by CJ GoaterNorthwestern Health Unit is seeing increasing rates of respiratory illness (including COVID-19 and influenza) in the region. Increases in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations associated with COVID-19, respiratory outbreaks in congregate care settings, and reports of community respiratory illness all...
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by Caitlin SnowRCMP are asking for the public’s help locating 37-year-old Jennifer Tawse-Smith. She was last seen November 4, on Stanley St in Middle Sackville. Tawse-Smith is described as 5’4, 140-150lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes. She is known to use a black and charcoal bicycle as her main mode of...
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by Tim DavidsonThe NorWOSSA “A” and “AA” court sports playoffs are taking place this week in Kenora. St. Thomas Aquinas is hosting the “A” semis tomorrow and the finals on Thursday. The Saints senior boys volleyball team is taking on Northern Lakes from Atikokan at 12:30. The winner will play Red Lake at 9 am...
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The host of the 2024 Juno Awards in Halifax has been announced. Nelly Furtado will host the awards on March 24th at Scotiabank Centre. The Victoria, B.C. native is starting to perform again after a few years off stage. She lasted hosted the Junos in 2007. That wasn’t the only announcement, as...
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by Brad PerrySaint John police are investigating after a group of masked men tried to rob a pizza delivery driver over the weekend. Police said it happened in the area of Cunard and Waring streets in the north end around 12:45 a.m. Saturday. “The suspects demanded money and assaulted the victim with a...
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by Caitlin SnowA motion pushed by the federal Conservatives to expand carve-outs on the carbon tax on all forms of home heating, was voted down. The NDP backed the plan, but the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois did not, with a vote of 135 in favor to 186 against. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said all of...
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by Brad PerryA staple in the Sussex business community has closed its doors for good. Goold’s Flowers Ltd. announced its closure in a Facebook post on Monday. The fifth-generation business had been in operation for nearly 150 years. Opening in 1878, the business recently moved back to its original location...
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by Tara ClowMore and more New Brunswick youth are choosing the game of basketball. Basketball New Brunswick Executive Director Tyler Slipp says they peaked in 2019 after the Toronto Raptors won the NBA championship… But then the pandemic hit, “Thankfully since that ended about two seasons ago, we’ve seen...
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by CJ GoaterThe Ontario government is investing just over $108 million to expand and update Ornge Air Ambulance’s airplane fleet with four additional planes and replacements for their current eight-plane fleet, bringing the fleet’s total to 12. This investment will aid Ornge’s air ambulance service in...
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by Tara ClowCodiac RCMP continues to investigate concerns over suspicious candy found on Halloween in Moncton’s Northwest end. Superintendent Benoit Jolette told Moncton City Council the candies were laced with an illegal substance. The suspicious candy came from a home in the Evergreen area. Luckily no one...
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