Since January, the Moncton Public Library has presented a series of lectures in French at lunch time on the third Thursday of each month from 12 pm to 1 pm.

Diane Gillis, principal at West Riverview Elementary School, with Howard, a Vietnamese potbellied pig, after coming through on her promise to kiss a pig if the students at her school raised over $3000 with their spell-a-thon challenge.

Caffeine can begin to affect the body as soon as 15 minutes after it is consumed. As rapidly as this occurs, caffeine does not leave the body soon after consumption.

The phrase "random acts of kindness" has been a part of popular culture for many years now, though its origins are under dispute. Peace activist Ann Hebert is said to have written the phrase "Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty" on a place mat in a restaurant in the late 80s.

The idea of banning plastic bags was welcomed in Leaf Rapids, Manitoba, just over a year ago. They were the first municipality in Canada to implement the ban, and in doing so, have diverted about 2000 plastic bags a week from their landfills.

A Fredericton Daily Gleaner editorial this week included the following:

Ten years ago Marc Gagnon became the founder and president of Miss and Miss Teen NB International. This week, the organization is holding its annual scholarship competition, which will culminate this Saturday night.

While my father spent his workday toiling away in the fields and my mother cared for nursing home patients, I was fortunate to have an important relative in my family who kept me company whenever I wished. My grandparents lived half a mile away from our home and through a circuit of trails, between woods and potato fields, I was able to walk alone and worry free to their house.

On the cover of the May 2 issue of Moncton This Week, the names of the mayoral candidates for Moncton were accidently transposed. The correct names and photographs are printed above.

Due to technical difficulties with the May 2 issue of This Week, some of the candidates were unable to have their photos and/or information published due to circumstances out of their control. Those candidates are printed below.

Municipal elections are very different from their provincial and federal counterparts in many ways. Locally, there is little mud-slinging by candidates, and due to the very brief (three week) campaign period, not much of a "campaign trail".