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Monthly Archives: August 2024
Tantramar engineer warns Sackville’s at risk of a water shortage
Tantramar’s town engineer has revealed that Sackville is at risk of running short of treated water unless something is done about three, 27-year-old pumps inside the water treatment plant off Walker Road. “I’m not sure if people have understood that … Continue reading
Squire St. residents disappointed in Tantramar response to petition on speeding
A longtime resident of Squire Street in Sackville says he’s disappointed with the way Tantramar council and staff have dealt with a petition from residents complaining of excessive speeding and noise on their street. Retired Mount Allison Music Librarian Peter … Continue reading
Tantramar consultants gather wide range of ideas at strategic plan drop-in session
Thirty-one participants took up white board markers and sharpie pens as they went from table to table last Tuesday writing the answers to pre-set questions during Tantramar’s third strategic planning session at the Sackville Music Barn. Two earlier sessions in … Continue reading
Consultant says Tantramar council and senior town staff will draft 5-yr. strategic plan behind closed doors
Consultant Craig Pollett says Tantramar Town Council and senior staff will hammer out the final details of the municipality’s strategic plan at closed-door meetings in September. “The sessions won’t be open to the public,” he said on Tuesday during the … Continue reading
Tantramar NDP candidate stresses health care, housing, renewable energy as main issues in fall provincial election
Tantramar NDP candidate Evelyne Godfrey says that, for her, access to health care is one of the main issues in this fall’s provincial election. “There needs to be public investment in our public services, health care number one, that’s the … Continue reading
Changes coming Feb. 1st to Tantramar garbage collection
Homeowners in Tantramar are going to see changes in garbage collection beginning on February 1st under a new, five-year waste collection agreement that town council approved on Thursday. Public Works Director Jon Eppell said that under the agreement, the Southeast … Continue reading
Tantramar Councillor Bruce Phinney prospective PC candidate in fall provincial election
Although he hasn’t been officially nominated yet, Tantramar Councillor Bruce Phinney has agreed to run for the Progressive Conservatives in this fall’s provincial election. “I look at this at my age as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Phinney told reporters Wednesday outside … Continue reading
MLA Mitton calls for quick repairs to Wheaton Covered Bridge
Green MLA Megan Mitton has appealed to the provincial minister of transportation and infrastructure (DTI) for his help in getting the Wheaton Covered Bridge repaired and re-opened. In her August 6th letter addressed to Richard Ames, Mitton writes the bridge … Continue reading
Warning: No one’s safe from potentially lethal climate change
About 40 people attending a community meeting in Sackville last week heard a grim message from Sabine Dietz, executive director of the environmental organization, CLIMAtlantic. No one is safe from any of the effects of climate change including wildfires, flooding, … Continue reading
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Green MLA Megan Mitton condemns Red-Blue ‘mindset’ about ‘patronage & corruption’
Green MLA Megan Mitton says it’s not true that a Liberal majority government is the only way to defeat the Progressive Conservatives led by Premier Blaine Higgs. “We need a lot of things to change,” Mitton told reporters today after … Continue reading
