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Arlene Benham

2025

Village begins harbour cleanup in wake of contractor’s removal

The Village of Grand Manan has begun cleaning up piles of debris at North Head harbour, as work on the dredging project has stopped again and the contractor, Greenfield Construction, has been removed from the project.

2025

Cold plunge dipper raises over $44,000 for food bank

A New Year's resolution by one Grand Manan resident has exploded far beyond his original intent into a community‑wide fundraising initiative, as he has now raised over $44,000 for the local food bank. Kyle Mawer began the year thinking that the discipline of "doing something

2025

Island host to groundbreaking salmon conservation program

A salmon conservation project that began over 25 years ago is seeing big returns -- quite literally -- as Fundy Salmon Recovery (FSR) and its many partners work to restore an endangered salmon population from the upper Bay of Fundy.

2024

Great pigeon race raises funds for Rotary

Grand Manan's Rotary Club held a unique fundraiser on September 14 with the island's first "Great Pigeon Race," courtesy of breeder Rick Broere. A total of 57 racing pigeons were released in Riviere du Loup, Quebec, to fly back to Grand Manan, each bearing the hopes of a $125 ticket purchaser.

2024

Grand Manan air ambulance service to be restored this year

Ambulance New Brunswick (ANB) announced on February 1 that they have signed a contract with Voyageur Aviation that will see an air ambulance stationed on Grand Manan by September. Since December 2022 islanders have had to rely on mainland based planes for medevacs...

2023

Young Grand Manan patient gives back to Shriners

A young Grand Mananer recently decided he wanted to give back to the organization that has helped him, and on Saturday, November 25, eight year old Isaac MacKenzie Granger handed over the money he has raised for Shriners hospitals to members of the Mananook Lodge #38.

2023

Islanders fed up with project after dredging delays, missteps

Grand Mananers are fed up with a pile of dredged debris sitting on the shoreline in North Head and are demanding answers as to who will clean it up -- and when -- as the project has stalled and the completion deadline has passed.