by Randy ThomsMinistry of Natural Resources forest firefighters continue to fight for recognition under the Workers Safety and Insurance Board. They are seeking the same coverage afforded municipal, volunteer, and First Nations firefighters when diagnosed with cancer or heart disease, recognizing that they...
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by Randy ThomsKenora residents only have a few days remaining to respond to a community safety survey. The city’s Crime Prevention and Community Well-Being Advisory Committee is gathering input toward the development of a community safety and well-being plan. An online survey was unveiled at the beginning of...
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by Evan TaylorIn the past week, there have been two workplace fatalities in Nova Scotia, the first at the Irving Shipyard and the second involving a worker on a fishing boat owned by Clearwater Seafoods. Those fatalities have prompted the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour (NSFL) to call for increased...
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by Adam RileyThe Ontario Winter Games have come and gone but the impacts of the two weekends will last for some time. That is the feeling of Ontario’s Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Neil Lumsden, who says the biggest impact will be on those who competed. “Whether this is their ultimate goal or...
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by CJ GoaterThere is a heavy police presence on the city’s north side. Officers were sent to an address on Cumberland Street South just before 8:15 a.m. on Saturday after receiving reports of an injured person. An injured adult male was located and received treatment from responding emergency services,...
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All three levels of government are improving wastewater management in Canso. The Municipality of Guysborough, the province and federal governments are giving over $350 thousand to the project. It’s for an equalization tank and an aeration system to treat additional wastewater flows in the area....
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by Adam RileyPost secondary institutions in Ontario asked for it and it appears they are getting it. The Ford government has announced a package of new funding valued at $1.3 billion aimed at maintaining the tuition fee freeze at colleges and universities across the province for a further three years....
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by Brad PerryOne of New Brunswick’s two health authorities is working to eliminate the use of travel nurses over the coming months. Horizon Health currently has arrangements with four different agencies, according to interim president and CEO Margaret Melanson. “These are short-term contracts able to be...
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by Brad PerryA feasibility study is looking at the electrification of provincially-owned school bus fleets in Atlantic Canada. $495,000 is being invested by the federal government, as well as the governments of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The goal is to help determine the...
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The province is going to replace the Gates Lane Bridge in Weymouth. A bailey bridge will be installed this year, according to the Department of Public Works. The century-old bridge closed suddenly last month due to safety concerns. The province heard from citizens in a public meeting last month...
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