The Green Party has presented a tax plan it says will help Saint John’s financial situation. Leader David Coon and finance critic Kevin Arseneau said there proposing a change to allow industrial property tax rates to exceed the current limit of 1.7 times the residential rate while creating more...
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Halifax’s police board is giving the green light to a bigger budget with more constables. The proposed budget comes in at $98 million which is about $5 million higher than last year, but its still need to clear another hurdle before it is passed. The money will be used to help the force hire 10...
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by Tim DavidsonThe provincial and federal governments have to invest more to close gaps in the education for Indigenous students. That’s the feeling of Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa. “The Chiefs of Ontario launched two reports in these gaps in K to 12 schools across Ontario,” Mamakwa told the Ontario...
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by Adam RileyOntario Provincial Police have arrested a Nipigon resident following a drug trafficking investigation in that community. Police say they began the investigation earlier this month and evidence gathered allowed for an arrest warrant to be issued. A police spokesperson says on November 29th...
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An evergreen from Nova Scotia will take centre stage in Boston Thursday night. The 82nd annual Boston Common Tree Lighting marks the 52nd year that the province has given a tree to the city as thanks for relief efforts following the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The 40-year-old, 45-foot-tall white...
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Dumping day will not happen Friday in Lobster Fishing Area 34, but Saturday is looking promising. According to the Coldwater Lobster Association. port representatives said a Friday start was a no-go Thursday morning after their 5th pre-season weather call. Saturday however is a tentative ‘Go’...
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by Adam RileyMotorists have been able to drive over it for more than a month but the City of Thunder Bay is still feeling the pain of the repairs to the River Street culvert. A report published this week from city staff, set to be presented to council on Monday, shows the total project cost was over $3.1...
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by Adam RileyWednesday’s house fire in North Dryden has sent one person to hospital with life threatening injuries. In a release to social media the Dryden Fire Service says it was dispatched to the home on the corner of Highway 17 and Cecil Avenue at 12:15 a.m., where responding crews learned one person...
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by Brad PerryForecasters at The Weather Network are calling for a pretty average winter across the Maritimes. Meteorologist Melinda Singh said temperatures should be near-normal, especially to start the season. “But as we head towards the mid and later months, we will be looking at visits from the Polar...
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by Brad PerryMore details have been released about where several new schools in New Brunswick will be going. The province announced this week that six major capital projects will be started in the 2024-25 fiscal year. It includes the construction of an anglophone K-12 school in Dieppe and a replacement for...
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