by Evan Taylor2024 became the costliest year for severe weather-related losses in Canadian history, with insured damages reaching $8.5 billion, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). This record surpasses the previous high of $6 billion set in 2016 during the Fort McMurray...
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by NewsThe Heather Curling Club in Saint Andrews is hosting the 2025 New Brunswick Provincial Women’s Curling Championship this week. Roger McNabb and the many volunteers have been preparing for the five-day tournament since it received the invitation in March. “In the last couple of weeks, we’ve been...
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by Caitlin SnowIt’s going to be a long road of recovery for a family who lost their home in a devastating fatal house fire in Lower Sackville, according to a close friend, Alyssa Porter. She tells our newsroom, getting through it so far has been very hard, but they have a good network of people who are...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Town of Atikokan has been fined twice under the Ontario Water Resources Act. In both instances it was for failing to comply with a Directors order to upgrade their sewage pumping stations and install backflow preventers as required. The fines total $60,000 plus $15,000 in victim surcharge...
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by Tim DavidsonThe City of Dryden says it’s not going to annex the unincorporated areas surrounding the city. In a open letter, Mayor Jack Harrison says he is responding to concerns about recent comments he’s made. He has been asking the province that the Townships Without Municipal Organization pay for things...
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by NewsA 27-year-old is facing impaired driving related charges after a crash over the weekend. The charges stem from a collision on Highway 105 in an unorganized township. OPP in Dryden say the driver is from the Red Lake area and refused a breath sample. The person is due in court next month.
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The Women and Children’s Health Unit will be the focus of this year’s ‘WE CARE Radiothon.’ The fundraiser for the Yarmouth Hospital Foundation will donate proceeds toward the purchase of two incubators, a birthing bed and infant scales. The foundation’s Mary Surette says the infant incubators...
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by Tara ClowThe speculated list of contenders in the upcoming federal Liberal leadership race is getting even shorter. A vote will be held on March 9, and the new leader will be announced the same day. According to the Globe and Mail, sources say Innovation Minister Francois Phillippe Champagne will bow out...
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by CJ GoaterThunder Bay is working to get roads and sidewalks cleared for residents. Priority routes have already been plowed and the city hopes to have residential streets complete at some point on Wednesday. Residential sidewalks and trails are expected to be completed by Thursday. Sand and salt trucks...
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by Caitlin SnowThere are now 85 new transitional housing units in HRM for those experiencing homelessness. The province says one shelter village is off Bancroft Lane in Burnside with 45 units to be occupied by one person, while the other is near Thomas Raddal Drive in Halifax, with 40 units. “Shelter villages...
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