The Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) is welcoming a new CAO at the beginning of the new year. Sean O’Connor will be the new Chief Administrative Officer. He is a professional Civil Engineer who worked with the Municipality for the past two and a half years. His prior role was...
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by NewsA man has been charged with attempted murder in an incident of intimate partner violence, after shots were fired in East Preston. RCMP say it happened Thursday morning around 8:45 a.m. on the 1600 block of Highway 7. A woman was driving south when a man got out of his vehicle and fired shots in...
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by Tara ClowThe Dieppe Fire Department is conducting training exercises over the next few days. Emergency vehicles and first responders will be visible in the area of Champlain Street and Arseneault Road, near the airport, from Friday to Monday. Residents are being asked to avoid the area if possible. The...
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Several new long-term care homes have voted to strike, which brings the growing list up to nearly 30 CUPE facilities across Nova Scotia. The main issues on the table include staffing, job security and wages. “We’ve reached a breaking point,” admitted CUPE 1485 President Ashton Brown. “And that...
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by Bryan TaitMore than 8,500 NB Power customers are in the dark between Norton and Salisbury as of 11:45 a.m. Friday. Communities affected include Apohaqui, Drurys Cove, Penobsquis, Sussex and Moosehorn Creek. According NB Power’s outage site, the cause in most cases is a transmission outage. Estimates have...
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by Tara ClowTwo schools in Anglophone South are closing early on Friday due to power outages. Emails were sent home to parents and students at around noon to say Apohaqui Elementary School and Sussex Elementary School would be closing. Anglophone East School District also closed Petitcodiac Regional School...
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Improvements are coming to a popular tourist trail in Digby County. Ottawa announced over $37,000 in funding for the Balancing Rock Trail. The work will help the municipality redesign the viewing platform in Tiverton, along with accessibility and safety improvements. Digby Warden Linda Gregory...
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by Caitlin SnowA Halifax councillor says Dutch Village Road in Halifax will be a wonderful street when it reopens Friday evening, after a major overhaul that snarled up traffic for eight months. Kathryn Morse tells Acadia News it was a $10 million disruption but a fantastic improvement. “It needed a lot of...
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by Evan TaylorThe rural community of Fundy Shores is calling for a larger role in New Brunswick’s nuclear future, backing new reactor technology and the potential development of a medical isotope production facility. Mayor George “Denny” Cogswell says the community is actively advocating for discussions...
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Nova Scotia has a brand new millionaire. Rickie Taylor of Deep Brook, Annapolis County won the Nova Scotia Firefighters 50/50 Thursday night. He takes a grand prize of over $1.2 million. The 50/50 is held each week, the money supports fire departments in Nova Scotia.
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