Posts Tagged ‘healthy living’
Blackville Residents Hope for a Community Pool
A group of Blackville residents are hoping their votes will win the village a public pool from the Aviva Community Fund, an annual competition that is changing Canadian communities by bringing great ideas to life. The most popular ideas, as determined by passionate Canadians like you, will have a chance to win a share of…
Read MoreInvestment made to construct skateboard park in Blackville
BLACKVILLE (CNB) – The provincial government is investing $12,700 in the construction of a skateboard park in Blackville. “The provincial government is proud to invest in community projects that promote healthy living for our youth,” said Premier David Alward. “Today’s investment in a new skateboard park will increase wellness in Blackville and the region.” Funding…
Read MoreBHS Students Support Terry Fox Foundation
Blackville School students have raised $542.60 for the Terry Fox Foundation, which will help support cancer research in Canada. Students and their families raised the funds as part of a school initiative led by teacher Craig Russell. Retired principal Mr. Hal Muck lead the school in their walk of hope. Mrs. Jennifer Hambrook also was…
Read MoreKeenan Comes Home
Blackville’s Dr. Tiffany Keenan will be making a return to Miramichi this week. Keenan, director of Haiti Village Health, has spent months in Haiti following a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake that left the country in disarray. Keenan has devoted her time to helping the people of Haiti during this time and will be returning to…
Read MoreOrganizations helping out Haiti
Determining the number of casualties from a Haiti earthquake, said to be the worst in 200 years, has proven to be an impossibility following shattered communication systems. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake, which struck the Port-au-Prince region Tuesday, is said to have killed possibly thousands and Canada is sending a reconnaissance team to determine how to help…
Read MoreTests show Blackville doesn’t have arsenic poisoning: health minister
New Brunswick Health Minister Mike Murphy says Blackville residents can “breathe a sigh of relief” after tests showed no signs of arsenic toxicity. Tests by an Ontario laboratory show half of the 99 residents who submitted blood and urine samples for testing have received their results and none showed traces of inorganic arsenic, which is…
Read MoreResidents of Blackville anxious for answers to arsenic mystery
Residents in Blackville are putting the pressure on the provincial Health Department in hopes of finding answers to their arsenic mystery. At least seven people have tested positive for elevated levels of arsenic in their blood or urine since December 2007. About 200 people attended a public meeting last week with environmental activist Inka Milewski,…
Read MoreMore residents of N.B. village test positive for elevated levels of arsenic
Several more Blackville residents have tested positive for elevated levels of arsenic and health officials are still trying to identify the cause. Four people who live in the Digby Street and Shaffer Lane section of the village tested positive for elevated levels of arsenic in their blood more than a month ago. Now three more…
Read MoreVillage of Blackville encouraging healthier lifestyles
In the small community of Blackville and its surrounding areas, people are becoming more aware of the factors that affect their health and are being encouraged to make healthier lifestyle changes. Blackville’s Mango committee is made up of dedicated individuals who have taken the health of residents to heart and are consciously looking to provide…
Read MorePolitician says he’s losing sleep over arsenic contamination in Blackville
A New Brunswick cabinet minister says he’s losing sleep over reports that four residents in his district are suffering from arsenic contamination and the source has yet to be found. Human Resources Minister Rick Brewer, the member for Southwest-Miramichi, says he’s worried for the residents of Blackville, which is about 130 kilometres northeast of Fredericton.…
Read MoreBlood tests reveal higher-than-normal arsenic levels in some in Blackville
Health officials in New Brunswick are trying to determine why four people in a small community in the Miramichi area have higher than normal levels of arsenic in their blood. Some residents in Blackville, a community of about 900, are being offered free water testing as a precaution. Denis Allard, the regional medical officer of…
Read MoreBlackville sewage system to grow; $1.6M in gov’t funding will see 60 new households connected to system
Coleen Peterson waited for years to hear yesterday’s municipal water and sewage funding announcement and she couldn’t be happier about it. “I’ve been doing my laundry at laundromats,” said Peterson, who has lived on McLaggan Drive in Blackville for 17 years. Yesterday, Premier Shawn Graham travelled here, about 35 kilometres southwest of Miramichi, to announce…
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