by Caitlin SnowA Lower Sackville man is dead after a collision on Highway 104 in Springhill Junction. RCMP say it was around 5:30pm Monday when a tractor trailer hit the driver of a pickup truck, who had gotten out of his parked Chevrolet Silverado, to secure the load he was carrying. The 53-year-old was...
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by Tara ClowA recent traffic enforcement operation in Greater Moncton resulted in 187 traffic violations and 13 unsafe vehicles towed. RCMP, in collaboration with the New Brunswick Department of Justice and Public Safety Highway Safety Enforcement officers, pulled over vehicles on August 4 in Greater...
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by Tara ClowCanada’s Cabinet Ministers will gather in PEI next week. A retreat will be held from August 21 to 23 in Charlottetown. “This summer, we continued to listen to Canadians in their communities across the country about what matters to them. I hear people loud and clear when they tell me life is...
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by Caitlin SnowTwenty hockey players will represent Atlantic Canada at the 2023 National Women’s U18 Championship. Six of them are from Nova Scotia. They hail from Truro, Windsor, Fall River, Clark’s Harbour, Antigonish and New Glasgow. The team roster was finalized following a summer camp at St. FX last month...
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by Tim DavidsonSpecialized training for fire fighters from the Kenora Fire and Emergency Services Department. A trailer from the Ontario Fire Marshall’s office has been parked at Fire Station #3 all weekend. Fire chief Dave Pratt says it can mimic all kinds of fire fighting scenarios. “This over a million...
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by Tim DavidsonAnother major fundraiser for the Lake of the Woods Hospital Foundation. Over the weekend $420,000 was raised from the 17th annual Lifesavers Dinner at the Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club. 170 people attended the gala event. Mira Trebilcock is the executive director of the hospital foundation...
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by Tim DavidsonFor the next couple of weeks, the docks at the Moncrief Construction Sports Center will be off limits. Access to the parking area and the docks behind the Rec. Center is being closed from 1st Avenue South. That’s due to construction taking place in the area. A water main is being replaced in the...
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by Adam RileyCity police have arrested a 30 year old Thunder Bay man in connection to an armed robbery on the north side. Officers were dispatched to one of homeless encampments near Peal Street Saturday morning to reports of an armed robbery suspect in the area. The robbery occurred the previous evening at...
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The Conservatives are the preferred choice among Canadian voters. That’s according to the latest survey from the Angus Reid institute. They found that 38 percent of voters would support the opposition party, led by Pierre Poilievre. 31 percent would be in favour of re-electing the Liberals. The...
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Firefighters will be honoured each year in the Municipality of Shelburne. May 27th will be ‘First Responders and Volunteers Day.’ It’s the day the Barrington Lake wildfire began, eventually growing to become the largest in our province’s history. Warden Penny Smith says those who helped are true...
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