MILLBROOK, Pictou County, – Pictou District RCMP have charged a 40-year-old man from Millbrook, following an incident in Pictou County on August 8. At 10:35 p.m. Pictou District RCMP was dispatched to an assault that had occurred at a home on Nelson Road in Millbrook, where a man assaulted a woman, was in possession of […]
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The recent stretch of hot, dry weather has landed the Town of Stellarton in Stage 1 of its Water Contingency Plan. The following activities are restricted: • Sprinkling, watering or irrigating of shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, plants, vegetables, flowers, etc; • Filling or topping of pools; • Washing of motor vehicles; The above uses are […]
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Scott McKenzie of the New Glasgow Kinsmen Club, right, pictured with his grandson, Peter Bonvie, presents Ally MacKenzie, United Way’s Backpacks for Kids co-ordinator, with a cheque for $1,000 to help with the program. For more information on the program, contact Ally MacKenzie at the United Way office at 902-755-1754 or at projects@pictoucountyunitedway.ca. More information […]
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Festival Antigonish is working on a new digital project in response to the COVID-19 pandemic – An original radio play titled “Hector the Spectre steals the show”. Currently under production, and preparing to air in September is the original new radio play “Hector the Spectre steals the show”. The play will air as a six-part […]
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A 60-year-old woman was charged on August 6 with four counts of abandoning a child, Section 218 of the Criminal Code. The charges stemmed upon a lengthy investigation, where New Glasgow Regional Police responded to a distress call on July 29 that four young children were left in a vehicle at the New Glasgow Walmart […]
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New Glasgow Regional Police assisted in an eight-month investigation by police in Colchester County that led to two people being charged with drug and weapons offences. On July 30 and 31, the Colchester RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) with assistance from Truro Police Service and New Glasgow Regional Police, searched nine properties in Bible […]
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Staff of the deCoste Performing Arts Centre are getting ready to open up this week with three shows hosted by Doris Mason in “Under the Big Top” on their deck, and they’re also looking forward to getting back inside the theatre and showcasing a little bit of everything this summer. “We really have a great […]
Continue ReadingRobert Allan Fraser – Hamilton Ontario, formally from Trenton Nova Scotia, born July 6th, 1957 to July 16th, 2020 passed away after a very short battle with cancer. He was the son of the late Thomas and Evelyn Griffiths. He is survived by his sister Theresa Crosby (Gary), a brother Russell Griffiths (Heather), his son […]
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Applications are now open for the IGNITE EXPLORE Fall Cohort. Youth are the future innovators of our communities. As a core pillar at IGNITE, the agency wants to make sure all youth have the skillsets to think differently and have the ability to capitalize on opportunities. IGNITE created EXPLORE in 2019 to support those who […]
Continue ReadingColette Felicie MacDonald passed away in Ottawa on June 9, 2020 at the age of 87. Colette was born in Metz, France on January 22, 1933, the only child of Emile Buhrer, a French government worker, and Felicie Weinz. For 58 years, Colette was the wife and dance partner of Sunny Brae native Reggie MacDonald […]
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