by Brad PerryThe Saint John Sea Dogs will pick first in the 2025 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) Entry Draft. Saint John was awarded the first overall pick during the 2025 draft lottery held on Wednesday evening. The Sea Dogs had six balls in play, which gave them a 28.6 per cent chance of...
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by Randy ThomsThe Fort Frances Lakers did not look very far for a replacement for former head coach Tyler Miller. General Manager Luke Judson is adding the role to his responsibilities. Judson was an assistant coach for the past three seasons, the last two with Miller at the helm. Miller announced his...
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by Randy ThomsThe federal leaders are hoping to take advantage of the Liberal’s slip in the opinion polls. The latest opinion from Angus Reid shows the gap between the Liberals and Conservatives had narrowed. The Liberals are shown to have 44% support of decided voters to the Conservatives’ 39%. The margin...
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by Tim DavidsonOntario is getting a new area code. 942 will be added to 416,437, 647, which are the three existing area codes in southern Ontario. The Telecommunications Alliance, which is made up of many the major cell phone companies operating in Canada, say the new area code is necessary to meet the growing...
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by Tim DavidsonLake of the Woods District Hospital says it’s making progress on creating a new suite for it’s MRI. Construction work to create the addition began at the beginning of the year. Last month, concrete removal took place and earlier this month a concrete truck was on site to pour a new slab for the...
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by Evan TaylorThe Region of Queens is moving into budget season, with a series of public meetings now underway to shape the 2025–2026 municipal budget. The first sessions are focused on presenting and discussing a preliminary draft, with time set aside on April 24 and April 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. in council...
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by Caitlin SnowA long-time mayor of Port Hawkesbury and former Nova Scotian cabinet minister has passed away. Billy Joe MacLean died Wednesday morning, according to his daughter. It comes after a battle with Strep A and pneumonia. He served in the public service for over 50 years as town councillor, provincial...
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by Tim DavidsonMunicipal leaders from across northwestern Ontario are meeting this week in Thunder Bay. The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association conference starts today and wraps up Friday afternoon at the Superior Inn Hotel and Conference Center. Today delegates heard from the three provincial...
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Construction of Yarmouth’s long awaited new emergency department is starting soon. The province says activity will begin sometime next week at the hospital. The new department will be able to care for 30 people at a time, right now it can only hold 14 people. It will also feature space for four...
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The PWHL is expanding. Vancouver will become the seventh team in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. The team will start play next season, and their home rink will be the Pacific Coliseum, the former home of the Canucks. A team name will be decided at a later date. Vancouver becomes the...
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