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Youth baseball making a return to Fort Frances

3 days ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Randy Thoms

Two Fort Frances schools are helping their students learn baseball. Robert Moore and J.W. Walker Schools are using support from the Toronto Blue Jays’ Jays Care Foundation to run programs for various age groups. Robert Moore was first designated a Jays Care affiliated school in 2024, receiving equipment and other support to run after-school programs. Outreach Youth Worker Rebecca Tolen says it is bringing the sport to young people where it is not easily accessible.
St. George Chase the Ace jackpot reaches $522K

1 week ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Brad Perry

What would you do with more than half a million dollars? That is where the jackpot stands for the Chase the Ace in St. George. Ten cards are remaining in the deck, including the elusive Ace of Spades. If it is drawn on Thursday night, the winner will get more than $522,000.
Province to review police costing formula

1 week ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Randy Thoms

The province is preparing to review policing costs in Ontario. Continued lobbying by communities policed by the Ontario Provincial Police has led to the Solicitor General Office committing to a review of the formula used to determine municipal costs. Policing costs for some northwestern Ontario communities have increased by as much as 50% in the last ten years.
Boil water advisory in Blacks Harbour, Beaver Harbour

1 week ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Brad Perry

A boil water advisory has been issued for municipal water users in Blacks Harbour and Beaver Harbour. The advisory follows a water line break between the water source and the reservoir that happened earlier this week. All water being consumed should be brought to a rolling boil for at least one minute until further notice. That includes water used for brushing teeth, making ice, juice, coffee or tea, and washing vegetables that will not be cooked.
Saint John partners with 12 Neighbours for transitional housing units

2 weeks ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Brad Perry

More than 50 transitional housing units are coming to Saint John’s east side for those experiencing homelessness. Council voted Tuesday to designate two city-owned properties on Thorne Avenue and Egbert Street as “green zones.”They have also entered into an agreement with Fredericton-based 12 Neighbours to develop and operate the transitional housing communities. Marcel LeBrun, founder of 12 Neighbours, said their Neighbourly Homes model features courtyard-style housing that can be built quickly.
Internet down for Bell customers across Atlantic, Central Canada

2 weeks ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Jacob Moore

Some Bell Canada customers are experiencing internet outages in Central and Atlantic Canada. Bell says they’re working to restore the outages as fast as possible, according to a social media post. More than 130,000 people had reported issues across Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, when the outage complaints peaked at about 10:30 a.m.More to come…
3 Junior A hockey teams coming to N.B.

3 weeks ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Brad Perry

The United States Premier Hockey League is expanding into New Brunswick. Three teams are being added in St. Stephen, Eastern Charlotte and Woodstock. Expansion teams are also coming to Quebec City as well as and Presque Isle, Maine. All five will be part of the league’s tuition-free National Collegiate Development Conference (NCDC). “The interest in tuition-free Junior A hockey is growing across both Canada and the United States,” said Kevin Abrams of the NCDC.
Province removes NB Power’s equity target date

3 weeks ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Brad Perry

NB Power no longer has to meet its goal of 80 per cent debt to 20 per cent equity by 2029. The province has removed the target date to try and help stabilize power rate increases. “The requirement to meet the 2029 equity target was the single biggest factor driving potential double-digit rate increases over the next few years,” Finance Minister René Legacy said in a news release on Wednesday.
First Nations/Environmentalists speak out against mining bill

3 weeks ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Randy Thoms

Some First Nations and environmental groups are speaking out against the bill designed to speed up mining projects. They are calling it an attack on democracy, the environment and Indigenous rights. Grand Chief of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians, Joel Abram, says they are concerned with the powers made available to the Ministry of Energy and Mines to authorize and deny mining leases, overriding the current system used.
N.B. MP named cabinet minister, another secretary of state

3 weeks ago | acadiabroadcasting.ca | Brad Perry

Two New Brunswick MPs will be part of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet ministers and secretaries of state. Beauséjour MP Dominic LeBlanc is president of the King’s Privy Council and the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, intergovernmental affairs and One Canadian Economy. LeBlanc, who has been the MP for the area since 2000, has held the intergovernmental affairs portfolio since August 2020.