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FREDERICTON – New Brunswick Community College (½ûÂþÌìÌÃ) students and apprentices brought home five medals from the recent national Skills Canada competition.

The competition, now in its 24^th year, was held in Edmonton, AB on June 4^th-5^th. Students and apprentices competed in several skilled trades sectors, including machining, plumbing, electrical installations, brick masonry, automotive service, pipefitting and sheet metal work.

Team New Brunswick sent 37 participants this year, including 12 students and apprentices from ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. Team New Brunswick had their best showing yet, bringing home 12 medals in total. 

½ûÂþÌìÌà students and apprentices were pivotal to Team NB’s success, winning four silver medals and a bronze.

Aaron Johnson, an apprentice at ½ûÂþÌìÌà Woodstock Campus, won a silver in Electrical Installations; Ashley Ritchie, an apprentice at ½ûÂþÌìÌà Woodstock, took the silver in Brick Masonry; Justin McGrath, an apprentice at ½ûÂþÌìÌà Saint John, earned a silver medal in the Steamfitter and Pipefitter category; and Carrie Long, an apprentice at ½ûÂþÌìÌà Fredericton, brought home the silver in Car Painting. Jon Connors, a student at the Saint John campus, won bronze in Plumbing.

“½ûÂþÌìÌà students and apprentices represented our college community well at the National Skills Competition,” said Marilyn Luscombe, President and CEO of ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. “Their achievements on the national stage speak highly of their skills and of the learning they have obtained at ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ.”

With over 90 programs and six campuses across New Brunswick, New Brunswick Community College (½ûÂþÌìÌÃ) is a provincially recognized post-secondary institution renowned for producing skilled, knowledgeable college graduates. ½ûÂþÌìÌà offers students full-time concentrated study periods in one- and two-year certificate and diploma programs. For more information, visit: .

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Tanya Greer
Corporate Communications Coordinator 
New Brunswick Community College
284 Smythe Street, Fredericton, NB  E3B 3C9
506-453-8194