by Tim DavidsonJust a couple of days left this month to pick up your Wonka Bars. Beaver Brae’s drama club is selling them in advance of their production of Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Brooklyn Peloquin is one of the members of the drama club and says it’s a nice tie-in to the play. “We’re going to...
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by Brad PerryA northeastern New Brunswick man has died after police say his snowmobile collided with a moose. Emergency crews were called to a trail near Dunn Street in Allardville shortly after 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The 59-year-old Allardville man who was driving the snowmobile died at the scene from his...
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by Brad PerryThere is a heavy police presence at the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) campus in Saint John. Police said they are on scene investigating a “panic alarm” at the Grandview Avenue campus. “No threat has been identified. Officers are searching the campus,” police said in a social media post...
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by Brad PerrySaint John police are looking for a 48-year-old man wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant. James Beatteay is wanted for making and possessing child pornography, according to police. He is described as 6’3″ tall, weighing 190 pounds, with blue eyes, and a tattoo of a half cross on his left...
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by Caitlin SnowThe second round of $10,000 cheques are coming in several weeks to nurses who stayed in the healthcare system. Last year the government spent roughly $250 million on a lucrative ‘thank you’ bonus on nurses and other healthcare staff, after the turmoil of the pandemic, in an effort to retain...
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A charity hockey game is coming up in Barrington. The Southwest Storm Junior C club will host Barrington Ice Dogs alumni on Sunday. It’s happening at the Sandy Wickens Memorial Arena at 3 p.m. Admission at the door will go to the Let Your Light Shine – Jevon Link Society. The group supports...
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by Tim DavidsonThe City of Kenora is getting a bit more money for policing in 2024. The funding was confirmed this week at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in Toronto. Mayor Andrew Poirier says the extra money will help reduce their taxes. “Some of it is going back to taxpayers in relief,...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Kenora Dinner Jackets are expanding their repertoire. The improv group is holding it’s fourth show this weekend, but with a difference. Vince Schatkowski is the production manager and says they included other performers as well. “They are doing their usual stand-up improv routine, but with a...
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by Tim DavidsonThe City of Dryden confirms its going after funding for infrastructure improvements at the Eagles’ Landing Golf Course. Manager of Community Services Jason Boyer says they’ve made application to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund. “With $500,000 being covered by the NOHFC grant, so we’re...
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A 35-year-old man has been charged in relation to a serious collision on Hwy. 102 that left three people injured. RCMP say a Toyota Echo and Jeep Wrangler crashed head on in late October near Miller Lake, but the driver of the car left the scene. Police had received earlier reports of the same...
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