by Tara ClowLooking 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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by Caitlin SnowIt 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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by Jacob MooreCanadians 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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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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by Brad PerryCanada’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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by Brad PerryJonathan 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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by Jacob MoorePolice 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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by Brad PerryAn 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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by Jacob MooreMark 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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by Brad PerryA 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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