by Evan TaylorThe Lunenburg Academy Foundation (LAF) is calling on school alumni for art submissions as they look to feature their work in a gallery. Anyone who attended the Academy before 2012 is invited to submit visual artwork of any type for consideration. All of the submissions will be catalogued for...
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by Brad PerryA 140-unit residential development is being proposed on Saint John’s east side. Two 70-unit buildings would be constructed in the Nason Road and Martha Avenue area. But first, the land needs to be redesignated under the city’s municipal plan from park and natural area to stable area and stable...
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by Brad PerryA sunken vessel in the Saint John River that has raised the ire of many locals is now being removed. Local salvage crews began lifting the “Not a Starship” from the bottom of the river on Friday, according to the Canadian Coast Guard. It has since been raised and is now sitting at a private...
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A pair of arsons in Clare. They happened over the weekend in Concession and Saulnierville. Saturday morning, firefighters responded to a fire at a seasonal residence in Concession, it’s believed the fire was set overnight. Then overnight Sunday, a small fire at a warehouse in Saulnierville....
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The Saint John Police Force has arrested a person in connection with a firearms investigation. On Thursday at around 6:41 p.m., an officer spotted a man on uptown Saint John’s Waterloo Street carrying a duffel bag suspected to hold a firearm. The 35-year-old man was arrested after a foot chase...
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by Caitlin SnowIf you are one of many who have received an email from Ticketmaster, they are the victim of a data breach. According to a press release, the ticket sales giant says there was “an unauthorized third party obtained information from a cloud database hosted by a third-party data service provider.”...
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‘CAT’ ferry passenger numbers continue to climb. Nearly 32,000 tickets have been sold for the Nova Scotia-to-Maine vessel this season. That’s over 5,200 more than this time last year. So far this season, the Bay Ferries vessel has transported over 12,000 passengers and 5,000 vehicles. Five...
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Soccer will be on millions of Canadian televisions tonight. It’s being called Canada’s biggest game ever on the men’s world stage. They’re taking on world number one Argentina in the Copa America semifinal in New Jersey. Nova Scotians are invested in one of their own, Jacob Shaffelburg. He...
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by Chloe HannanFort William Historical Park is hosting their annual Great Rendezous. Hundreds of re-enactors across North America will unite to re-create the summer gathering held at Fort William over 200 years ago. This was when it was the inland headquarters of the North West Company. Along with historic...
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A man from Whycocomagh is dead after an ATV crash in Cape Breton. According to a press release from Cape Breton Regional Police, officers and emergency crews responded to a report of a single-vehicle collision in the Derby Point Road area of Grand Narrows around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The 27-year-old...
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