by Randy ThomsThe Forest Products Association of Canada is honouring a northwestern Ontario forestry services company. It has awarded Dallan LP with its Indigenous Business Leadership Award. The company is 100% Indigenous-owned and provides mill yard services to mills in Thunder Bay, Ignace and Atikokan. It...
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by Jacob MooreNo one is injured after a tow truck hit a power pole in Burnside, knocking out the power for 279 customers. According to a spokesperson for the Halifax Regional Police, it happened at the intersection of Windmill Road and Ralston Avenue around 2:45 p.m. on Monday. No one was injured, and police,...
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick has recorded its first provincial deficit since 2016-17, according to the Liberal government. Consolidated financial statements show the province ended the 2024-25 fiscal year with a $104.4-million deficit. That was compared to a $40.9-million surplus that the previous Progressive...
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A gathering place for all aspects of the community, arts, and performance is entering the final construction phases. Emmy Alcorn, the artistic director of Mulgrave Road Theatre tells our newsroom about the new Centre for the Arts saying, “It’s a place where many different types of activities can...
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by Evan TaylorThe federal government is investing over $13 million into 15 community-based organizations to make sexual and reproductive health services more accessible across Canada. Health Minister Marjorie Michel made the announcement in Montreal, highlighting that many people still face barriers such as...
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by Randy ThomsHe is not a fan of cameras catching speeders, but he is okay with using them to catch criminals. Premier Doug Ford says he would support an expansion of closed-circuit television cameras in communities that want them. Speaking in Hamilton, Ford says they would be effective in residential areas...
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by NewsHampton RCMP are asking for your help after an ATV crash that left one man dead. Police say it happened in the woods near Barnesville around 9 p.m., Saturday. It believed the vehicle rolled over, pinning the driver under it, after he lost control when going up a steep hill. The 27-year-old from...
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by NewsCodiac Regional RCMP are asking for help identifying two persons of interest after an armed robbery in Moncton. RCMP say it happened around 9:20 p.m., September 2 at a business around the 300 block of Mountain Road. Two people entered and left with an undisclosed number of items. An employee was...
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The Cape Breton Eagles played close games during their home opener weekend against the Moncton Wildcats. On Friday, the Eagles’ Eliot Litalien scored the game tying goal that brought on the overtime. Eagles goalie Félix Hamel stopped 30 of the 32 shots on goal, while Wildcats goalie Rudy Guimond...
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by Tara ClowWork is underway to determine the cause of four fires in Salisbury over the weekend. One destroyed the town’s only grocery store with the others in a vacant building and two other storage-type structures. Salisbury Fire Chief Bradley Macleod says the Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating...
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