by Caitlin SnowThe new agreement is to replace the current memorandum of understanding and will cost an additional $3.6 million to operate. The 2024-25 agreements include: – a two per cent cap on tuition increases for all Nova Scotian undergraduate students, compared with the three per cent cap under the...
READ MOREThe NHL is returning to the Olympics. Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will take part in the Winter Games in 2026 and 2030. NHL players have not taken part in an Olympic games since 2014. The league also announced a ‘best-on-best’ international competition for 2025. It’s called the NHL...
READ MORE by CJ GoaterFour wetland sites in Ontario are now permanently protected as of World Wetlands Day. The Nature Conservancy of Canada is celebrating the protection of over 940 hectares of lands and waters on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, as well as on Lake Superior’s Black Bay Peninsula, near Thunder Bay....
READ MORE by Adam RileyMotorists who usually take the winter shortcut across Wabigoon Lake, will have to go back to the long way around. In a social media post operators of the ice road say due to warm weather, and until the return of colder weather the ice road will be closed. The post states the closure will address...
READ MOREThe minister of veterans affairs needs time to go over the final report into a triple murder-suicide in 2017. The final report into former an Afghan war veterans shootings is hundreds of pages long and contains 25 recommendations. Ginette Pettipas Taylor says they will look at the report in its...
READ MORE by Adam RileyA Kaministiquia man is facing a number of charges related to impaired driving following a collision northwest of Lappe. Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to a two-vehicle collision on One Island Lake Road in Fowler Township just after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Thankfully, the collision...
READ MORECanadian Blood Services (CBS) is calling on University of New Brunswick (UNB) and Mount Allison University students between the ages of 17 to 35 to step up and swab their cheeks to save a life. Between February 5 and 6, students can register to become stem cell donors and potentially be a match...
READ MORE by Caitlin SnowThe family of a 31-year-old Ontario man who died outside the Halifax Alehouse has filed two lawsuits against the bar. Ryan Michael Sawyer was found on the ground near the bar on Christmas Eve in 2022 and was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead. According to the lawsuit filed in...
READ MOREHome sales are down in Nova Scotia. 2023 saw a 17 per cent decrease overall, according to data from the Nova Scotia Association of Realtors. President Matthew Dauphinee talks about pricing. “When you look at the big picture, year-over-year, it’s staying close to what it was, with a slight...
READ MOREThe Saint John Police Force is asking for the public’s help to locate Jeremy Robichaud. A Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest after breaching the conditions of his statutory release. Robichaud was residing at a Community Correctional Centre in Saint John. He is described as as 5’10,...
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