By Brian Owens, Reporter Residents in Charlotte County are being encouraged to test their homes for radon – an invisible, odourless gas that is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. “Radon really is everywhere and we can’t predict which houses will have elevated levels, so everybody should be testing,” said Pam Warkentin, executive […]
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The annual Santa’s Helpers telethon on CHCO-TV returns Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, from 1–6 p.m. — with an earlier start time to meet what organizers anticipate will be an even greater need across the region this holiday season. The five-hour broadcast raises funds for holiday gifts for children and Christmas meals for families right here […]
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By Bryan Tait, Acadia Broadcasting N.B. Liquor has put American products back on the shelves, but not everywhere and not for long. The corporation has begun selling the American liquors at the Depot store in Salisbury. These are the products pulled from stores in March as a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. A […]
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By Brian Owens, Reporter Healthcare campaigners in New Brunswick are pushing the province to join the federal government’s national pharmacare plan, which would provide free coverage for contraceptives and diabetes medications. Last month the NB Health Coalition, a campaign group supported by healthcare worker unions, community groups, and individual experts, submitted an open letter to […]
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By Brian Owens, Reporter New Brunswick aims to have a province-wide program for diverting organic waste from landfills preventing related greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2028, according to the government’s Strategic Action Plan for Solid Waste. But some at the regional service commissions that manage the province’s landfills worry that any such program […]
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New Brunswick has recorded its first provincial deficit since 2016-17, according to the Liberal government. Consolidated financial statements show the province ended the 2024-25 fiscal year with a $104.4-million deficit. That was compared to a $40.9-million surplus that the previous Progressive Conservative government had budgeted for. However, it was improved compared to the nearly $400-million deficit […]
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September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Tucked into this annual campaign is World Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Awareness Week, running from Sept. 21 to Sept. 27 this year. It is also called frontotemporal dementia or Pick’s disease. FTD is an umbrella term for a group of relatively rare disorders that mainly affect the areas of the brain […]
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By Geraldine Leavitt, Community Contribution The Junior Ladies Auxiliary, St. Croix Br. #9 of The Royal Canadian Legion, met in the St. Stephen Legion hall Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m. for the regular monthly meeting with President Anne Brown in the chair. The meeting opened and President Anne sent out a special thanks to […]
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By Geradlin Leavitt, Community Contributor St. Croix Br. #9 of The Royal Canadian Legion met Monday, Sept. 7 in the St. Stephen Legion hall at 7 p.m. for the regular monthly meeting with President Paul Cane in the chair. Prayer was given by Padre Wayne Spires. Comrade Mel Walker read the names of the fallen […]
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Canada’s economy has grown for the first time in four months. Statistics Canada said real GDP grew 0.2 per cent in July after edging down 0.1 per cent in June. The mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector led the growth at 1.4 per cent. Transportation and warehousing, manufacturing and wholesale trade also expanded. Meanwhile, […]
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