by Tara ClowName something teachers do for fun. The survey says, to compete on Family Feud Canada! That’s the response from Bernice MacNaughton High School in Moncton. Their team was chosen for the first-ever Teachers Week, which was shot last month in Toronto. The team consists of Rebecca Moore (Music),...
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The RCMP has obtained a warrant for the arrest of a Halifax man in connection with an incident in Kings County. Nineteen-year-old Kyle Gordon Joseph Buffett has been charged with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime, Driving While Disqualified, Theft Under $5,000 and Breach of Probation....
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by Brad PerryA 14-year-old is facing charges after allegedly pointing a firearm at several people in Moncton. RCMP said they were called to Seaman Street and Mill Street around 8 p.m. on Aug. 28. They had been told that someone had pointed a firearm at a group of people in the area. “When police arrived on...
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by Tara ClowEnrolment continues to rise in the Anglophone East School District. Superintendent Randolph MacLEAN says they’re starting the school year with around 19, 000 students. “We had worked closely with the city, with the province and with the recruitment agencies, so we knew and we saw the growth. We...
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by Brad PerryExpect to see more police than usual in school zones and along bus routes. Saint John police are conducting a back-to-school safety campaign this week. Officers will be targeting offences that endanger students, pedestrians and drivers. “With the excitement of children going back to school is it...
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by Joe ThomsonStudents across Nova Scotia are getting ready to head back to school this week, and the provincial government is doing what it can to make it a successful year of learning. With more than 130,000 students getting ready to start class, the province says it has purchased 10,000 new computers to...
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by Joe ThomsonThe Halifax Regional Police are investigating a possible hate crime that happened at Africville Park Last week. Officers responded to the incident at around 12:20 p.m. on Thursday. Someone had found a rope hanging from a tree that is believed to have been intended as a noose. Members of the Hate...
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by Tara ClowWork is about to get underway on the southern coast of Grand Manan to restore a section of a Migratory Bird Sanctuary. “This project is taking place on the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Grand Manan migratory bird sanctuary, Nature Reserve, and it’s an area that’s been designated as a migratory...
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by Adam RileyAn early morning fire has gutted an east end apartment building. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue was called to a structural fire on McLaughlin Street around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Crews encountered smoke coming from a second story window of the building, which was vacant at the time of the blaze. They were...
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by Joe ThomsonThe Town of Antigonish is holding a meeting to discuss a new bylaw that would keep parties from getting out of hand. The proposed Nuisance Party By-Law is based on a by-law of the same name that was passed by the Town of Wolfville last year. The Wolfville by-law gives police officers the ability...
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