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20 unusual facts about Moncton


2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, and Moncton have been named as hosts of the 2015 Women's World Cup.

Area code 506

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Assumption Place

Assumption Place is an office building in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick in the city of Moncton.

Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada

The Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada is a professional award winning touring ballet company based in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

In 1885 the first Canadian lodge was established in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Christian Kit Goguen

He studied drama at the Université de Moncton, did some acting with the Théâtre l'Escaouette in Moncton and on the television show Samuel, broadcast on Radio-Canada, the French CBC.

He was also awarded the Prix Rideau-Acadie in 2006 and the winner of the competition “Le choix du future” organised by Moncton’s CHOY-FM.

Government of Canada Building, Moncton

The Government of Canada Building is one of the tallest buildings in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Grete Šadeiko

At the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada she placed fourth with her personal record 5705 points, just one point behind Helga Margrét Thorsteinsdóttir.

Halifax, Nova Scotia railway station

Budget cuts in 1981 saw the Atlantic service cancelled, however it was restored in 1985 and the Ocean was dropped from Halifax when its eastern terminus was moved west to Moncton.

John Shuster

At the 2009 Curling World Championships in Moncton, Canada, Shuster and his team finished in fifth place.

Kiwanis Park, New Brunswick

Kiwanis Park is a 3,500 seat (expandable to 7,500) baseball field located in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Lake Pohenegamook

The National Transcontinental Railway constructed its mainline from Winnipeg to Moncton along the western and southern shores in 1912 - today this line forms the mainline of CN Rail between Halifax and Montreal.

Les Trois Accords

The band's most prominent show to date was in September 2005, when they were an opening act for The Rolling Stones in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Malcolm Wilmot

He was a general merchant and operated a shipping business at the Bend of Petitcodiac (later Moncton).

Michel Bastarache dit Basque

The brothers went to Panaccadie, New Brunswick, where a few Acadian families were in hiding.

Morrigan Press

Morrigan Press Inc. is a pen and paper roleplaying game publisher headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Saint John Flames

With their 2001 victory, the Saint John Flames became the second AHL team based in New Brunswick to win the Calder Cup, the first being the New Brunswick Hawks of Moncton in 1982 against the Binghamton Whalers.

Tintamarre

In 2006, a Tintamarre was held to help inaugurate a new medical training program at the Université de Moncton; when asked why noisemaking had been included in an academic event, organizers explained that the Tintamarre was "an essential Acadian custom".

Truro, Nova Scotia railway station

That November saw the ICR complete a new line from Truro to Moncton and by 1876 the line would be extended to Quebec.


Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada

In 2010, dancer Leigh Alderson created a new work for the company for the Grant Thornton Gala held at the Capitiol Theatre, Moncton, NB.

Bruno Thériault

Bruno Thériault (November 25, 1917 in Grande-Anse, New Brunswick - May 14, 2005 in Moncton, New Brunswick) was a blind piano tuner and former regional administrator for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

CFB Moncton

The Moncton Garrison survived into the Cold War and was renamed Canadian Forces Base Moncton (CFB Moncton) in February 1968 following the unification of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force to create the Canadian Forces.

Chiac

It is a more recent development of the French language, spurred by exposure to dominant English-language media (radio, television, internet) and increased urbanization to Moncton and contact with the dominant Anglophone community in the area since the 1960s especially.

CKCW

CKCW-FM, a radio station (94.5 FM) licensed to Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Clifford William Robinson

He was president or director for a number of businesses in the Moncton area, helped found the Central Trust Company Limited and the Petitcodiac Hydro Development Company and also helped establish Moncton radio station CKCW.

Codiac Transpo

“Moncton City Council considered this decision very carefully,” says Moncton Mayor George LeBlanc.

History of rail transport in Canada

The federal government itself built the National Transcontinental Railway, a line from Moncton to Winnipeg, passing through the vast and uninhabited hinterland of the Canadian Shield.

Ici RDI

The channel covers big events live and also rebroadcasts the main supper-hour bulletins from CBVT Québec City, CBAFT Moncton and CKTV Saguenay.

Jack Lengyel

On January 12, 2008, seven members of a high school basketball team from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada and their coach's wife were killed in a highway crash when the 15-seat van they were traveling in collided with a tractor-trailer while returning from a game in Moncton in snowy conditions.

Moncton Alpines

Moncton Golden Flames - the former name of a defunct professional ice hockey team based in Moncton

Nelson Skalbania

Purchased over a span of 10 years: 31 different Eaton's properties/stores across Canada from Victoria, B.C. to Moncton, N.B. The larger ones included a downtown Vancouver Store, (redeveloped, constructed $100M project downtown Winnipeg catalogue store, redeveloped into $50M retail complex, etc.)

Panago

Panago currently has two Customer Contact Centres located in Abbotsford and Burnaby, servicing calls from British Columbia, most of Alberta, Fredericton, Moncton and parts of Ontario.

Parti acadien

The economy of New Brunswick was concentrated in the cities of Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton, while the eastern and northern parts of New Brunswick, predominantly Francophone, was relatively poorer as a result of an economy based primarily on entrenched and seasonal commercial fishing and lumber industries.

Riverfront Trail, Greater Moncton

The trail, along with several Moncton streets, is used annually for Legs For Literacy, a Boston Marathon qualifying race also featuring a half marathon, 10km, and 5km.

Vic Howe

Howe retired from hockey and became a constable with the Canadian National Railway Police in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Victoria Park, New Brunswick

It was only a grassy field called the Moncton Commons when it was donated to the City of Moncton by the Moncton Land Company (John A. Humphrey, Michael Spurr Harris and Christopher P. Harris) in 1901.