Some SSRCE students getting a day off from class. Bayview Community School, Bluenose Academy, Bluenose Academy Pre-Primary and Mahone Bay Alternate School are all cancelled due to power outages Friday, April 12. According to the Nove Scotia Power outage map, there are nearly 2000 customers in...
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We’ll pay more to fill up in Nova Scotia. The Utility and Review Board adjusted fuel prices at midnight. Self-serve regular gas is up about 3 cents a litre to a minimum of $1.75. Diesel is up 1.7 to about $1.90.
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The Saint John Tool Library & DIY Centre’s partnership with Men’s Shed Canada (MSC) looks to benefit the region. This worldwide movement started in South Australia in the late 1990s where they were called Tinker Sheds. These would be spaces made mostly for men fixing or restoring products,...
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by Tim DavidsonKenora Fire and Emergency Services is looking for more volunteers. Fire Chief Dave Pratt says they had several people train as paid-for-call firefighters last year, but they can use more. “The current establishing and regulating by-law says we can have up to 55 paid-for-call firefighters with...
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by Tara ClowNeed to fill up? It’s going to cost you more this week. The maximum cost for regular self-serve jumped overnight to $1.85, which is an increase of 5.3 cents a litre. Diesel users won’t notice much difference, because there aren’t any. Diesel prices remained the same. Furnace oil decreased by...
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by Brad PerryThere is optimism in the community of Alma that the need for recurring boil water advisories will soon come to an end. More than $12 million in government funding was announced last fall for two new wells and related infrastructure in the community, which is part of the municipality of Fundy...
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick residents are being invited to give their feedback on NB Power’s rate application. The province’s electric utility requested a 9.8 per cent rate hike this year and again in 2025. While this year’s increase has been approved on an interim basis, it still faces a hearing by the New...
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Front-line workers have been suffering from burnout for some time, and with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects have taken their toll. Officials from Horizon Health, Vitalité Health, and Ambulance New Brunswick have launched Recharjme cabins to reduce stress and absenteeism while...
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by Randy ThomsThe second week of the Rainy River Festival of the Performing Arts opened on Wednesday with the first day of piano competitions. Julia Dykstra was one of the top performers, earning Honors four classes and First Class Honours in another, scoring 90 and above. Jennifer Fuhrer earned Honours in...
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by Caitlin SnowTen thousand members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike, Thursday. The union says the vote is a “resounding wake-up call” to the government after they hit a roadblock in negotiations with the province. President Ryan Lutes says the vote is a push for the...
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