Work continues on the much-anticipated renovation project for the Sophia Recovery Centre’s new Saint John location. Saint John council approved a $50,000 grant from the city’s community services reserves during Monday’s meeting. “It’s been an ongoing conversation with the city about how they can...
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by Randy ThomsOntario Provincial Police are investigating the cause of an overnight fire in downtown Fort Frances. Members of the Fort Frances Fire Rescue Service were called to the back of a building in the 400 block of Portage Avenue just before 11 p.m. Tuesday. Eleven firefighters responded with a pumper...
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by Brad PerryIt will be a least a few more weeks before interest rates start going down. The Bank of Canada is leaving its key interest rate unchanged at five per cent. It has remained at that level for nearly eight months now. Officials say they want to see further and sustained easing in core inflation....
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by Tim DavidsonThe St. Thomas Aquinas senior girls volleyball team is into the semi-finals of the consolation round at the All-Ontario “A” championships in Elliott Lake. The Saints beat Brampton Christian Academy Tuesday afternoon in the quarter-finals to advance. TA is now taking on Ecole Secondaire EJ...
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by Caitlin SnowAll three levels of government are investing nearly $260 million dollars on five electric ferries that will travel between Bedford and downtown Halifax. Councillor for Bedford-Wentworth, Tim Outhit says he is excited about the ferry service and the new terminal coming to Mill Cove. He says it...
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by Tara ClowThe town of Salisbury has been selected for a pilot project to support the development of a municipal cultural policy for 2024-2025. It was chosen by a committee made up of representatives from the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick (UMNB) and ArtslinkNB. It is in partnership with several...
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Meteghan RCMP have charged a man with firearm offences. During a police checkpoint on Highway 1 in Church Point on February 22nd, officers noticed unsecured firearms in the backseat of a Toyota Tacoma. They arrested a 40-year-old Belliveau Cove man. During a search of the truck, police located...
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Ronnie King, bassist for The Stampeders has died at 76. The legendary Canadian rock band announced his sudden death in a Calgary hospital on their Facebook page Tuesday. King co-founded the group, which since the late 1960s, has given us classic songs such as “Sweet City Woman,” ” Carry Me” and...
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by Brad PerryNearly three dozen more residential units are being planned for Saint John’s Waterloo Village neighbourhood. Developer Michael Wowchuk is looking to rezone the former Roman Catholic Diocese offices on Bayard Street. Wowchuk plans to create 25 residential units in the existing building with an...
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by Brad PerryThree-quarters of Canadians have noticed examples of “shrinkflation” in recent months. That is according to the results of a new survey by Narrative Research and Logit Group released on Tuesday. Shrinkflation is a form of inflation that involves reducing a product’s size while keeping its price...
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