St. Anthony’s Catholic Church

Posted on September 29, 2019April 18, 2020 by MyNB

St. Anthony’s Catholic Church was named  St. Anthony’s Parish in Fredericton. Originally it was named Saint Mary’s Parish and was established in 1887, which was separated f... Read More

Bliss Carman

Posted on September 19, 2019April 19, 2020 by MyNB

Bliss Carman, poet, essayist, journalist, and editor was born 15 April 1861 in Fredericton. He was the son of William Carman, a barrister and court official, and Sophia Mary Bliss in New Canaan, Conn.... Read More

Joe Medjuck

Posted on August 22, 2019April 30, 2019 by MyNB

Joe Medjuck was born in 1943 in Fredericton. His father owned the furniture store “Medjucks”. Voted as one of the 150 most fascinating Frederictonians for their Sesquicentennial.  Med... Read More

Buster Harvey

Posted on August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 by MyNB

Frederick John Charles “Buster” Harvey was born April 2, 1950 in Fredericton. He played most of his junior hockey in his hometown. In 1965-66, his second year, he led the NBAHA in both goa... Read More

Danny Grant

Posted on July 18, 2019April 20, 2020 by MyNB

Daniel Frederick Grant (born February 21, 1945) was a left winger who played in the National Hockey League for parts of fourteen seasons, most notably for the Minnesota North Stars. Grant was born in ... Read More

Measha Brueggergosman

Posted on July 11, 2019April 20, 2020 by MyNB

Measha Brueggergosman (née Gosman) was born to Anne Eatmon and Sterling Gosman in Fredericton, becoming at least the eighth generation of her family in Canada. She married Markus Brügger, born in Ge... Read More

Battle of Camperdown

Posted on July 9, 2019April 10, 2019 by MyNB

The short lane between Queen and King Streets, east of Regent Street in Fredericton, commemorates the Battle of Camperdown on October 11, 1797, an engagement of the French Revolution, between a Dutch ... Read More