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Diabetes: Albert County’s Outreach Diabetes Case Manager
by Jennifer Shelby “Managing diabetes is like building a house,” says Shelley Jones. “You need to build a good foundation. A lot of this is knowledge, and that’s where education comes in.” Shelley Jones is an Outreach Diabetes Case Manager with Horizon Health. She meets with patients at the Albert County Health and Wellness Centre once a month. Read more on this story here. |
Support your immune system with herbs, vitamins and more
By Tatum Andrews It is so important for us to support and keep healthy all the moving parts of our complex immune system. Maintaining overall health and vitality includes things that can be done to restore and revitalize a suppressed or damaged immune system or to keep an already healthy immune system functioning well. Most of these measures fall into three categories: lifestyle choices, herbs, and foods & vitamins. Read more on this story here. |
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Early childhood development in rural Albert County.
Connecting Albert County, the Hillsborough Public Library and Tele-Drive Albert County are working together to support early childhood development programs. Connecting Albert County will soon share news in a special publication. Meanwhile you can find some articles on our new Learning & Literacy page. |
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From Jan. 24 -March 31, 2018, you can get free rides to early literacy programs in rural Albert County from Tele-Drive Albert County! Thanks to support from the Education and Early Childhood Development - Government of New Brunswick - NB Literacy Strategy. Just call 875-1190. Tele-Drive Albert County is supported, in part, by the Bennett and Albert County Health Care (BACH) Foundation and private donations.
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Ghosts, Ghouls, and Goblins in Albert County
Everyone loves a good ghost story. We see the oral tradition of the sharing of ghost stories throughout human history. Read more.... |
What can a dietitian do for you?
Between what we hear on TV and read in the news or the internet, healthy eating can become very confusing —but it doesn’t have to be. Read more... |
Fundy Salmon Recovery Partnership
It takes a community to recover a critically endangered species. That’s the approach taken by an innovative partnership called Fundy Salmon Recovery, which is celebrating the successful release of a record number of wild, adult inner Bay of Fundy (iBoF) Atlantic salmon. Read more... |
Meet the Meadowhawks!
Late summer and early fall is just the right time to spy a wonderful group of small, colourful dragonflies called the Meadowhawks (Genus Sympetrum) in a wetland near you. Read more... |
Why are our high tides extremely high?
In the last issue of Connecting Albert County, I explained what causes tides. This time, I will explain what causes the tides in the Bay of Fundy to be among the highest in the world. Read more... |
Herbicide spraying in NB
Every year roughly 13-15,000 hectares of New Brunswick’s Crown lands are sprayed with herbicides. Spraying takes place in clear-cuts that have been replanted with the softwood seedlings desired by the forestry industry. Read more.... |
Canada without R.B. Bennett?
This year, the Albert County Museum is celebrating the 7th Annual RB Bennett Day in conjunction with our Canada 150 celebrations. Why, though, do we have such a day? Read more... |
Memories of Scrub
I remember a summer that seemed to never end. A summer of long, hot, breezy, bug-filled days that seemed to go on forever. Read more... |
The Plan: Running Away from Grindstone Island At the tender age of eight years old, I make a heartfelt decision to run away from home. Read more...
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Tele-Drive. . . My, how far we’ve come! Since the first kilometer was traveled in 2013, Tele-Drive Albert County has offered a door-to-door driving service to those who need help getting where they need to go. Read more...
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Gardening the Albert County Way - Building Soil
The number of books available about gardening has grown exponentially since I started growing plants. Then there is what is available on the internet. Phenomenal. Read more.... |
The Workings of the Tides
Well, I guess you cannot live in Albert County without knowing or at least wondering how the tides work. The ebb and flow of the tides can have a profound effect on the rural people of our fair county. Read more... |
It takes a county…community health care
There is an expression that “it takes a village to raise a child.” In our area, it takes a county to keep a person healthy. Health and wellness is a community issue. Read more... |
Hillsborough Kiwanis Club: Serving the Community
Hillsborough Kiwanis has been serving the youth and seniors of our community since its charter in 1946. Read more.... |
A Yoga moment
After participating in a relaxing yoga presentation by Jo-Ann Brine (Willow Yoga) during a Writer's Workshop taught by Deborah Carr at Forest Dale Home Inc., I renewed an appreciation for the benefits of this gentle form of exercise. Read more... |
Gardening The Albert County Way
Phyllis Sutherland’s first gardening column is a tribute to Tina & Cam Fenton in recognition of their role in helping Albert County’s gardeners. Following columns will focus on gardening and landscaping techniques, approaches, questions and answers, and more. Read more... |
Sistema: a noteworthy program Keeping elementary students focused on one activity for an hour is a challenge, particularly when they’ve been in classes all morning, yet Sara Liptay succeeds. Read more...
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Tapping into a Treasure There can be no greater harbinger of a New Brunswick spring than the sight of silver buckets affixed to the majestic sugar maple (Acer saccharum). They bring visions of sticky sweet maple taffy, creamy butter, blocks of sugar, or buttermilk pancakes swimming in pure fragrant syrup. Read More...
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Groups save Acadian Forest from Clear-cutting
The Elgin Eco Association and the Nature Trust of New Brunswick have conserved 160 acres of beautiful Acadian forest in Elgin, New Brunswick, by establishing a nature preserve before the historic forest was scheduled to be clear-cut. Read more |
Spring Frogs
Wood Frogs are typically the first frogs to emerge here in New Brunswick each year. They can do this because of the "antifreeze" in their body (not actually antifreeze, but sugars) that enable them to freeze solid (!) and to resist temps down to -10C! Read more... |
What the Kids Are Saying About Literacy Express
Albert County’s Literacy Express is now up and running for its fourth year! A preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds, Literacy Express takes place on the second floor of Hillsborough’s Train Museum. Read more... |
Local Hockey Hero Honoured
The Canadian Minor Hockey Association recently honored Ryan Nelson for his time, dedication and lifelong commitment to Hillsborough Minor Hockey. |
Winter Fun in Albert County
Winter has arrived in Albert County, and we can either complain about it or embrace what it has to offer! If you’re able, many feel the best way to weather these colder months is to get outside with some friends, so we’ve put together a few ideas on how to pack some healthy enjoyment into the coming months. |
Use Them . . . Or Lose Them
I lived in rural Albert County for twenty-some years—at Hopewell Cape, Weldon and finally in Hillsborough. Full story... |
Tele-Drive to the Rescue
It’s a long walk from our house to the nearest grocery store. It’s even longer for my preschooler’s wee little legs. Plus, I’m pregnant. Read full story here. |
What's Brewing in Alma?
A new business is brewing in Alma. Peter and Jeff Grady brothers from Charlottetown, PEI, are converting the former (decommissioned) St. Stephen's United Church into a Brewery. Read full story here. |
Safe Grad - There is an app for that?
We Made An App!" CRHS students wanted to make REAL difference this year for the annual NB Liquor Safe Graduation contest. They realized that everyone in their grad class had their mobile phone on them 24/7. Read the full story here. |
Our Villages
Discover the Villages of Alma, Riverside-Albert and Hillsborough in rural Albert County, New Brunswick. Learn more about the villages . |
