by Brad PerryA Canadian politics professor says he is surprised the federal NDP ended their agreement with the Liberals. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced on Wednesday that the supply-and-confidence deal is over for good. The deal with the Liberals was put in place to support Trudeau’s minority government...
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by Brad PerryDozens of people in Charlotte County will be spending much of their Thursday without electricity. NB Power is reporting an outage impacting more than 120 customers in Bonny River, Canal, Lee Settlement, Letang, Second Falls, St. George, Upper Letang and Utopia. The estimated restoration time is...
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by Jacob MooreAlthough skilled trades workers are in high demand across the province, the waitlist to get into NSCC remains high. The province’s standing committee on human resources discussed the topic on Tuesday. Don Bureaux, president of NSCC, said managing waitlists is an art and a science. “If we double...
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by Tim DavidsonGrand Council Treaty #3 has launched a study about spending habits of its members. It’s asking that one member of each household fill out the survey. The goal is to gain as many as one thousand submissions. Treaty #3 says it’s working with Lakehead University to compile the results. The goal is...
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Police are at the scene of shooting in the north end of Halifax and it’s led to tense moments at two schools in the city. Halifax Regional Police say at approximately 7:30 a.m. Thursday, officers responded to a report of an injured person in the area of the 3600 block of Rosemeade Avenue in...
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by Brad PerryTwo aging schools in Grand Bay-Westfield will be replaced, the province announced on Thursday. Plans will see the former WorkSafeNB rehabilitation centre turned into a school for the Anglophone South School District. It would replace Grand Bay Primary School, which was built in 1947, and...
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by Tim DavidsonLast month was both a bit warmer than ususal and drier. The daily mean temperature in August was 19.3 Celcius. That’s about a degree above our norm of 18.2. In terms of rain, we got 57 millimeters. That’s far below the usual amount we normally get, which is closer to 86 millimeters.
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by Tim DavidsonLast month was a bit warmer than usual, but pretty normal in terms of precipitation. The daily mean temperature in August was 18.6 Celsius. That’s 1.5 degrees above our norm of 17.1. In terms of rain, we got 86.5 millimeters That basically matches the average for the month of August.
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by Tim DavidsonThe emergency shelter in Kenora will be open longer hours this winter. Starting in October, the shelter, located in the basement of Knox Unit Church, will be open from 4 pm to 8 am daily. That’s four hours extra. The Kenora District Services Board says it’s been working with a number of local...
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by Tim DavidsonHigh school football begins in earnest today. The Beaver Brae Broncos start the season on the road in Portage La Prairie against the Trojans. Both the Dryden Eagles and the Fort Frances Muskies play their first games tomorrow. The Eagles are in Winnipeg to face the Churchill Bulldogs while the...
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