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We know who the mayors and councillors are of our cities, town and villages are for the next four years. Of course, many of you already knew who would manage their local affairs. Of the six mayors in the region, three were acclaimed.]]></description></item><item><title>Battle of the skies begins</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/296342</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c2b8902e2602a3b1b6ec3601e4852be2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As illustrated in a story in last week&#039;s Northern Light, the mayors of Charlo and Dalhousie are not impressed with the announcement that the Bathurst Regional Airport Commission wants to build a $25 million new facility, with a 7,000 foot runway.]]></description></item><item><title>Another season on the water</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/296364</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/b7f5fcf55fad5141f1b3b0a0aad5fbc5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fishermen at the Petit-Rocher wharf are shown preparing to head out on to the Bay of Chaler to set their traps. Lobster season in Northeast New Brunswick finally got under way on May 4, having been delayed by ice.]]></description></item><item><title>Going to Afghanistan</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/296351</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2f6d8ad6ff77e4263210f86cba598c1a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Master Corporal Dean Gautreau, son of Edward and Joyce Gautreau of Bathurst, leaves May 14 for a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. A member of the Canadian Armed Forces for 12 years, he has already toured Bosnia and Afghansta. Master Cpl. Gautreau was recently home in Bathurst visiting family and friends.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | Dump site on Main must be removed</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/296412</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/b481e8f2c2d0319140b9ee16d0061047</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | Choking game is hardly a game</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/296395</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/3b04096249b7a41bb18d0b130cf09be3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | VON nurses are saluted for their efforts</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/296390</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/a03c9292741b9c8b4fcfecb8f574b86e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Mine rescuers' skills will be put to the test </title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/296356</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/1f6401403ef1162d7431f3daa07e7254</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The New Brunswick/Nova Scotia Mine Rescue Competition will take place on May 23 and 24 in Bathurst at the K.C. Irving Regional Centre.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | Appalled at abuse of handicap spaces</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/296343</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/dea45249a5c83b11b2f3b044fda3dbe8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Anniversary tour remembered</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287112</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/9c8819a738778535d4d885d5f4df6940</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In May 1994, a wonderful tour was arranged through the Bathurst Legion by Linda and Graham Wiseman in honour of the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.]]></description></item><item><title>Looking back: When the chickens come home to roost</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287132</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/6ea6167980a89446fed07f0fcd62f897</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As China prepares to host the summer Olympics, and with violent protests erupting in Tibet and elsewhere, having a Chinese exchange student living with us has proven to be a thought provoking exercise.]]></description></item><item><title>Fulfilling a newspaper&#8217;s responsibility to the voters of this city</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287134</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/d069ff521ea3b1a19a526d601939d869</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Information is knowledge and knowledge is power.]]></description></item><item><title>It starts with a single ballot </title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287097</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/42950d4099e671b8a3abbf2ba4b89da8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[All roads to the polling booth next Monday, as voters in the Chaleur region and elsewhere across the province decide who will form their municipal governments for the next four years.]]></description></item><item><title>Flashback</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287095</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/646b1ea5248f7faa288effa44b2a35ca</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The owners of Danny&#039;s Speedbowl Ltd. predict that the 1968 stock car season at the bowl should prove to be the best season yet.]]></description></item><item><title>Letters to the Editor</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287121</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/5bc712e3724dc907182065bc7c3cbd41</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Re: BHS amps up its energy level to stage High School Musical, April 15.]]></description></item><item><title>Info on home being sought</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287108</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/d2eef97d585bd790e097a3f91ac7cc30</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[We at the Nepisiguit Family History Research Centre, in the Nepisiguit Cultural Centre, building, are requesting the help of the public to locate a home that was occupied by Patrick Henry Melvin and family in the late 1800s to about 1920.]]></description></item><item><title>A road block for a cause</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287118</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/96d74f47cf41e54a4799111828bd6cc9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Members of the Teens Against Drunk Driving committee from Bathurst High School held a road block in front of the high school on King Avenue last Wednesday.]]></description></item><item><title>Charlo, Tremblay mayors critical over airport plans in Bathurst</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287141</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/a0a155a104a81ec98452abbc205bd5a4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bathurst wants to get a new airport &#8212; and that is drawing criticism from some people in Restigouche County.]]></description></item><item><title>Same old, same old is not what Bathurst needs to move forward</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287111</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/d5e8d8398b27e864e4cef0e3893f1a5c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There&#039;s an old saying that when someone asks how&#039;s it going, the reply is, "Same old, same old." I believe most of the voters in Bathurst would agree that "same old, same old" is not what we want of our elected municipal council.]]></description></item><item><title>Belledune council criticized for lack of transparency</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/287101</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/0775c14daf6482a08118b846d255b880</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Re: "Fireworks fly during passing of Belledune rural plan," April 22.]]></description></item><item><title>Looking Back: The 3rd Earl of Bathurst</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280926</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/68357948dcf5152be2fd74b59ffbddea</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[St. Peters was renamed Bathurst in 1826 in honour of Henry, 3rd Earl of Bathurst, 1762 to 1834. He was an important figure in the pre-Confederation history of Canada, even though he never came to this country.]]></description></item><item><title>Bathurst UCT donated a million dollars to help build a new Foyer Notre Dame de Lourdes 10 years ago</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280922</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/b60033e24fb997418b5615a5b72000f3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Being up to the task</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280925</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/c82f8e8d537da400b81c4c39c40e4a88</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the liner notes for the reissue of Kind Of Blue, a landmark album by jazz great Miles Davis, critic Robert Palmer writes,&#8220;You can&#8217;t get more out of theexperience than you&#8217;re capable of bringing to it.&#8221;]]></description></item><item><title>Signs are a symptom of election fever&#8217;s return</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280919</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/bf862a5fd50f2448bf090eb2a433a276</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With municipal election signs popping up like dandelions, election fever is in the air.]]></description></item><item><title>Sad story of falling through the cracks earns award nomination</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280880</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/3ea758d94425cf650a2aa68730540477</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[I&#039;m very pleased to announce that reporter-photographer James Mallory is a finalist in this year&#039;s Better Newspapers Competition.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | NB Power, Aliant don't want to see election signs on poles</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280928</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/fbe4581c37a1d08b4c7bbd8f6e9e6a26</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | Candidates ignoring requests about signage</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280908</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/527873ca4b008e78b49cb1bc04c86f27</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | Bathurst citizens need some fresh faces on council</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280890</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/e0327efe2cedca958cc5150e2e9e86ed</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Letter to the editor | Province should spend money on roads as opposed to golf courses</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/280886</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/2a943f2084cf00f4cd05cedd222cdb03</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Read our complete story for the full contents of this article, available online.]]></description></item><item><title>Looking Back | When Moncton hosted a Papal visit</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/274350</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/0d7dab121b59a1bc8859f7b5e921e969</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XV1 made his first official visit to the United States last week. 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Based on interviews we&#039;ve had with some of the city council candidates coming forward to replace the incumbents, their main focal point is about finding ways to spur job growth in our city.]]></description></item><item><title>Thinking our weather debt is now paid in full</title><link>http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/274331</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://thenorthernlight.canadaeast.com/rss/article/60c778e82257e17dba1989864d661b8c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0300</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Could it be that spring will come after all? 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