by Randy ThomsAn apology from the Premier. He is reversing plans to remove Greenbelt lands for future housing development. He says by touching the Greenbelt, he broke a promise made a few years ago. “I broke that promise, and for that, I am very, very sorry. I pride myself on keeping our promises. It was a...
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by Brad PerryIt is the time of year junior hockey fans across the Maritimes have been waiting for. The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League regular season begins on Friday night. But Moncton Wildcats fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the team on home ice. The Wildcats are on the road on Friday to face...
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by Brad PerryIt is the time of year junior hockey fans across the Maritimes have been waiting for. The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League regular season begins on Friday night. But Saint John Sea Dogs fans will have to wait a bit longer to see the team on home ice. The Sea Dogs are on the road on Friday to...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Town of Ignace will once again be offering virtual meetings for it’s town council but there will be some restrictions. The Zoom meetings were cancelled back in April, partly as a cost saving measure. But starting in October, council has agreed to re-state them. There are a couple of...
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Two people have been charged after separate driving incidents in the CBRM. On the evening of September 16th on Hwy 125 in Upper North Sydney, an RCMP officer arrested a 52-year-old Alder Point man who was prohibited from driving in Canada due to a previous impaired driving conviction. Roughly...
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by Tim DavidsonTikinagan Family and Youth Services has agreed to set up a four member youth team. The 30 communities that are represented by Tikinagan voted in favour of the move at the annual chiefs assembly. The youth team, know as Youth Know, is made up of children who are currently or who were in care. The...
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CN’s Rockingham Yard on the Bedford Highway has been renamed Pace Yard after a former board chair who made enormous contributions to the company’s growth. Native Haligonian, Robert Pace, was an independent Board Director of the Company from 1994, and Chair of the Board from 2014, until his...
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by Joe ThomsonThe Nova Scotia RCMP are planning to release a formal apology to the African Nova Scotian community for years of racist behavior including the use of street checks. Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs, Twila Grosse, who was made the first Black woman to be part of cabinet last week, says...
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by Adam RileyA letter is now on its way from Mayor Ken Boshcoff to Ontario Housing and Municipal Affairs Minister, Paul Calandra, committing to housing targets for Thunder Bay. Those targets are 2,200 new homes by 2031. The document also sets in motion the granting of “Strong Mayor” powers. In a statement...
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by Brad PerryAt least 110 people have been forced from their homes after an apartment fire on Fredericton’s north side. The blaze broke in a 44-unit apartment building on Clark Street, near Union Street, around 3 p.m. Thursday. According to the Canadian Red Cross, the building contains a mix of two- and...
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