The Hammonds Plains fires are now a year in the past, but for many of the residents who lost their homes or where displaced, the incident is still fresh. “It was very traumatic to have minutes to evacuate your home and see smoke and fire burning all around you,” says Elsje Falcone. Seventy one families … Read More “Community gets together one year after devastating Hammonds Plains, N.S., fire” »
The latest high-value seizure of drugs at the Springhill Institute, a federal medium-security facility in Nova Scotia, included a modern technological twist. In a release last week, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) said staff seized $475,000 in contraband on May 14. Not mentioned in the release, the seizure that day involved two different methods of smuggling. … Read More “Drones and drug drops fueling fears of escalating violence inside Maritime prisons: union” »
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has shared his anger on social media over a presentation in at least four high schools. On Friday, Higgs posted on X that a number of parents in the province shared photos of what he called “clearly inappropriate” material presented at high schools in the province. “To say I am … Read More “Blaine Higgs ‘furious’ over sexual education presentation” »
After decades of declining numbers and an aging population, Cape Breton Regional Municipality was the fastest-growing area in Nova Scotia last year and the population is getting younger, according to new figures from the province’s Finance Department. The numbers, based on Statistics Canada data as of July 1, 2023, show CBRM grew by 6.7 per … Read More “CBRM growing faster than rest of N.S., getting younger in ‘extraordinary’ change” »
Dalhousie University is backpedalling on a planned 63 per cent tuition increase for its master of architecture program after an outcry from students. Students found out about the increase just weeks before the program was supposed to start this summer. The change in cost would have meant those enrolled in the graduate program would have paid … Read More “Dalhousie University scraps 63% tuition hike for architecture program after backlash” »
Three people have died after a vehicle veered off the road in Shediac N.B., Friday morning. RCMP said they responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on Highway 132 near Shediac around 7:00 a.m. According to a news release, police believed the crash occurred when the driver veered off the road and plunged down … Read More “Three dead after vehicle plunged down a 100-foot embankment in Shediac, N.B.” »
For the second straight day, a group of people from a Moncton, N.B., neighbourhood gathered to protest the operation of a scrap metal recycling facility located in their backyard. Around 30 people gathered at the end of Toombs Street to voice their concerns over the American Iron & Metal (AIM) recycling operation in Moncton Saturday … Read More “‘Our homes shake’: N.B. Residents protest over noise concerns” »
