by Tara ClowThey won’t be available for the current heatwave but they’ll open soon enough. Patrons will splish and splash at Centennial and East end pools starting Saturday, June 22 at 11 am. YMCA Senior Director of Aquatics Joey Doucet says several programs are being offered this summer. “No major changes...
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by Brad PerryAnother New Brunswick cabinet minister and MLA resigned on Thursday ahead of the next election. Mike Holland is transitioning to prepare for private-sector employment opportunities, according to a news release from the province. “The last six years have been an incredible opportunity for myself...
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by Tim DavidsonTwo more increases in outflow have been approved at the Norman Dam. That because the Lake of the Woods Control Board says the drainage basin has received significant rainfall this past week. Some area received as much as 100 millimeters, while other areas, like Kenora reported about 30...
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by Brad PerryNo injuries have been reported after flames broke out at the landfill in Charlotte County. Firefighters were called to the Hemlock Knoll Landfill in Lawrence Station on Thursday evening. Five departments responded to the “major” fire, according to the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission....
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by CJ GoaterLakehead University has received some funding to develop more diploma-to-degree pathways while improving others. The Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer is awarding the institution $212,500 in funding to support four separate projects. Diploma-to-degree pathways allow college graduates...
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by Tara ClowA local animal shelter is assisting a province facing pet overpopulation. Manitoba shelters are overflowing. Executive Director for People for Animal Wellbeing in Moncton Heather Smith says they partnered with the Oromocto SPCA to transport dogs here. “There were 16 dogs, and this is the third...
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A universal rent-payment structure is coming for those who live in public housing. The province says over 1,400 tenants who still pay a fixed amount will move to the rentgeared-to-income model over the next four years. That means they’ll pay no more than 30 percent of their income toward rent....
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by Caitlin SnowThe recently renovated health clinic in Port Hawkesbury has expanded its services. The province says, the formerly privately owned Island Gateway Medical Clinic, now, The Port Hawkesbury Health Centre, has eight more exam rooms as well as enhanced phone and patient appointment reminder system....
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by NewsRCMP are alerting the public, they are looking for a man at large with an axe in the Porters Lake area. Police say it was yesterday morning when they responded to a report of a man in distress at a home in the 100 block of West Petpeswick Rd. He damaged the home with an axe and ran into the...
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by NewsThe mayor of Dryden is distancing the town from alleged comments made by a fellow council member on social media. Jack Harrison sent out a statement Wednesday in relation to a recent post by councillor Ritch Noel. It is not clear what was written in the post, but the mayor also extended...
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