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Bridgewater mayor says Cedar Place is failing downtown, calls for change
Posted 18 September 2025

Bridgewater mayor says Cedar Place is failing downtown, calls for change

Bridgewater’s mayor says a downtown drop-in centre run by the John Howard Society has not lived up to its intended purpose and is contributing to mounting problems on King Street. Cedar Place opened in 2024 with the promise of offering showers, laundry, and reintegration supports to help people...

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COVID, flu and RSV vaccines available soon
Posted 18 September 2025

COVID, flu and RSV vaccines available soon

Three seasonal vaccines will soon be available. The Ministry of Health says they are getting ready to roll out COVID-19, flu and RSV immunizations. The rollout will be done in phases. The highest risk and priority groups will be eligible for the COVID-19 and RSV shots starting next week, and the...

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Crash cuts power for thousands in Sackville, Mt. Uniacke
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Posted 18 September 2025

Crash cuts power for thousands in Sackville, Mt. Uniacke

A crash has cut power to about 5,000 Nova Scotia Power customers Thursday. According to RCMP it was on Highway 1 from Sackville Drive to the Irving Gas Station. Crews have now cleared the scene, however power is still out. According to the outage map, the current restoration time is about 6 p.m.

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Aerotech Connector opens in Wellington
Posted 18 September 2025

Aerotech Connector opens in Wellington

A safer drive if you live in Wellington and surrounding communities. Public Works says the new Aerotech Connector has opened. It is a $70 million significant piece of infrastructure, is a new five-kilometre stretch of highway, that links Trunk 2 with Exit 5A of Highway 102, south of Enfield. It...

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CUPE workers at Town of Bridgewater vote 100 per cent in favour of strike
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Posted 18 September 2025

CUPE workers at Town of Bridgewater vote 100 per cent in favour of strike

A labour dispute is brewing at the Town of Bridgewater. One hundred percent of unionized municipal workers have voted in favour of a strike. CUPE local 1092 filed for conciliation in May, and say they want a deal that acknowledges their pivotal role in the community. In a release, President...

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N.S. lifts woods ban in all counties except Annapolis
Posted 18 September 2025

N.S. lifts woods ban in all counties except Annapolis

You can officially go back in the woods. Unless you live in Annapolis County, where the Long Lake wildfire continues to burn. The province says they felt it was time to lift their restrictions on activity and travel in the woods. Natural Resources minister Tory Rushton says they look at...

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Canada Post presents counter-offers to CUPW
Posted 18 September 2025

Canada Post presents counter-offers to CUPW

The ongoing dispute between Canada Post and the union representing postal workers took another step Thursday. According to a press release from the Crown corporation, they have informed the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) that it would be responding to the union’s recent offers with new...

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Nurses vote to accept new deal with N.B. government
Posted 18 September 2025

Nurses vote to accept new deal with N.B. government

More than 9,000 nurses across New Brunswick have voted in favour of a new agreement. The RNs, LPNs and nurse practitioners accepted the tentative deal with a 68 per cent “yes” vote. They work in hospitals, public and community health programs, Ambulance N-B and extra-mural programs. “This is a...

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Ontario doctors pay to increase 7.3% by 2028
Posted 18 September 2025

Ontario doctors pay to increase 7.3% by 2028

An arbitrated pay increase has been awarded for Ontario doctors in the final three years of a new agreement with the province. It will provide physicians with increases totalling 7.3%. Doctors received an earlier 9.95% hike for the first year, on top of a 3% increase announced last fall. “This...

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OPSEU rallies outside Thunder Bay MPP’s office
Posted 18 September 2025

OPSEU rallies outside Thunder Bay MPP’s office

Members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) met outside the office of Kevin Holland, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan to protest the provincial government’s public service cuts. While tens of thousands of OPSEU members are currently on strike as Ontario public college support...

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