by Alex AllanAffordable housing in Moncton is set to expand with two new buildings scheduled to open this summer. The new buildings will be located on Main Street and Lewisville Road and are being added under a five-site development plan commissioned by the New Brunswick Housing Corporation, according to a...
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by Brad PerrySaint John council hopes a new medical education scholarship will help attract new doctors to the city. Earlier this year, council agreed to the idea of creating a scholarship through the New Brunswick Medical Education Foundation. Councillors voted this week to formally enter into a scholarship...
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by Tim DavidsonThe province has announced $6 million over three years for a Children at Risk Exploitation Unit in Kenora. The funding comes from its Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy. Jaye Wesley from the Kenora Sexual Assault Center and heads up Kenora’s Coalition Against Human Trafficking and is working to set...
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Cape Breton Regional Police have charged a fourth person connected to the shooting death of 44-year-old Jeffrey Pearson in Whitney Pier. Police responded to reports of gunfire at a Shore Road home on February 22nd. Three people ran away, which prompted an emergency alert. They were later...
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A chance to have your say on parking in the Town of Yarmouth. A survey is available online, that goes through your experience with parking. It’s part of a new $2.3 million action plan through a federal housing accelator fund. Mayor Pam Mood says it’s important for residents to fill out the...
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by Brad PerryWe should find out later Friday how Canada Post workers feel about the company’s final offers. More than 53,000 employees, represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, began voting on those offers on July 21. The vote was forced by the federal government, with Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu...
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Brad Marchand had his day with the Stanley Cup. The Florida Panthers forward celebrated his second career championship in the HRM at a private event with friends and family on Wednesday. Some of the high-profile guests included fellow Nova Scotian NHLers Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon and Drake...
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It’s Day 3 of the Western Nova Scotia Exhibition. The ‘ex with the extras’ offers a fun-filled day, and local wrestling fans are excited. The main event tonight in Arena 2 is UCW Wrestling, bell time is 7 p.m. Outside, the Brian Ryerson Memorial Truck Pull starts at 9 beside the horse ring. In...
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Visitors to Weymouth will be able to learn more about ‘the Electric City.’ A new interpretive centre is coming, thanks to a $60,000 investment from the province. The La Nouvelle France Society wil receive the funding, it will help them tell the story of one of the first hydroelectric plants in...
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by Jacob MooreIt’s a big week for street theatre in Halifax. Hundreds of people were on the Halifax waterfront Thursday afternoon for the The 39th annual Buskers Festival started Wednesday and runs through the end of Monday. You could feel the excitement in the air as people cheered for Luth Wolff, a Luth...
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