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A flourish of festivals and fun for downtown Moncton
Posted 30 April 2025

A flourish of festivals and fun for downtown Moncton

Looking for something to do this summer? Once again, there is a full list of festivals in downtown Moncton from which to choose. If you’re craving haggis or a reason to wear yer kilt, the Greater Moncton Highland Games and Scottish festival returns June 10 to 14. For the car enthusiasts, the...

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Free parking at hospitals, healthcare facilities coming May 1
Posted 30 April 2025

Free parking at hospitals, healthcare facilities coming May 1

It is going to be free to park at hospitals and healthcare facilities in Nova Scotia, very soon. The province says there will be a validation system will be used on some sites to make sure those parking are patients, visitors, healthcare workers and staff. Anyone else will have to pay. Specific...

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Liberals likely to form minority government
Posted 30 April 2025

Liberals likely to form minority government

Canadians are still waiting for some final elections results, but several news agencies predict the Liberals will forma minority government. Since Monday, some ridings have been slow to reveal ballot results, and some races have been too close to call, sometimes flipping from a Liberal or...

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New food safety program to help N.S. producers
Posted 30 April 2025

New food safety program to help N.S. producers

A new program has launched to help Nova Scotia food and beverage producers expand. The departments of Growth and Development and Agriculture have partnered with Perennia Food and Agriculture Corp on the Local Supplier Food Safety Support Pilot Program. The provincial development agency will...

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Canada’s GDP falls 0.2% in February
Posted 30 April 2025

Canada’s GDP falls 0.2% in February

Canada’s economy contracted by 0.2 per cent in February, according to Statistics Canada. That partly offset the 0.4 per cent increase in real gross domestic product we saw a month earlier. After driving growth in January, goods-producing industries drove the decline in February, down 0.6 per...

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Jonathan Pedneault resigns as Green Party co-leader
Posted 30 April 2025

Jonathan Pedneault resigns as Green Party co-leader

Jonathan Pedneault is stepping down as co-leader of the federal Green Party. Pedneault made the announcement on Wednesday, two days after the latest federal election. The co-leader failed to win his Montreal-area riding for the second time this election. “Twice now, I have failed to convince my...

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Two arrested after truck stolen in Shelburne
Posted 30 April 2025

Two arrested after truck stolen in Shelburne

Police have charged two people after a truck was allegedly stolen in Shelburne. The RCMP says a GMC Sierra truck was reported stolen in Jordan Falls on Friday morning. Police learned two suspects were involved, according to a news release. They got an unrelated report of two people on foot off...

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Charlotte County man charged after allegedly fleeing police
Posted 30 April 2025

Charlotte County man charged after allegedly fleeing police

An Oak Bay man has been charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle after allegedly fleeing police in Charlotte County. RCMP said they received a call about a dangerous driver in Oak Haven on the afternoon of April 25. Officers located the vehicle but did not pursue it after it fled “at...

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Trump and Carney hope to work together, says Prime Minister’s Office
Posted 30 April 2025

Trump and Carney hope to work together, says Prime Minister’s Office

Mark Carney and President Trump agree they should work together. According to the Prime Minister’s office, both leaders spoke on the phone on Tuesday. Trump congratulated Carney on the election win, and both agree they should help each other as independent, sovereign nations, the office said....

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Supervisor appointed in Strait Shores after council resignations
Posted 30 April 2025

Supervisor appointed in Strait Shores after council resignations

A supervisor has been appointed to oversee the rural community of Strait Shores in southeastern New Brunswick. It follows the recent resignations of former mayor Jason Stokes and councillors Stacy Jones and Tanya Haynes. “The elected council of the rural community of Strait Shores no longer has...

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