The provincial Liberals are pushing for more breast cancer screening. They’ve introduced the ‘Find It Early’ act in the legislature. It would help women with dense breasts get screened sooner. Liberal MLA Rafah DiCostanzo, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, says it could save lives....
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by Evan TaylorLunenburg District RCMP is currently looking into two disturbing home invasion incidents that happened in Tanners Settlement. On March 5, around 2:47 p.m., police rushed to Grimm Rd. and Tanners Settlement in response to a call about a guy who seemed pretty out of it and upset. When they got...
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by Brad PerryThe parent company of the Saint John Sea Dogs is taking over programming on the new Market Slip stage. City council voted on Monday night to enter into a licence agreement with JSM Sports Entertainment. The company will provide “events, concerts, and general programming” on the state of the...
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A man charged in the largest wildfire in our province’s history will be back in court later this month. Twenty-two year old Dalton Clark Stewart of Villagedale, Shelburne County was initially scheduled to appear in Shelburne Provincial Court today. Last month his case was pushed to March 20 for...
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by Tim DavidsonA silver medal for a St. Thomas Aquinas student at the All-Ontario high school swimming championships this week in Toronto. Tazio Mastromatteo finished in second place in the 100 meter breaststroke. He withdrew from the 100 meter individual medley with a tweak in his shoulder. The other member...
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by Brad PerryPower outages are beginning to pile up as a late winter storm moves through New Brunswick. NB Power reported nearly 2,100 homes and businesses without electricity as of 12:30 p.m. Thursday. That includes 1,045 customers in Greater Moncton, 741 in the Central York/Sunbury region, and 296...
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by CJ GoaterThe Thunder Bay District Health Unit has begun sending out letters to guardians of students in senior kindergarten and grade one who have an incomplete vaccine record. Unlike high school and grade two to five students, there are no suspensions attached to the outgoing letters. Ontario Public...
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by Brad PerryA heads up if you park your vehicle on the street in Moncton. The city has declared a temporary overnight parking ban for Thursday night. On-street parking is not allowed between midnight and 7 a.m. You can find the latest information on parking bans through Moncton Alerts.
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by Tara ClowThe federal NDP leader wants a National School Food Program included in the upcoming budget. Jagmeet Singh says in a country like ours, no child should ever go hungry. “The reality is the high cost of food, the high cost of groceries, people are going hungry. Everywhere in the province and the...
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by Adam RileyOntario’s police watchdog is investigating a motor vehicle collision in the city which occurred during a police pursuit, which sent one man to hospital with serious injuries. It occurred around 5:30 p.m. on February 29th when an officer with the Thunder Bay Police Service attempted to stop the...
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