There are two oft-heard phrases in the village of Penobsquis.
“The streets should be paved in gold, but instead they’re sinking,” says Beth Nixon, a resident here for nearly her entire life. “And Sussex got the boom and Penobsquis got the shaft.”
The remark sparks laughter from the seven people sitting around the dining room table.
They’re pretty happy [...]
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Jackie Allan March 31, 2010 | Posted in
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It’s fitting that the St. Mary’s Huskies would win the 2010 Cavendish University Cup off a rebound, when their whole season had been built around second chances.
After a season filled with scrutiny and high expectations, former NHL player Mike Danton couldn’t have scripted a better ending.
Although he didn’t score the overtime winner, he was on [...]
About 100 students gathered at St. Thomas University on March 27th for the campus’ fourth annual Relay for Life.
Third year student Matt Sheriko organized the event, which is usually well-attended. But he didn’t do it on his own.
“I had a core committee of I think about 12 of us” said Sheriko, “And then from there [...]
St. Thomas University student Kelsey Boone travelled to Ghana, Africa last summer.
During her stay she was diagnosed with Malaria.
Here’s Boone’s story:
As September approaches, early childhood educators (ECEs) on Prince Edward Island are feeling unsure about what the future holds. That uncertainty comes from the decision to move kindergarten, which has been taught in childhood centres and daycare until now, into the public school system.
Since it is required for anyone teaching kindergarten in the public schools [...]
On March 24, New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham stood before the Legislature and declared his $3.2 billion deal to sell NB Power to Hydro- Quebec was no more.
The deal fell apart the last few weeks while the two governments attempted to turn the deal into a legal document. Graham said the new requests made by [...]
There’s controversy cooking in the small town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
A proposed drive-thru to be attached to a renovated gas station has some residents up in arms. The thought of a fast food chain such as rumored McDonalds, isn’t something that some think fits in the heritage town.
The town of roughly 2,300 is divided into [...]
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I am a fourth-year journalism student at St. Thomas University. I am interested in print and radio, and I am a freelance reporter with the Daily Gleaner in Fredericton.
