by NewsAn employee with the Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education (CCRCE) is facing sex charges involving a student. East Hants District RCMP say they received a report June 3 about inappropriate contact with a student by a staff member working at Uniacke District School. The intervention...
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by Caitlin SnowA suspicious structure fire in Belliveau’s Cove. Meteghan RCMP say it happened just after midnight yesterday at a building on the public grounds. Fire fighters were able to contain the fire to a bathroom area, which was badly damaged. No one was inside at the building at the time. Investigators...
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by Brad PerryFive people have been charged in the death of former Friends star Matthew Perry. The 54-year-old was found dead in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home in October. Officials later determined that the actor suffered a fatal ketamine overdose. A licensed physician and an alleged drug dealer were...
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by Caitlin SnowA big investment for a historic paddling hub in Dartmouth. Banook Canoe Club is getting $332,500 from the Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund. The money is for environmental upgrades but is part of their revitalization project called the Paddles Up Capital Campaign. The funding announced...
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by Caitlin SnowGet prepared for a severe thunderstorm. Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Inverness and Victoria Counties. The forecaster says the warning will continue until late this afternoon and could produce heavy downpours and flash flooding. Environment Canada says there...
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by Evan TaylorRestaurants across Atlantic Canada are paying a premium for patio permits according to a new study from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). The CFIB found that the average cost for a patio permit in Atlantic Canada is $1,209, which is $375 more than the national average. A...
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by Tara ClowRCMP are investigating a death on White Head Island, an island off the coast of Grand Manan. Cpl. Hans Ouellette, a spokesperson for the New Brunswick RCMP, says officers were called to a Marshall Drive home on Wednesday morning. “When police entered the residence they located a 45-year-old man...
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by Caitlin SnowThree hundred and forty Halifax Public Library workers could be on the picket lines in less than two weeks. The impact of this potential strike could reach a lot of people in our community, according to Chad Murphy, Vice President of the Nova Scotia Union of Public and Private Employees (NSUPE)...
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by CJ GoaterGrab your chairs and blankets as Movie Nights in the Parks is back. The first movie night is being hosted at Boulevard Lake Park on Thursday. Pre-movie activities are running from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. including community programming, outdoor games, and crafts. The movie gets underway at 8:00...
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by Tara ClowMoncton’s new west end school now has a name. It will be called Wabanaki School when it opens in September. The Anglophone East School District Education Council selected the name after a process that involved consulting with the province’s 15 Indigenous communities. The naming committee...
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