by Tara ClowA sports icon is being honoured in the City of Moncton. A dedication ceremony was held on Sunday for Rheal Cormier. The street leading to the CN Sportsplex is now known as Rheal Cormier Drive, and a plaque was also unveiled that includes information on Cormier’s history. Cormier passed away in...
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by Brad PerryResidents in the south end of Saint John will be getting a new temporary dog park in the coming weeks. The dog park at Rainbow Park was recently closed as redevelopment work begins for a new K-8 school. Work started Monday on a temporary dog park at Tin Can Beach, which officials said should be...
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by Caitlin SnowAfter more than a decade of striving for an artistic space that is accessible and warm to the Downtown Dartmouth community, Jane MacDougald was forced to close the doors of her business. The Dart Gallery had been at 127 Portland Street for 12 years, but due to a surprise move from new property...
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A section of Highway 101 in Hants County is getting re-paved. The Department of Public Works says six kilometres of the westbound lane from the Ellershouse bridge east will be completed by late fall. Hants West MLA Melissa Sheehy-Richard says it’s an important investment on the well-used stretch...
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by Jacob MooreThe battle with the smelly Antigonish sewage plant continues. Work was recently delayed on a new front-end screening system at the facility. But in a social media post, Mayor Sean Cameron says he called a special council meeting on Friday to deal with it. By September the town will bring more...
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by Brad PerryTravelling throughout Atlantic Canada will soon cost much less for many. Ottawa is reducing tolls on the Confederation Bridge and interprovincial ferries in Atlantic Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the island on Monday morning to make the announcement. “By cutting tolls on the...
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by Tim DavidsonThe magnet for a new MRI at Lake of the Woods District Hospital has been delivered. But it was anything but routine. Highway 17 west of Kenora was closed for several hours on Saturday morning due to an accident, and that was a worry for director of Diagnostic Imaging at the hospital, Sean...
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by Jacob MooreMuch of Northwestern Ontario is under air quality warnings from wildfire smoke. That is from West of Fort Hope and the Sioux Lookout, and North of Dryden and Kenora. Three new fires popped up on the weekend in the Northwest. Two were found Saturday at less than a hectare in size. One is under...
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by Jacob MooreThe province will pay to repave a part of the highway near Truro. The government is going to fix up 13 kilometres of the southbound lanes on the 102, according to a news release. That is from the Millbrook interchange down to the Shortts Lake Road overpass. It is one of the busiest roadways in...
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by Tara ClowThe intersection of Champlain and Lorette Streets in Dieppe will be closed today through Wednesday. One lane in each direction will remain open on Champlain Street. A detour will be in place via Chartersville and Therrien streets. This is to allow for the replacement of the water system....
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