Scouting in New Brunswick Canada - 1st Tantramar Scouts - Disbanded in 2026?

"1st Tantramar Scouts" here:  1st Tantramar Scouts | Facebook

 New Brunswick Scouting History here:  History of Scouting in New Brunswick

"The pandemic hit our Scout groups hard and we went from having 1,102 youth in more than 30 Scouting groups at the start of 2019 to having 610 youth in 2021. 2024 has seen a year of huge growth as our Scout programming continues to grow and flourish.  We now have over 900 youth in the program spread across 23 groups in Fredericton, Moncton, Saint John, St. Andrews, Sussex, and Sackville with plans to expand in 2024/2025. "

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"Dorchester NB and Area Happenings

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Dorchester's Girl Guides memories from the 1980s and 1990s

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The renewed interest in Scouts in Dorchester - and the talk of the Sackville Bowling alley - motivated me to pull out old photo albums of Guiding in Dorchester in late 1980's and early 1990's. Guiding and Scouts were an important part of Dorchester's culture until recent years. Best wishes to the parents and leaders who are supporting the current groups.

(PS - I attempted to identify the people in these photos but know that I missed quite a few. Please correct me if you can)

There are comments on each of the photos. A huge thank you to the mothers and women of the community who stepped up to take a role during those busy years. I apologize for those who will be left out of these photos. And for the number of photos displayed here. Too precious to be stored in a box in a closet.

Each June the groups would spend a weekend at Camp Wegwamageek near Baie Verte. Highlights of those years included the two week long International Guiding camps (1500 participants) held on Franklin Farms in Bains Corner near St Martins, hosted by Mitchell Franklin who later was a leader in creating the Fundy Trail Parkway. Celebrate 100 in 1989 and Under the Big Top in 1991. The local leaders were able to take a group from Sackville and Dorchester to participate. They even survived a extreme Bay of Fundy wind/rain and electrical storm that flattened tents and required evacuation to St Martins where the community welcomed them and sheltered them in their churches, community hall and fire station.

During their years with Girl Guides, the groups took on service projects, hikes, sleepovers, out reach to seniors. Sadly many of these young ladies are no longer a part of our community but used the wings/foundation they gained here in Dorchester to move across the country, and even the world. However, lasting memories were made. (Credit to the The Sackville Tribune who reported regularly on our activities.) The Guides were even included in an photo and article by Brian Townsend in the Canadian Geographic December 1991 Issue when they participated in a beach clean up."

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Dorchester NB and Area Happenings | The renewed interest in Scouts in Dorchester - and the talk of the Sackville Bowling alley - motivated me to pull out old photo albums of Guiding in D... | Facebook

Tantramar's now Deputy Mayor Josh Goguen announces "Chipmunks Pilot" in 2025 on Facebook group here:

Dorchester NB and Area Happenings | 1st tantramar is one of the 11 groups piloting this new section make sure you join the waitlist to secure your spot come September | Facebook

Goguen recently announced in a Town Hall meeting that the "Scouts were disbanding"..

nothing posted at "Tantramar Events" on it:

Tantramar Events - What’s on in Sackville, New Brunswick and the Tantramar region

Perhaps there is something posted about this announcement at their online"private group" Josh Goguen called "Tantramar Community Chatter".. but I have yet to find a public published online announcement ... was also confirmed by Parks & Rec Matt Pryde at that recent meeting at Town Hall in late October on Youtube... there's nothing at Matt Pryde's facebook page for Parks & Rec here: 

 Tantramar Active Living and Culture | Sackville NB | Facebook

and nothing at Tantramar's Instagram:

Tantramar (@tantramarnb) • Instagram photos and videos

Defunding and Opting Out of the South East Regional Services Commission

Matt Pryde Parks & Rec: 

“ I think there’s a lot of opportunity here for us to be a leader in our trails, our cultural events, and just being a great opportunity for the Southeast Regional Service Commission to use Tantramar as kind of their test dummy, I guess, for any of their initiatives that they’re using in recreation.”

