Miramichi Blog

New Year’s Baby Welcomed at the Miramichi Regional Hospital

The Miramichi’s New Year’s baby arrived five weeks early before his scheduled delivery date. The Miramichi Regional Health Authority welcomed its 2006 New Year’s baby, Ryan Allison, weighing 4 lbs, 3 oz at 6:12 p.m. on January 1st. Proud parents are Sylvie and Randy Allison of Boom Road. Ryan is a brother to Amber, aged 3 and Matthew, aged 15.

As part of the New Brunswick Medical Society’s 2006 Safe Start Program, Dr. Sanjay Siddhartha, district representative and president of the Miramichi medical staff, presented Ryan and his parents Sylvie and Randy with a new infant car seat. The NB Medical Society presents an infant car seat to the first New Year’s baby born in each hospital as part of its Safe Start Program. The program reinforces the idea that children need to be properly restrained in cars.

Le premier bébé de l’année à l’Hôpital régional de Miramichi

Le premier bébé de l’année à Miramichi est arrivé cinq semaines avant prévu. La Régie régional de la santé de Miramichi a accueilli son bébé de l’année 2006, Ryan Allison, 4 lb, 3 oz, vers 18 H 12 le 1er janvier. Les heureux parents sont Sylvie et Randy Allison du chemin Boom. Ryan est un petit frère pour Amber, 3 ans et Matthew, 15 ans.

Dans le cadre du Programme Sécurité-bébé de la Société médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick, le Dr Sanjay Siddhartha, représentant de la Société médicale et président du personnel médical de Miramichi, a présenté à Ryan et à ses parents, un siège de sécurité. La Société médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick donne au premier-né de l’année dans chaque hôpital un siège de sécurité dans le cadre du Programme Sécurité-bébé, qui fait ressortir l’importance d’utiliser correctement les sièges de sécurité dans les véhicules.

‘Way Out Women’ Snowmobile Relay to Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Research

Three Blackville women will ride snowmobiles, sponsored by Polaris, across New Brunswick to raise awareness and money to fight breast cancer. An estimated 233,000 women in North America will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and 45,200 victims will die from the disease.

Norma Brennan, Tracy Fortune and Pamela Jardine were chosen to represent New Brunswick as "Way Out Women" in the WOW Relay.

Polaris provides three snowmobiles that will be driven across Canada starting in St. John’s, Newfoundland and ending in White Rock, British Columbia on March 7th. The New Brunswick portion of the relay begins in Bouctouche on Jan 21st, continues to Miramichi, Campbellton, St. Leonard and ends at Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, where that province’s portion of the relay begins. Only women run the WOW Relay all the way across Canada. Everyone is welcome to ride along with the team in honour or in memory of someone they know.

The three women worked months doing a variety of fundraising. Merle MacRae of Blackville won the $1000 Christmas draw. The fundraising rewards them with not only a four-day snowmobile trip, but also a feeling of accomplishment of raising awareness and money for research in order to defeat this disease.

The evening the ladies arrive on the Miramichi there will be an auction/banquet at the Kinsmen Centre. Tickets are $15 per person. They are available from Tracy Fortune (506) 843-6178, Norma Brennan (506) 843-6054, Books Inn (Newcastle), Rite Way Convenience (Renous) and Brennan’s Mainway (Blackville).

You can follow the WOW Relay as they cross the country by reading the Daily Diary on their website at www.polarisindustries.com/wowrelay