by Brad PerryMoncton city councillors are gearing up for 2024 budget deliberations. Council will spend the next two days going over the proposed operating and capital budgets. City staff are proposing a $212-million general operating budget. That is up more than 12 per cent, or nearly $24 million, compared...
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by Adam RileyA pair of road closures in the city today. On the north side a section of Oliver Road from Winnipeg Avenue to the intersection of High Street South is closed due to several large potholes in both of the eastbound lanes. Westbound traffic is not affected by this closure. Several large potholes...
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by CJ GoaterThe November 6, 2023 Thunder Bay Committee of the whole meeting was cut short due to technical difficulties impacting live streams of the meeting. Council elected to address one time-sensitive matter on the agenda before postponing the rest of the agenda to the November 20 council meeting. The...
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by Tim DavidsonMask mandates are once again in store at the Pinecrest Home for the Aged. Starting on Tuesday, anyone entering the home is required to wear a mask in all indoor areas. Masks are not required in areas where residents don’t have any access. Also masks can be taken off in a residents room or other...
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by Caitlin SnowAn explosion at Canada’s High Commission in Abuja, Nigeria has left two people dead. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says it started as a fire, which has since been put out. Details are few at this time and it is unclear whether the two who died are Canadians. Joly says they are working to...
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by CJ GoaterA pursuit begun by Lakehead University in 2017 has now seen The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities designate Lakehead University as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University. This designation acknowledges North American public research universities working with public and...
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by CJ GoaterThe Ontario government has announced life-sustaining renal care closer to home by supporting Dryden Regional Health Centre with the planning, design, and implementation of the Satellite Renal Unit, expanding access to dialysis care in the region. This investment will help save patients in the...
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Canada’s premiers want to meet with the prime minister to apply more pressure on the feds to lift portions of the carbon tax as winter closes in. Nova Scotia’s Tim Houston says it is not lost on the premiers that the prime minister has not met with the group of leaders in person since 2018. The...
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by Adam RileyAfter 35 years Thunder Bay International Airport Chief Executive Officer Ed Schmidtke has decided to call it a career. His time with the airport saw it through improvements and expansions, such as the reconstruction of both runways and construction of the Air Terminal Building, as well as the...
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by Brad PerryMajor renovations have been completed on one of the two fire stations in the Kennebecasis Valley. The Kennebecasis Valley Fire Department’s Station 2 used to share space with the Quispamsis Civic Centre. However, the fire department purchased the building on Municipal Drive and renovated it to...
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