by Brad PerryNew sanctions will effectively ban fighting at Quebec Major Junior Hockey League games. The penalties were part of new safety guidelines unveiled ahead of the 2023-24 season. If a player instigated the fight, they will get an automatic one-game suspension. The person found to be the aggressor...
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by Brad PerryOfficials are trying to figure out why some information was missing from a recent emergency alert. RCMP received a report of shots fired near a construction site in Cloverdale, east of Hartland, on Wednesday. They later issued an emergency alert to residents in the area telling them to stay...
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by Brad PerryPolice say the body of one of two missing boaters in northeastern New Brunswick has been found. Alderic and Léandre Thibodeau went out for a fishing trip on Monday afternoon but failed to return home. The two had last been seen at a wharf in the community of Brantville around 1 p.m. Monday. An...
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by Brad PerryOfficials are investigating after a convicted murderer escaped from Dorchester Penitentiary over the weekend. Robert Legge allegedly walked away from the facility’s minimum-security unit around 3 p.m. on Saturday. According to the Correctional Service of Canada, Legge was immediately apprehended...
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by Tara ClowShediac RCMP is searching for a missing woman from Quebec who is believed to be in Southeast New Brunswick. Thirty-three-year-old Vanessa Tremblay was last seen on July 20 at a home on Chemin du Golf in Sainte-Adèle, Quebec. in Quebec. Vanessa Tremblay is described as being approximately 5’6 and...
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by Evan TaylorThe Town of Lunenburg has officially declared Jamie Myra as the victor of the Lunenburg Special Mayoral Election. Jamie Myra secured a total of 811 votes, while the runner-up, Gale Fullerton, garnered 377 votes. With the closing of the polls at 7:00 PM on Saturday, August 12, the town recorded a...
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by Tim DavidsonAdam Bachynski and Andrew Beernaert are now two-time champs of the Kenora Bass International. The tandem from Kenora and Winnipeg led all three days and finished with a KBI record of 58.67 pounds. Beernaert says it’s sweet to win it again. “All the hard work has paid off,” Beernaert said after...
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by Tim DavidsonThe OPP are treating a death in Sioux Lookout as a homicide. A 40 year old woman was pronounced dead on Friday. A post-mortem on Adrianna Bottle of Sioux Lookout will be performed in Toronto to determine the cause of death. Investigators don’t believe there is a danger to the public, but police...
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Firefighters who battled the largest wildfire in Nova Scotia’s history marched in a parade Saturday. Hundreds lined the street in Barrington Passage as firefighters and first responders waved in appreciation. Ricky Banks with the Woods Harbour/Shag Harbour department says it was amazing to see....
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by Tim DavidsonThe day one leaders are back in the lead on day two. Adam Bachynski and Andrew Beernaert have a two-day total of 10 fish for 39.88 pounds. In second place are the father and son team of Paul and Coel Forsyth .31 pounds back at 39.57 pound. They were tied for fourth yesterday. Third place belongs...
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