by Bryan TaitA long-time councillor in Inverness County has died. Gloria Marie LeBlanc died Dec. 17 at the age of 88. She served as councillor for District 2 (Margaree/St. Joseph du Moine) for 19 years. Warden Bonny MacIsaac described LeBlanc as a remarkable woman who touched the lives of many. “She was a...
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by Tara ClowThere’s a new millionaire in the province of New Brunswick. Someone who bought a Lotto Max ticket in Saint John, New Brunswick for the December 19 draw, is $1 million richer. The ticket matched the numbers in the Maxmillions draw on Friday night. The winning numbers can be found on the Atlantic...
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by Bryan TaitJust under 23,000 NB Power customers are without power as of 8 p.m. Friday. According to NB Power’s outage website, the biggest cluster of outages continues to be in the central York-Sunbury region, where just over 10,000 customers are in the dark in areas including Fredericton Junction,...
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by Alex AllanA 54‑year‑old Berryton man died early Friday after his vehicle flipped on Nixon Road near Turtle Creek. RCMP were called to the rural road at 12:50 a.m. on Friday. The man was the driver and only person in the vehicle, and he died at the scene from his injuries. Mounties believe the vehicle lost...
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by Bryan TaitThe Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a serious injury sustained during an arrest in Miramichi. An early report from SiRT said members of the Miramichi Police Force responded to a call at a gas station on Nelson Street. The call related to an adult woman in a vehicle who refused to...
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by Alex AllanTwo youth have been arrested after the RCMP investigated threats made toward a school in Rexton, a community in Kent County. The RCMP said several community members reported the threats on December 14 after they appeared on social media. Police said the school remained closed on December 15...
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by Caitlin SnowThousands of Nova Scotia Power customers are now in the dark as a rain and windstorm starts to batter the entire province. Storm lead Pam Scully Porier tells Acadia News they do have their Emergency Operations Centre ready to stay focused on the task at hand. “We bring in folks from across the...
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by Alex AllanThe provincial government is putting $10 million toward expanding access to home‑care support for seniors and people with disabilities. Lyne Chantal Boudreau, the minister responsible for seniors, said the funding is meant to help people remain in their homes safely for as long as possible....
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by Bryan TaitA strategy to address homelessness in New Brunswick was released Thursday. A Path Home aims to reduce chronic homelessness in the province by 40 per cent by 2028-29. Housing Minister David Hickey said homelessness is a crisis in New Brunswick, and it’s been growing for several years. “Over the...
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by NewsA vessel is safely secured in Yarmouth County after what was likely a very tense situation, Friday. Major Trevor Ackland with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre tells us in an email, the boat named Never Home 3 thought they might be taking on water when in Kelly’s Cove. After making a mayday...
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