A well-known Nova Scotia disability-rights advocate, environmentalist and author has passed away. According to multiple reports, Jen Powley died in hospital Sunday due to complications from advanced multiple sclerosis. She was 45. Powley, who was a quadriplegic, advocated for people with severe...
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by Joe ThomsonThe New Brunswick provincial government has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build affordable homes for working-class people struggling to find a place to live. The partnership includes funding through the province’s housing strategy that will provide an investment of $70,000 per unit for...
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by Randy ThomsThree people escaped serious injury after a small plane crashed near Stratton. The Cessna 172 came down last Thursday after striking a power line during an aborted landing at an unregistered landing strip. The plane ended up on its roof and was heavily damaged. The Transportation Safety Board...
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A large seizure of weed at the Port of Halifax. Border agents seized 165 kilos of pot from a container on August 29. It was found in a marine container destined for the Caribbean. In total, 345 bags of suspected cannabis were discovered hidden throughout the container. The weed was transferred...
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by Randy ThomsThe Fort Frances Lakers will have twelve newcomers when they open the SIJHL this weekend in Dryden against the Dryden GM Ice Dogs. The Lakers are icing thirteen forwards, seven defencemen and three goaltenders. Eight saw action with the team last season. They include Nolan Rideout (Flin Flon,...
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by Tara ClowA warning from RCMP on the dangers of privately made firearms (PMFs) including 3D printed firearms. Since January 2023, the New Brunswick RCMP has laid charges in multiple files involving seized 3D printed guns, 3D printed lower receivers and 3D printers. RCMP say it is illegal to make your own...
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by CJ GoaterStrong Mayor powers appear to be headed to Thunder Bay after Mayor Ken Boshcoff brought a memorandum to city council asking for their support. Strong Mayor powers allow the mayor to make decisions about council committees and local boards. It gives the mayor the ability to change the...
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A former chief executive and chair of Sobeys has died. David Sobey was 92 years old. According to an Empire Company release, David, like his brothers Bill and Donald, was introduced to the grocery business at an early age, and worked virtually every job there was in the family’s ever-expanding...
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by Evan TaylorOver 150 residents gathered at the Lunenburg Fire Hall on September 14 to participate in the Town of Lunenburg’s inaugural public engagement session concerning the Blockhouse Hill Design Project. The purpose of this initial meeting, the first in a series of four, was to provide the local...
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by Joe ThomsonFor the third time in five days a person has died in a crash on a Nova scotia roadway. On September 17, at around 5:00 p.m., officers responded to a collision on Masstown Road in Debert. They learned that a 64-year-old man was driving a lawn tractor when he attempted to cross the road and was...
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