by NewsA new report shows an alarming increase in the number of violent incidents in schools. Reported incidents of school violence in schools throughout Nova Scotia have increased 60% over the past seven years – up from 17,000 to 26,000 since 2017 – with half in the Halifax Regional Centre for...
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by Tim DavidsonThe RCMP in eastern Manitoba say they are focusing their search for a missing 29 year old Winnipeg woman in the area of Molson. The community is just east of Beausejour. The Mounties say they have obtained further information about the disappearance of Brittany Storey, but so far, there have...
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The Tri-County Regional Centre for Education says they already do a great job with cellphones in schools. The province announced a plan last week to ban the devices in classrooms. Executive director Jared Purdy says developers of the plan visited Maple Grove and Shelburne Regional High School....
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by Tim DavidsonThe City of Dryden is being asked to crack down on the use of de-icers, or bubblers on lakes within the city. Megan Kroeker made a deputation Monday night and says a neighbor ran a de-icer last winter on Thunder Lake and caused thin ice and open water in other areas of the lake. She says there...
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A Nova Scotian had her name called at the PWHL Draft. New Minas’ Mae Batherson was selected by Minnesota in the sixth round, 33rd overall. Batherson had been playing defense for St. Lawrence University in the NCAA. She is the younger sister of Ottawa Senators forward Drake Batherson.
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by Tim DavidsonThe Matiowski Farmers Market is getting ready to open for another season. The first market will take place on Wednesday under the Jarnel Contracting Pavilion. Helena Devins organizes the market for the City of Kenora and says this year they’ll have 17 markets in all. “This is our 18th year and...
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by Brad PerryVitalité Health’s board of directors are standing by their president and CEO amid the travel nurse controversy. A scathing report from the province’s auditor general last week said the health authority did not provide information to his office as required. Paul Martin said the health authority...
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Three people are charged with firearms offences following a disturbance in Timberlea. RCMP responded to an apartment complex on St. Margaret’s Bay Road after reports of a man yelling about having a gun on June 6th just after midnight. A 25-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man parked nearby were...
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by Tara ClowThe clock is ticking on a deal for Canada Border Services Agency workers. They are set to walk off the job at 12:01 Friday morning if an agreement isn’t reached. “We are still hopeful we can avoid a strike and potential disruptions at Canada’s borders,” said Sharon DeSousa, PSAC National...
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by Chloe HannanA Thunder Bay resident has been charged with second-degree murder after an incident in Kaministiquia River Heritage Park last Saturday. Someone passing through the park found an unconscious man around 3 a.m. He was taken to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and pronounced deceased....
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