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Storm in action on Day 1 of Maritime Jr. C championship
Posted 24 April 2025

Storm in action on Day 1 of Maritime Jr. C championship

It’s Day 1 of the Maritime Junior C Hockey Championship. The event in Barrington runs until Sunday at the Sandy Wickens Memorial Arena. The first game of the day features the Nova Scotia champion East Hants Penguins against New Brunswick’s Tri-County River Cats. The opening ceremony will be held...

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Bryan Adams to rock in Maritimes this fall
Posted 24 April 2025

Bryan Adams to rock in Maritimes this fall

A global rock icon is coming to Atlantic Canada this fall. Bryan Adams has announced his Roll with the Punches tour which includes three stops in the Maritimes, alongside The Sheepdogs. They include the Avenir Centre in Moncton, Saturday, October 11 and Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Sunday,...

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Pleasant Bay students let go Thursday morning
Posted 24 April 2025

Pleasant Bay students let go Thursday morning

It’s an early dismissal for some students in the Strait Regional Centre for Education on Thursday. The SRCE says classes are cancelled at Pleasant Bay School due to a heating issue. Students began dismissing at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday,

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Bridgewater man charged in armed robbery
Posted 24 April 2025

Bridgewater man charged in armed robbery

Bridgewater Police have laid charges after a hammer-wielding man robbed a business on High Street. Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at the Bridgewater Hotel around 10 a.m. Monday. The suspect wore a full-face motorcycle helmet and stole some items but did not get any cash...

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Lunenberg power should come back Thursday afternoon, says town
Posted 24 April 2025

Lunenberg power should come back Thursday afternoon, says town

Power for some in Lunenberg should be back on this afternoon. The outage was caused by a hydro pole that caught fire last night in the Starr Street Area. The town says work to fix the ongoing outage couldn’t happen safely last night. So crews began restoration efforts this morning. They estimate...

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Student Vote Canada encourages democratic participation
Posted 24 April 2025

Student Vote Canada encourages democratic participation

Student Vote Canada helps to bring democracy to life in classrooms across the country. Nearly one million students at 7000 schools across the country are getting the opportunity to cast ballots, learn about political parties and platforms and debate the issues in advance of Monday’s federal...

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Report shed light on exclusion/seclusion/restraint of students with disabilities
Posted 24 April 2025

Report shed light on exclusion/seclusion/restraint of students with disabilities

Concern is being raised over the use of exclusion, restraint or seclusion of students with disabilities in school to limit disruptions in the classroom. A survey from Community Living Ontario cites the actions are being used on students as young as 5. It also found that 31% of students with...

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Doing donuts leads to mischief charge against Atikokan man
Posted 23 April 2025

Doing donuts leads to mischief charge against Atikokan man

Provincial Police have laid a mischief charge against an Atikokan man. The charge relates to an incident at a parking lot in the community. OPP say the man was driving his pick-up truck in circles, doing donuts to cause mud and dirt to be kicked up onto parked vehicles. A 37-year-old was...

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Third Street to be shut down in May
Posted 23 April 2025

Third Street to be shut down in May

Heavy machinery is being moved into place for the planned rebuild of Third Street in Fort Frances. The four-lane section between Central and York Avenues will see new water and sewer lines and improved road surface. Bay City Contractors is doing the work for more than $5 million. A large portion...

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Man tries luring teen girls inside vehicle in Herring Cove
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Posted 23 April 2025

Man tries luring teen girls inside vehicle in Herring Cove

Police are looking for a man after he tried to lure four teenage girls into his vehicle, Wednesday afternoon. It happened around 12:45 p.m. on the 300-block of Herring Cove Road. Police say the man complimented them on how they looked while offering them gifts and money to get inside his SUV....

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