Facebook:  SERSC CSRSE | Berry Mills NB | Facebook

How about we all opt out from the South East Regional Service Commission this year and put the money saved towards developing our neighbourhoods, new streets, maintained bridges, sidewalks, roads, affordable housing and new villages in Tantramar?

Saving over $1,200,000!

SERSC was sold to us as a great thing.. it came about in 2013.. but is it worthwhile.. is it really a great thing? SERSC - South East Regional Services Commission explained to us at the recent Town Hall meeting presentation by busy "double-dipper" Salisbury Town Councillor Stephanie Thorne - find her on LinkedIn here:

Stephanie Thorne - Southeast Regional Service Commission | LinkedIn

Golf game duly noted:  Royal Oaks | Golf Club

PUSHY "Motor mouth" Thorne sits on the SERSC as Chief Financial Officer - watch her "performance" in the Town Hall looking for $$

here: Committee of the Whole Meeting - September 28, 2026 - YouTube

Just how much money is Ms. Thorne being paid for her "helpful" efforts in New Brunswick? See more at this link about the staffers at SERSC:  Staff

More "planners", "bureaucrats", and overpaid staffers who seem to ONLY grow their organization endlessly larger every year is really something we actually don't need; its something we should opt out from!  As for the mosquitos and costs to "kill them off" I'd advise Stephanie that perhaps its a problem here that we created since our previous Town Hall staffer Jamie Burke CEO had insisted we needed more of those ponds which it turns out are breeding grounds for mosquitos - imagine that? Stupid is as stupid does.. those ponds, by the way, cost millions of dollars... you cannot fix stupid but you can point it out to others who are sleepwalking through life.

 

Watch at this 4 hour video link:  Committee of the Whole Meeting - September 28, 2026 - YouTube

Long Overdue Elevator for Ice Rink in Tantramar To Cost Closer to $1million than $300K?

 At this link:  Nearly $900K civic centre elevator project moves toward final council approval » CHMA

Matt Pryde on Facebook with "Tantramar Active Living and Culture" here:

Tantramar Active Living and Culture | Sackville NB | Facebook

Money will come from Capital Projects reserved funds.. says Michael Beal.

$200,000 Project Leap Frogs Over New Skatepark Project and Elevator Project at Ice Rink.. Why

A lot of censorship exists around the Tantramar Skate Park Project advocacy here since 2013.. a lot.. and this month marks another "cancel culture" moment with the removal by YOUTUBE WITHOUT NOTICE OR WARNING of THE Indie Media Eastcoast Youtube Channel founded in November 2019 after the deletion of four other accounts.. its remarkable.. it truly is.. that so much effort is going into muzzling this activist's work.
 

"Tantramar Grab-A-Seat campaign reaches first goal, 200 seats to be installed soon at civic centre"

more here:

Tantramar Grab-A-Seat campaign reaches first goal, 200 seats to be installed soon at civic centre » CHMA

and here:

Sackville UNCensored : Former Town Councillor Joyce McNeil's Pet "Seat" Project with Matt Pryde Parks & Rec. Tantramar

Photography by THE Indie Media Eastcoast in Tantramar New Brunswick downtown.

Liberty Freedom Consortium : Jeff Taylor, Matt Pryde, Town Hall Employees and t...

Liberty Freedom Consortium : Jeff Taylor, Matt Pryde, Town Hall Employees and t...:   Dropped this helpful information that I received from Bruce Phinney, long time Town Councillor in Tantramar, which he found at his attenda...

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Tantramar council outsources recreation plan and strategic plan implementation, after tight vote » CHMA

Tantramar Special Council Meeting July 28, 2025 - Municipality of Tantramar

Park and Rec. long time staffer Matt Pryde wants to give R.C. Strategies $51K+ in Alberta Canada to create a "plan" for Tantramar... why?  

See website:  RC Strategies – Community Development | Public Engagement | Wellness Infrastructure

"RC Strategies is a consulting company focused on the community services sector. Our work involves strategic and tactical planning related to recreation, parks and open spaces, trails, arts and culture, and social services. We work for rural and urban municipalities of various sizes as well as provincial / territorial governments, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. From coast to coast to coast we support our clients and work to strengthen the community services sector across Canada.

