York Arena in Fredericton gets a reprieve

The City of Fredericton is building a new arena with two ice surfaces called the Grant-Harvey Centre. The City was planning to tear down the old York Arena after the new Grant-Harvey Centre opens. A citizens group is attempting to save the York Arena. The group says the city needs the York Arena to provide additional ice time. The City council decided to review the cost of keeping the York Arena. There is more information here in this Daily Gleaner article.

NB Sport Facilities on Google Street View

Now that we have Google street view in NB the next logical step is to add street view links to each sport facility. Here are a few samples. I'll be working to add more street view links over the next few weeks:

Lady Beaverbrook Arena, Fredericton (Ice Arena)
Capital Winter Club, Fredericton (Curling Rink)
Fredericton Golf Club, Fredericton (Golf Course)
Mont Farlagne, Edmundston (Ski Hill)
Poley Mountain, Waterford (Ski Hill)
Keswick Valley Arena, Burtts Corner (Ice Arena)
Arena Cocagne, Cocagne (Ice Arena)
Thistle - St. Andrews, Saint John (Curling Rink)
Riverside Golf and Curling Club, Rothesay (Golf Course, Curling Rink)

Google Street View now available in most New Brunswick Communities

Google has released a major update to the street view data for Canada and it includes most major roads and communities in New Brunswick. This web page (http://bit.ly/d2rVuu) includes a map that shows all of the areas where street view is available. The streets that are highlighted in blue are covered by street view. The map is interactive and you can zoom-in to get more detail. Here is a sample view of the Fredericton area. You can see that there are some Fredericton neighborhoods that are not yet included such as Devon, Lincoln, Nashwaksis, Silverwood, parts of Hanwell, etc.

Here is a link to the Google street view of 985 College Hill Road: http://bit.ly/9UhjNp

Do you know how to access Google street view?

When you are viewing a Google Map there is an icon of a little orange man at the top of the zoom ladder. Just drag him onto the map and drop him on a street that is highlighted in blue.

50,000 Hits

NB Sport Spots reached the 50,000 hits plateau in the first week of February, 2010!!