by CJ GoaterThe streets of Thunder Bay are a little cleaner following the seizure of two guns, drugs, and cash. The Ontario Provincial Police has laid 72 charges following the execution of three search warrants in the city. In January the OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team...
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by Brad PerryImprovements are needed to make the New Brunswick Housing Strategy more transparent. That is one of the findings in a report released this week by the province’s auditor general. Paul Martin said he found the four targets were well presented, easy to understand, and measurable. “However, the...
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It’s convocation day for more than 200 graduates from the Nova Scotia Community College Strait Area Campus. The 5 p.m. event on Thursday at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre is one of 21 across the province to mark the achievements of over 4,000 NSCC grads. Le-Antonio Stephenson, a graduate of...
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There will be a temporary closure of the emergency department at Guysborough Memorial Hospital In a release, Nova Scotia Health says the ER will be closed from 6 p.m. Thursday until 7 a.m. Friday. Call 911 if you have a medical emergency. For non-urgent care, please call your family doctor or...
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by Evan TaylorThe Royal Canadian Air Force is alerting residents near Bridgewater that CH-130 Hercules will be conducting a flyover in the area on the morning of Friday, June 7. The flyover is being as part of the RCAF’s 100th Anniversary Golf Tournament hosted at Osprey Ridge Golf Course. It is scheduled to...
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A Richmond County man says when he first found out he’d won the QEII Home Lottery cottage in Chester Basin that it was a cruel joke. Ray Jeffrey of St. Peters says he’d bought tickets for 15 plus years and had never won – nor used the QEII’s services. However, when he got the call that he was...
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by Brad PerryThree youths have been arrested after police say another youth was sprayed with bear mace in Sussex. Mounties responded to a report of an assault with a weapon on Pleasant Street around 1:40 p.m. Monday. “When members arrived on scene, they determined that one youth was suffering from minor...
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Big trades between Atlantic QMJHL rivals. The Halifax Mooseheads sent defenseman Dylan MacKinnon and forward Markus Vidicek to the Moncton Wildcats. The Moose get back forward Shawn Carrier and a number of draft picks. The first round of the draft is being held at Avenir Centre in Moncton on...
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A 21-year old man is facing weapons and drug charges in Shelburne County. On Sunday night RCMP say a man allegedly pointed a gun at another man outside a residence in Jordan Branch. No shots were fired and no one was injured. Monday afternoon, RCMP found the suspect in a parked vehicle off...
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A man has been charged after Halifax Regional Police recovered $1 million in stolen, re-vinned vehicles. The investigation began over a year ago into the trafficking of stolen vehicles into Nova Scotia from Alberta. The suspect, a 41-year-old man was stopped in March, 2023 in a stolen vehicle,...
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