Green party candidate Megan Mitton also ran in Memramcook-Tantramar’s 2014 election, against Boudreau and LeBlanc. Mitton is a Sackville native who returned to Sackville after studying international development, political science and women’s studies at McGill University in Montreal. Since then, Mitton has been working and volunteering in the non-profit sector, and in 2016 she was […]
Liberal incumbent Bernard LeBlanc has been the MLA for Memramcook-Tantramar for as long as it has been a constituency. In 2006, when Dieppe-Memramcook, Shediac-Cap-Pelé and Moncton Crescent were all combined into one riding, LeBlanc was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in that year’s provincial election. However, LeBlanc’s public service did not begin […]
Green party leader holds public reception for Memramcook-Tantramar constituents On her way to visit family in Cape Breton, federal Green party leader Elizabeth May visited Sackville to personally endorse local Green party candidate Megan Mitton. May visited the Memramcook-Tantramar riding to back Mitton and encourage people to vote for the Green party in the upcoming […]
Hélène Boudreau is another candidate who has devoted their life to public service. Boudreau was elected as a municipal councillor for the City of Dieppe from 2008 to 2012. She ran for mayor of Dieppe in 2012 and represented the NDP in Memramcook-Tantramar during the 2014 New Brunswick election. That same year, she received the […]
The Progressive-Conservative party’s Etienne Gaudet is the only first-time candidate in the Memramcook-Tantramar election. After growing up in the Memramcook Valley and studying police science at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ont., Gaudet joined the Canadian Armed Forces, becoming a military police member and serving 21 years. Gaudet then retired and returned home to take over […]
Environmental and economic issues divided the local MLA candidates for Memramcook-Tantramar at last Thursday’s all-candidate debate while the audience seemed to be united The first hour of Thursday’s debate proceeded without conflict, until an audience member asked each of the candidates to give their thoughts on the concept of direct, revenue-neutral carbon tax. Last year […]
What’s up, peasants. I have become the humour editor of the Argosy. I am now more god than man. Bow down to me, mortals. I am omnipotent and incredibly powerful. Now, you may be asking, “How did a simple man ascend to this position of unmatched power?” Well, let me tell you with these tips! […]
Trill Waves and Matt MClennan Humour Editor/Demigod and Contributor (Respectively) As you may have heard, famed Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki will be in Sackville to partake in Mount Allison’s homecoming festivities (and also do something with the Green Party idk…). In a recent interview he spoke about “totally narfing down a Four Loko and buttchugging […]
Fresh blood has come from the conservatory to lead Mt.A’s drama department this year Afternoon sunlight illuminates the four empty walls of a room in the Purdy Crawford Building. This space will be Dr. Vicki St. Pierre’s office as she begins her position as the new head of Mount Allison’s drama department. St. Pierre sat […]
A light in the darkness at the third annual Beyond the Marshes concert The third annual Beyond the Marshes Concert to raise suicide awareness took place earlier this week on Saturday. In honour of World Suicide Prevention Day, Brunton Auditorium hosted several talented musicians to perform as part of the cross-Canada Mysterious Barricades concert. This […]