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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by Caitlin SnowA 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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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 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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by Jacob MoorePower 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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by Tara ClowStudent 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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by Randy ThomsConcern 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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by Randy ThomsProvincial 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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by Randy ThomsHeavy 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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by NewsPolice 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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