by Caitlin SnowThe Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) will lift the overtime ban Monday and stop delivering flyers and neighborhood mail. It will go into effect at 12:01 a.m., September 15. The move comes as negotiations between them and Canada Post get closer to the two-year mark. In a news release,...
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A suspected is in custody after a man threatened someone with a firearm in Halifax. Police say a weapons complaint occurred Thursday evening at a school in Clayton Park at the 160 block of Thomas Raddall Drive. They received the call around 10 a.m. on Friday. It was around 10:40 a.m., when the...
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by Tim DavidsonThe SIJHL season is almost ready to get underway. The Dryden GM Ice Dogs play the Red Lake Miners in a pair of games this weekend, with the first game tonight in Dryden and returning to Red Lake tomorrow night. The Fort Frances Lakers meanwhile meet the Winnipeg Monarchs, formerly the Winnipeg...
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by Randy ThomsAnother round of career fairs is being launched to attract young people and others into the trades. This year’s Level UP Career fairs will be held in 12 communities this fall. The fairs showcase dozens of skilled trades from electricians and boilermakers to heavy equipment operators and...
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by Alex AllanThe Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation has launched a $10.5 million fundraising campaign to bring advanced surgical technology to New Brunswick. The campaign, called Working Wonders, will support the creation of Atlantic Canada’s first cardiac-enabled Hybrid Operating Room(OR) and one of...
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by Tim DavidsonProperty and violent crime were down in Dryden in the second quarter of this year. Property crime was down 28 percent. Inspector Matt LeBlanc says work by the Community Street Crimes Unit is paying off. “You can attribute that to the success of your CSCU team,” LeBlanc told the Dryden OPP...
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by Bryan TaitA Riverview man was handed a three-year prison sentence Monday in connection with a 2023 homicide. Michael Thomas Glaspy was found guilty in June of manslaughter in the death of Rodney Frenette in March 2023. Frenette was working as a manager at Casino New Brunswick when Codiac Regional RCMP...
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick’s wildfire situation has improved greatly over the past couple of weeks. A provincewide burn ban that had been in place for a month was lifted earlier in the week. Roger Collet, wildfire prevention officer with the Department of Natural Resources, said there were a couple of...
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Hundreds of cyclists are ready to ride through Clare. The ‘Gran Fondo Baie Sainte-Marie’ returns Sunday after a year off due to the World Acadian Congress. Over 660 people are registered in three distances, a good percentage are tourists. Clare’s tourism manager Larry Peach says they’re excited...
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More of country music’s best will be in Dieppe next year. The full line-up announcement for YQM Country Fest 2026 has dropped. Old Dominion, Carly Pearce and Parker McCollum are just some of the names that will open for the headlining acts at next August’s festival. Post Malone, Eric Church and...
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