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Aqua Production Systems of Plymouth has begun the demolition of what was a Kwik Way service station and garage in Union Centre, to make way for a new business office and corporate headquarters. After launching into the aquaculture sector eight years ago, Aqua Production Systems has seen substantial growth here in Atlantic Canada, while also […]
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WearWell Garments distributing new face masks with eye on manufacturing locally Five months into the new normal of living with the threat of COVID-19, a local company is working on a virtual game changer. WearWell Garments Limited in Stellarton is distributing RealGuard personal protective face masks, protected by Livinguard technology, that are touted as being […]
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Fundraising underway for pavilion at Green Hill Park Rejuvenation of the Green Hill Provincial Park is one step closer to reality. All that’s needed to complete the new pavilion is a little assistance from the community. A group of dedicated individuals has been quietly working behind the scenes for several years with the Department of […]
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NEW GLASGOW – FaceTime has been a communications tool used for quite some time at Glen Haven Manor with several residents regularly having virtual visits with family members living in many places across the province, country and even farther away. But for many more in these recent times, it is a brand new experience that […]
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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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