by Caitlin SnowYou won’t be able to fly directly to Boston with JetBlue this summer. The airline is pressing pause on launching the non-stop flight between Halifax and Boston, announced in January. A spokesperson for JetBlue tells us in an email it is due to “softer-than-expected” travel demand this year as...
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by Jacob MooreNova Scotia students are happy the province is freezing tuition, but still have some concerns. The government announced the new funding agreements last week. The Students Nova Scotia group says the freeze is especially important in this province, where domestic undergraduate tuition is 33 per...
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by Tara ClowA warning from the RCMP in Prince Edward Island, keep an eye out for animals on roadways. They’ve had around 80 animal-related calls over the past year, and that’s about 20 more than the year before. The majority of calls involved escaped farm animals, including cows, horses, goats and pigs....
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Another new market for professional women’s hockey. The PWHL announced a team will begin play in Seattle next season. They will be the eighth team in the league, joining Vancouver as an expansion franchise. Seattle will share the Climate Pledge Arena with the NHL’s Kraken. That makes four...
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A sidewalk study in the Municipality of the County of Richmond is being funded by the province. Over $12,000 will go to the Village of St. Peters for the work. MLA Trevor Boudreau says it’s a meaningful step toward more accessible community infrastructure. He adds while the study may be small in...
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by Brad PerryA 20-year-old man has been charged after a police officer and a bystander were allegedly assaulted in Saint John. It all started around 12:30 a.m. Friday, when police responded to a call in the city’s north end. A man approached the officer and said he had been assaulted by a man known to him....
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by NewsA homicide from the summer of 2022 in East Preston has been added to the province’s major unsolved crimes reward program. The province is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the those responsible in the homicide of Oren Edward Williams. It...
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by CJ GoaterThunder Bay Transit is continuing to roll out its new Lift Pass (a reloadable card). The card can be tapped on the farebox to ride the bus. Lift Passes allow passengers to purchase their transit fare online as well as in person. Transit will no longer accept paper tickets as payment for using...
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by Evan TaylorThe Towns of Lunenburg and Mahone Bay are among the communities receiving provincial support this year through Nova Scotia’s Growth and Renewal for Infrastructure Development (GRID) program. Lunenburg has been awarded $3,438,459 to upgrade and expand its wastewater treatment plant. Mahone Bay...
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by Jacob MooreNorther Pulp wants to extend its creditor protection again. The company has been under protection since June of 2020, when it closed the mill in Pictou County. It had been dumping waste water into nearby Boat Harbour. The government gave them until 2020 to create a treatment plant that followed...
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