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Monthly Archives: August 2021
Sackville rally and walk to support front-line workers
About three dozen people, many waving yellow solidarity fists, gathered at Sackville Memorial Hospital Saturday before walking down Main Street to the Farmers Market. They were taking part in one of several rallies and walks in New Brunswick to support … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Health care, New Brunswick politics
Tagged Sackville Memorial Hospital
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Beware federal voters: Only one poll really counts
In his election night victory speech, Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative leader (now, Premier-designate) Tim Houston gleefully referred to opinion polls in the spring that showed the Liberals with a massive lead. “As recently as the end of May, the pollsters … Continue reading
Re-elected Cumberland North MLA pledges to work with Nova Scotia’s new gov’t, but won’t seek to re-join PC caucus
Re-elected Independent MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin says she has no immediate plans to try to re-join Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative party which won 31 of the 55 seats in yesterday’s provincial election, enough for a comfortable majority. “Right now, my focus … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst, Nova Scotia election, Nova Scotia Government
Tagged Nova Scotia election 2021
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Backgrounder: What Sackville residents want from the RCMP and what they’re paying
Sackville Town Council’s decision to move monthly RCMP briefings back behind closed doors seems doubly ironic from a public relations perspective given results of the latest town survey. According to a graphic posted on the Town of Sackville Facebook page, … Continue reading
Sackville’s RCMP briefings going back behind closed doors
Sackville Town Council has decided to hear monthly reports from the RCMP behind closed doors again — a return to the private police briefings that had ended in September 2019. Town CAO Jamie Burke responded to a reporter’s question about … Continue reading
Sackville councillors debate who should be recognized as a journalist covering town council
Sackville councillors debated a proposed addition to a town bylaw Tuesday night that defines the “press” as “an individual reporting on behalf of an accredited media outlet including print, radio and television.” The definition says that those who write for … Continue reading
NS Election: NDP candidate Lauren Skabar pushes for higher minimum wage, permanent rent controls
Lauren Skabar says she’s been involved with the New Democratic Party for as long as she can remember. “I would go with my parents to different events and different debates, [and] I’ve been a card-carrying member since I was 14, … Continue reading
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