the Oscar winning classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, who defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge,…
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