by Tara ClowPlans to convert a home on MacBeath Avenue into a cancer support treatment centre, have cleared another hurdle. A public hearing was held this week during Moncton City Council. Concerns over parking and fencing were addressed. Urban Planner Dylan Geldart says a rezoning application was received...
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by Caitlin SnowThe municipality of the County of Antigonish will get a new Chief Administrative Officer. Warden Owen McCarron says that Glenn Horne has announced his resignation and has been appointed as the new CAO of the town of Wolfville. “On behalf of the Municipal Council, I want to thank Glenn for his...
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by Chloe HannanWyloo is building a downstream battery materials processing facility in Sudbury. This facility will allow Canada to develop a domestic battery supply chain for electric vehicles. A big advancement in the EV market. It will produce low-carbon nickel sulphate and nickel-dominant pCAM, key...
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by Caitlin SnowAnother step closer to free birth control and diabetes medication if you do not have medical coverage. The Canadian Pharmacare bill passed the House of Commons, Monday. Federal NDP Leader Jaghmeet Singh says it was a ‘historic’ day, adding that his party who has long fought for the bill, did not...
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by Brad PerrySeveral buildings in uptown Saint John have been evacuated due to a natural gas leak. City officials say the leak is in the area of 50 Water Street, between King Street and Princess Street. A number of buildings in the area have been evacuated as Liberty Utilities works to restore the leak....
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by Evan TaylorThe Province of Nova Scotia will once again be putting on courses that teach the ins and outs of putting on a municipal campaign. Municipal elections are set to take place across the province this fall, and the courses aim to encourage more people to consider running. The three sites selected to...
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by Jacob MooreHighway 104 was temporarily closed after a vehicle hit a deer in Port Malcolm Tuesday morning. A vehicle was travelling on the highway shortly before 11 a.m. when it hit the animal and then was rear-ended by another vehicle, says RCMP Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay. The highway was temporarily closed...
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by Caitlin SnowApplications are now available for the Low-Income Property Tax Exemption if you are a homeowner in Antigonish. It’s if you make an annual household income of $28,510 or less. Applications can be downloaded online or picked up at Town Hall. The deadline to apply is June 14.
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick’s auditor general has released a damning report on the use of travel nurses in the province. The province has spent more than $173 million — and counting — on travel nurse contracts, according to the report. “The overall conclusion of our work was that travel nurse contracts were...
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by Tara ClowVandals have struck at the new CDT Disc Golf Course at Riverview High School. “The damage was discovered on Wednesday or Thursday last week. Essentially someone tried to purposely break the basket and the post that keeps it in the ground. It was bent. So we had to take the basket out entirely,...
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