I will accept this argument when it is demonstrated that under a regular and reliable schedule, it wouldn’t be well-used.

…And once we start making the same “worth it” and cost arguments about secondary highways and similar. ;)

That’s it!

I almost asked her if she had thought about how much those 7-9 parking spots would cost in tax dollars and whether it’d be worth it to her, but thought better of it.

Alternatively, Miramichi could start charging for street parking on Water Street but *gasp!* that would be blasphemous.

I was over exaggerating a bit as I think she actually just wants to remove the wide portion of the sidewalk (to add 7-9 more parking spaces?)

I still think it’s exceptionally dumb & am curious what she’ll suggest when those spaces are also filled. Tear down buildings for parking? Where does it end?

I don’t think we should have to give up the Ocean line in order to have better regional rail.

The Ocean is well-used between Northern New Brunswick and Quebec municipalities.

Its current schedule makes it as impractical as possible, so the number of riders it has is quite impressive.

The comment reads: g that parking is not for us, it's for that building as they own it. Do you not think I'd rather have as much space as possible for customers available? Talk to council. The parking down here is horrible. The wide sidewalks need to go and have parking the full road on both sides.”

This is a small business owner in Miramichi, talking about how there isn’t enough parking in downtown Chatham so…. we should remove the sidewalks?

(Also, I have *never* had a problem getting a free parking spot within a 2 minute walk of Water St businesses).

Facebook is bad for my health.

Our outgoing mayor made a post about why the Chatham library is important and this is one of comments.

The importance of literacy cannot be overstated.

a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! '' Alt: a woman is saying `` this is the bad place ! ''

Not me trying to convince Miramichiers on Facebook that them not having used the Chatham library before it was torn down does not mean that there is no need for a library in Chatham.

I can’t think of a mayor who looks like they’re doing more than Mamdani, but I’m fairly convinced he spends half of every day working on comms.

It may not be that he’s actually doing more, but that he’s mastered the story telling of municipal work.

It’ll be a comms case study someday.

Yup, it is.

They did add a crosswalk a bit farther down (away from the mall), which makes crossing slightly less traumatizing, but the crosswalk lines have almost completely disappeared and so many motorists (especially now) don’t stop for pedestrians waiting there.

Me: haven’t been sleeping well. Have done a lot of commuting to Moncton and have been in full day work meetings. Have to get up at 4 tomorrow to bake a birthday cake. Looking forward to getting in bed by 8:30.

14yo: chooses right now as the time to come and share everything about her life.

Picture of King George Highway in Miramichi showing upcoming temporary traffic lights that have been installed blocking the sidewalk.

Zoomed in picture of King George Highway in Miramichi showing upcoming temporary traffic lights that have been installed blocking the sidewalk.

I feel so hopeless about Miramichi’s future.

Regardless of what city councillors say, actions demonstrate they do not care about people outside of cars.

At the first hint of inconvenience to cars, they do not hesitate to take space from the little ped/bike infrastructure that we have.

Screenshot of a video of the four Artemis astronauts during a Q&A. All of them have big smiles.

Haven’t seen four people look this genuinely happy together in a long time.

Leaving earth might just be the trick.

A grill your own bread station at Pizza Delight.

A true “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone” was the Pizza Delight bread grilling station. Nothing quite like that bread, slathered with garlic butter and then grilled butter side down.

Delicious.

Miramichi city council voted against the zoning requirements, knowing they were leaving this money on the table. 🫠

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Also, not like I was relying on that bus to get to work bc we only have one vehicle and the kids have activities I won’t be home in time to get them to (because of the increased commuting times).

Now trying to figure out if we need to buy a second car. Bad time since husband is being laid off. 🫠

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine . Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

City is about to be overwhelmed with traffic starting Mon thanks to the prov gov.

So anywhooo the city announced 5 days before the mayhem that, in fact, they won’t have the express bus that they promised months ago.

And also the they took over the “bike lanes” (shoulder) for more space for cars.

winnie the pooh is sitting at a table with a towel around his neck and a bowl of water . Alt: winnie the pooh is sitting at a table with a towel around his neck and a bowl, excited to eat.

Miramichi has announced that garbage cans will need to be out by 5:00am because garbage collection will start earlier with the bridge closure.

Miramichi bears upon reading the announcement:

I have this same issue. The majority of the people who work in my dept work in the Atlantic time zone, and we have staff across the country, yet they still send emails announcing all-staff meetings with no time zone indicator (I.e. - join us at 1:00pm) and expect everyone to just know it is eastern.

Screenshot from the schoolmgr app which is used to report student absences. Absence options are: illness, medical appointment, other informed absence, rearrangement, or sports non-school related.

My children attend a K-8 school with essentially no music/art program. No dedicated teachers, no instruments, etc.

My 14yo is participating in the music festival today and reporting her absence annoys me. School sports don’t count as absences. Outside sports get special treatment. What about arts?

The real question is: was he still wearing his bonnet upon capture?

My husband is out of town for work this week. By the time we see him on Friday, my kids and I will have completed:
-2 music festival performances
-2 volleyball games
-3 volleyball practices
-1 school dance
-7 dance practices
-1 kid getting braces on out of town
-dance competition prep
-work/school
😴

The cup holders we have on our bikes are from La Factrie and they’re one of my favourite accessories!

I like public transit for the same reason that I like safe active transit infrastructure, libraries, parks, community spaces, small businesses, & farmer’s markets.

They increase community, decrease isolation, are strongholds against capitalist overreach, & help to foster a collectivist culture.

Good Day Gifts & Housewares right on Main Street! (in the process of changing their name from Kept on Main)

I haven’t been a Moncton resident for 15 years.

I don’t need any more shirts.

But this was still tempting.

No tap. They are replacing Hotspot with Codiac+ which is still a different app than the Codiac Transpo app but somehow has less functionality than Hotspot (no live map integration, etc).

I’m hoping they’ll expand Codiac+ but it doesn’t seem to be much (if any) of an improvement right now.

Worked out of our Moncton office for a change yesterday.

From my parents’ house, I had two options: Walk/bus/walk =~40 min
Drive =~12 min

I took the bus. It was 💯 the right decision.

As a KVHS alumnus, this post is how I learned they changed their mascot. 😂

I love ordering things from Québécois businesses because even if the website has an English toggle, all of the confirmation emails are only French & they always include a hand-written note.

Ca me donne la chance de pratiquer mon français et de me sentir bien de soutenir une petite entreprise.