by Tim DavidsonThe City of Dryden says the King Street Underpass will be closed today. This is to allow for road maintenance. The closure will run from 8 am until 3 pm. The city says the closure will affect all vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
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by Tim DavidsonThe NorWOSSA soccer season in underway. In week two games played yesterday in Dryden, St. Thomas Aquinas boys and girls teams were undefeated. In fact they didn’t give up any goals. The Saints boys shut out Dryden High School 5-0 and downed Red Lake 2-0. The Eagles got by the Rams 6-1. In girls...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Centennial Cup, emblematic of junior hockey supremacy in Canada, starts today in Oakville. The Sioux Lookout Bombers are the SIJHL representatives and a one of 10 teams in the competition. Coach Carson Johnstone says they know they’ll be playing four games in the next week. “We can kind of...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Dryden OPP have been cracking down on spousal assaults. Police have laid charges against a 19 year old in connection to domestic disturbance on Clearwater Crescent last month. The incident took place around 5:30 am on April 27th. As a result of their investigation Provincial Police have laid...
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A collision has closed a section of Highway 104. RCMP say it’s closed near marker 244 in Afton between exit 36B and 37. It’s expected to be closed for several hours. Police ask you to avoid the area if possible.
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by Brad PerryMoncton and Saint John are joining forces in a bid to co-host the 2029 Canada Summer Games. The Canada Games Council announced Wednesday it had received a joint letter of intent to bid from the two cities. New Brunswick communities had until the end of February to deliver their intent to bid to...
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick has unveiled tighter rules for cellphone use in classrooms. Changes to Policy 311 will take effect for the 2024-25 school year in September. “We have evidence that indicates we should limit cellphone use in classrooms,” Education Minister Bill Hogan said in a news release on...
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick’s business community is calling for immediate provincial action to spur housing development. The Saint John, Moncton, and Fredericton chambers of commerce wrote a joint letter to the premier this week. “The letter underscores the severe shortage of available housing units in New...
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by Caitlin SnowNutritious, local, healthy and delicious food is the goal of the school lunch program about to roll out in Nova Scotia. Minister of Education, Becky Druhan, tells our newsroom they will make the “historic investment” available to all students who need it and to make it affordable and stigma...
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by Jacob MooreAbout 300 people lined the street outside the Nova Scotia Legislature Wednesday afternoon to call on the government to implement the Coastal Protection Act. The act was previously passed by all parties in 2019, but the provincial government scrapped the plan in February, which means...
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