In order to do our work, we need to have expertise in research, facilitation, community engagement, financial analysis, and management consulting. We are also very involved in the community services sector, with team members playing key roles in advocacy and leadership in both voluntary and professional capacities. Our strength is in our people and their skills and experiences."

- R.C. Strategies

• 235, 450 Ordze Road
• Sherwood Park, AB
• T8B 0C5

Liberty Freedom Consortium: Parks and Rec Matt Pryde is a Problematic Town Hall Staffer...

Liberty Freedom Consortium: Parks and Rec Matt Pryde is a Problematic Town Hal...:   Why combine two completely separate sports into one small space? Skaters and Bikes? Silliness... Why Does the Town Hall Staffer Matt Pryde...

Matt Pryde [ Parks & Rec. ] continues [after 10 years of well paid employment here] to have zero clue about how to get a new concrete skate park project built.. Why? Such a pity.  We will keep pushing from our end as far as publishers for the advocacy for this great project and promotion of it.

Maybe we need a new capable and competent staffer to replace Matt Pryde?

Featured Town Hall Staffer at Sackville.com .... Matt Pryde - Parks & Recreation

Matt Pryde works at the Town of Sackville m.pryde@sackville.com 

screen grab from Youtube Town of Sackville

Matt Pryde is a parks and recreation worker.

He's shown zero interest in getting the concrete venue "Tantramar Skate Park Project" done and I've been doing advocacy here since 2013.  Link here:  Tantramar Skate Park Project

Matt Pryde simply laughed at me in the waterfowl park when I brought the project discussion up with him to get his help. What does he actually work on?

Rating overall:  he's not a professional guy... not a serious person... not a guy who can actually be looked to for doing the real work required to get a big project done... so who does he report to?

Todd Cole, Manager of Parks & Facilities  t.cole@sackville.com

Pryde's been on the generous payroll here since about 2015. 

 

Background as an Ontario group home worker.

Matt Pryde is the owner of "The Ice-Cream Co-Op" selling sugary treats next to Sackville Commons on Lorne Street... @

The Ice Cream Coop - Home | Facebook

Unmuzzled now Matt Pryde sits next to muzzled minion at the Town Hall meetings; he must have got the memo.  

Matt Pryde has shown only contempt for my efforts around here... if he goes on to work for the "Town of Tantramar" I would suggest that he take up this project as a worthwhile effort for his career.

Anti-White Matt Pryde Needs To Return The Park Plaque for Robert "Bud" Doncaster

Where is our Robert "Bud" Doncaster plaque from the covered bridge in the waterfowl park - question for Manager Matt Pryde at Town Hall - hiding away and ignoring what is going on out here is cowardly stuff.  Town staffer " Adam " confirmed that the Bud sign was removed because of a "committee" but he would not provide the names of these people that sought to have it taken down. Why? What are they waiting for?  The second coming of Christ? I want the sign back up.  I asked Adam to pass on that message on behalf of the people around here who knew Bud and those who are grateful, like me, for his kind donation of the park lands to the people. 

Perhaps spend less time making laminated signs telling the public how to behave and more time on something else worthwhile.  Its getting ridiculous here.

This message is also for Jamie Burke as new CAO - ensure that the sign is installed this week.  No later than Friday.  You have been put on notice.
The 'satanic' people who attempt to control this town are not going to win.
Do not let them win.  The Bud sign is a tribute to a good man.. put it back up!
https://www.saltwire.com/news/local/vandals-damage-signs-spray-paint-satanic-graffiti-in-sackvilles-waterfowl-park-395216/?location=nova-scotia

How about time to grow yourself a back-bone dudes?  Matt, you come from Truro Nova Scotia so you don't have roots here but that doesn't matter.. that plaque means a lot to the people who live here.
Don't think they approve of what your actions say to them... they see what you have done.  Return the plaque immediately... or else face the consequences of trying to erase the Town's history.  Not cool.

You already tried this sort of thing earlier at the Ice Arena attempting to remove all the framed art work of the town's honoured people and history there.