by Joe ThomsonHockey Canada released their first ever Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion path forward today which outlines their plans to make hockey more accessible and welcoming of all Canadians. It includes 13 objectives and 45 actions to be implemented over the next two years and beyond. Some of the actions...
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by Brad PerryThe body of a second boater who went missing in northeastern New Brunswick has been found. RCMP say the body of a 75-year-old man was found in the water near Portage Island on Wednesday morning. “The body has since been positively identified as Aldéric Thibodeau,” police said in a news release...
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by Brad PerryAn LGBTQ+ advocacy group says it is pleased with the child and youth advocate’s review of Policy 713. Gail Costello is the co-chair of Pride in Education, a volunteer provincial committee started in 2008 by teachers. Costello said the nearly 100-page report looking at changes made to the...
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by Joe ThomsonHave you ever wanted to take a painting class? Or perhaps pottery is more your style? Whatever you’re interested in, the Customs House Artisan Incubator wants to know. They’ve launched a survey to find out what type of arts and crafts programming you would like to see in your community. The...
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Two were arrested after a school bus fire in Baddeck. It happened Saturday afternoon at a bus garage on Shore Road, firefighters had to extinguish the blaze. RCMP say they were there earlier in the day and noticed vandalism to some other busses. The pair are youths, one was arrested Sunday, the...
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by Brad PerryHelp is needed to locate a 28-year-old Moncton man missing for the past week. RCMP say Kyle Ettinger was last seen at a Joyce Avenue residence on Aug. 9. Ettinger was reported missing to police five days later on Aug. 14. “Police and his family are concerned for his well-being,” RCMP said in a...
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by Adam RileyA Gull Bay First Nation woman is hoping to win it big as she competes in the semi finals of an Indigenous entrepreneurship competition. Donna Tremble, of Royalty Data Rewards Club, believes her idea of bringing digitized reward programs to smaller businesses will wow the judges at the Pow Wow...
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by Adam RileyAlvin Fiddler is officially back as the Grand Chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. He was acclaimed this morning during the Keewaywin Conference in Thunder Bay to take over for a 1 year term. A task he says feels daunting. “If you have three years, you have a bit more time to do things that you...
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by Joe ThomsonPolice have made an arrest in relation to a homicide that occurred in the 1700 block on Brunswick Street on Christmas Eve last year. On December 24, 2022, at around 1:15 a.m. Halifax Regional Police responded to a disturbance at the corner of Prince and Brunswick streets and found 31-year-old...
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by Tara ClowAnother big country concert is just a week away. Y-Q-M Country Fest returns to Dieppe from August 24th to August 26 at the MusiqART site. Promoter Sam Bourgeois says they’ve expanded the festival this year, “We didn’t know exactly what to expect last year, but it went extremely well both from an...
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