by Brad PerrySaint John’s police commission could be dissolved if a city councillor has his way. Gerry Lowe says the force should be a city department, with the chief reporting to the CAO. Lowe introduced a “notice of motion” at this week’s regular council meeting. “I believe that the city would be better...
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick is getting more than $133 million to help improve French education in the province. The province has signed a four-year bilateral agreement with the federal government, officials announced Thursday. The money will help the province strengthen minority-language education and the...
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Eastern Counties Regional Library (ECRL) is receiving $46,200 of additional provincial funding for their 2025 to 2026 budget. This funding comes from an additional $800,000 the province is giving Public Library Regions across Nova Scotia. That amount is half of the $1.6 million that was...
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by Brad PerryA sudden death in Fredericton is being treated as a homicide by police. Fredericton police were called to a downtown residence on Sunday afternoon. “In light of new information, police are now investigating the death as a homicide,” police said in a social media post. The victim has been...
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by NewsHundreds of lobsters have been seized in southwestern Nova Scotia. On September 4, DFO officers arrested three after boarding a vessel in Yarmouth, over 370 lobsters were and the boat were seized. Three days later, officers arrested two more in St. Mary’s Bay for fishing traps they weren’t...
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by Caitlin SnowTwo more areas in Nova Scotia are going to have the woods ban lifted. The province says conditions have improved enough that as of 4 p.m., Thursday, the change will be effective in Pictou and Colchester Counties. The ban remains in these areas due to extremely dry and hazardous conditions: –...
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A man will be sentenced next month for his role in Nova Scotia’s largest wildfire. Dalton Clark Stewart of Villagedale, Shelburne County will find out his sentence in Shelburne Provincial Court in Barrington on October 16. He pleaded guilty to one charge under the Forests Act nearly a year ago....
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The Yarmouth Mariners are ready for the regular season. Puck-drop is Friday night at Mariners Centre against the Campbellton Tigers at 7 p.m. Last year, Yarmouth missed the playoffs for the first time in nine years, they have nine returning players hoping to get the team back to the postseason....
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by Jacob MooreThe NDP is calling on the provincial government to do more to help people at an apartment in downtown Halifax. Some tenants are still in the dark after more than two weeks at The Scotian apartment after more than two weeks. NDP MLA Lisa LaChance has sent a letter to Service Nova Scotia Minister...
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by Evan TaylorRCMP in Lunenburg County are appealing to the public for information on a man suspected of robbing a business in Cookville. The incident occured shortly after 9:00 p.m. on Sepetmber 8th at a business on Pine Grove Road. The suspect set off alarms upon leaving the building with stolen goods. He...
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