by Brad PerrySomeone in New Brunswick could be starting their weekend with an extra $100,000. Atlantic Lottery (ALC) said a ticket sold in St. Stephen for Friday’s TAG draw matched all six digits. The winning number, according to ALC’s website, is 109045. No details have been released about who the winner...
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Liberal Leader Zach Churchill is promising to cut the HST by two per cent if his party forms the next government. Churchill made the pledge on Friday night at the party’s AGM in Halifax. He says the tax break is necessary to help during challenging times. “With some of the highest taxes and...
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by Caitlin SnowPower was temporarily turned off for some residents in Lake Echo Friday night and Hwy 7 was shut down, when a man barricaded himself inside a home. RCMP say the highway was closed between Echo Forest Dr and Beech Hill Rd around 9:30pm. About a half an hour later the man was taken into...
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Saint John entrepreneurs, business owners, and students can attend the first Empowering Women in Business (EWB) conference. The theme for this year’s conference is Women L.E.A.D. — or Love, Empathy, Action, and Diversity. The two-day event will have multiple workshops to learn about leadership,...
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by Caitlin SnowNearly 60 people are displaced and one person seriously injured after what appears to have been an explosion or structural failure at a senior’s complex in Sydney. Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Amanda McDougall took to social media to let residents know of the serious incident that...
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by Tim DavidsonFor the first time in three and a half years, the Kenora and District Chamber of Commerce selected it’s top businesses. The 2024 business awards were presented last light at a gala banquet. Boreal Cork won for Innovative Small Business. Kelly Balkwill and her husband run the business and...
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Emergency responders in Port Hawkesbury are responding to a crash involving a logging truck and another vehicle. It happened on the highway between Port Hawkesbury and Point Tupper. No word on the seriousness or extent of any injuries or how many people are involved.
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by Brad PerryA pedestrian has died and a 17-year-old has been arrested after an alleged hit-and-run collision in northern New Brunswick. Emergency crews responded to a collision involving a pedestrian in Bois-Joli around 6:40 p.m. Thursday, according to Mounties. “The victim, a 77-year-old man, had been...
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by NewsA 27-year-old man is facing a charge of second-degree murder after a death in Antigonish County. RCMP were called to investigate an incident at a home in Paq’tnkek on February 4. A 40-year-old man was found dead at the home when officers arrived. Police say the man was from the First Nation, but...
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by Caitlin SnowMental health support is now available to volunteer firefighters and volunteer members of ground search and rescue teams and their families. The province says it’s free and available 24/7 in person, by phone or online. It includes counselling, financial and nutrition advice, stress management...
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