by Tara ClowBourque Road, between Clarence-Cormier Street and Melanson Road in Dieppe is closed to traffic today and tomorrow. This is for the installation of sanitary sewer services for two new buildings. Traffic control measures will be in place to direct motorists.
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by Tara ClowA 48-year-old Miramichi man is facing charges in connection with an attempted robbery in Doyles Brook. RCMP say last Thursday, a masked man with a weapon entered a business on Highway 118. He then fled on foot empty-handed. The following day, police requested information from the public and a...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Nishnawbe Aski Nation has marked the passing of one of the leading elders in the region. Garnet Angeconeb was a residential school survivor and spent much of his life in the Town of Sioux Lookout. Angeconeb was born in the Lac Seul First Nation and attended residential school in Pelican...
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by Tim DavidsonAt the Women’s Baseball World Cup, the number one team in the tournament, Japan came back for a 7-6 win over Canada last night. With the loss, Canada falls to 1-1, while Japan and the USA are a perfect 2-0. Team USA is ranked #4 in the tournament dumped Mexico 11-1. The US has only given up one...
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by Brad PerryA Saint John not-for-profit is facing added expenses for a construction project in the city’s Waterloo Village, but it is not due to inflation. Steepleview Developments Inc. is constructing a $23-million, 56-unit mixed housing development on Cliff Street. Twenty-eight of the units will be funded...
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Brianna Middleton knew basketball wasn’t a sport for her, despite a family with a basketball background, but she became passionate about baton twirling after a neighbour introduced her to the sport. The Moncton native has been training and practicing the sport that combines dance and gymnastics...
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by Jacob MooreThe annual Africville Family Reunion is typically a welcoming, loving event, according to Ryan Somers. Somers, who also goes by DJ RS Smooth, was DJing at the reunion on Saturday night. Hundreds of people were there, he said. “There’s something about the vibe, like every time I DJ there, it’s...
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by Jacob MooreA Pro-Palestine encampment has been dismantled after it occupied space on the Studley Quad in Halifax for more than two months. According to a post from the “students4liberatedpalestinehfx” social media account, the encampment was closed after 78 days in total. Dalhousie closed their campus...
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by Caitlin SnowIt will be a big day for local athletes at the Paris Olympic Games. Two sisters from Chester will compete bright and early Tuesday morning. Antonia and Georgia Lewis-LaFrance will kick things off at 7 a.m. in their sailing competition. Then, Tuesday afternoon, Halifax’s Ellie Black and her crew...
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Nova Scotia’s Premier says he believes in the ferry link to Maine. Bookings are up this year on the ‘CAT’ ferry between Yarmouth and Bar Harbor. Speaking with Acadia News in Yarmouth, Tim Houston says it’s incredibly important to the province. “A ferry has run every single year that there’s been...
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