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Cumberland YMCA tables healthy financial statement
June 19, 2013 - 19 h 27
AMHERST – With assets in excess of $2.8 million, the Cumberland County YMCA has had robust financial growth during the last few years. “Statements from a few years ago show that the YMCA had a deficit with regards to assets,” said Cindy...
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Finding a silver lining
June 19, 2013 - 18 h 14
AMHERST – Jeff Bembridge still remembers the utter devastation downtown following last summer’s fire at the Victorian Arms Apartments. While some expressed concern about the fire’s long-term impact on surrounding properties and the...
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Political system needs more transparency
June 19, 2013 - 18 h 10
A new poll that shows Canadians overwhelmingly believe politicians are ripping them off should be a wake-up call for those in power. An already cynical electorate is quickly losing the little interest they have left in a political system that’s...
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Culverts not causing brook flooding
June 19, 2013 - 17 h 28
AMHERST – New culverts upstream are not causing flooding on the lower part of Dickey Brook that’s causing flooding on Terrace Street. An engineering assessment released Monday says occasional flooding of the brook is caused by the...
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Volunteers remove invasive plant from along Pugwash Estuary
June 19, 2013 - 17 h 19
PUGWASH – Eleven volunteers from as far as Halifax and four Nature Conservancy of Canada staff worked to eliminated an invasive species from a piece of conservancy land along the Pugwash Estuary on Saturday. The group worked from 9 a.m. to 2...
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Springhill inmate dies following lengthy illness
June 19, 2013 - 13 h 15
SPRINGHILL – A 36-year-old inmate from the Springhill Institution died at the All Saints Hospital on Wednesday following a lengthy illness. Timothy Edward Walsh had been serving a five year, six-month sentence for robbery and uttering a threat...
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Mmmmmm...noon hour treats
June 19, 2013 - 12 h 58
AMHERST – As it has for the past few years Amherst First Baptist is offering some yummy noon treats. Volunteers were busy cooking hot dogs, hamburgers, sausages and ribs in preparation for a busy sale. Each Wednesday during the summer months,...
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Trevor Zinck vows to fight possible ouster from Nova Scotia legislature
June 19, 2013 - 12 h 29
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NS: Imperial Oil to close Dartmouth refinery
June 19, 2013 - 12 h 05
DARTMOUTH - Imperial Oil has just released a statement saying it plans to close its Dartmouth refinery.
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Upshaw, Quinn top senior athletes at RHDH
June 19, 2013 - 11 h 45
RIVER HEBERT – One of the most prolific scorers to ever play soccer at River Hebert District High was honoured as the school’s senior male athlete of the year at its closing banquet at the Brookside Curling Club. Quinn, who scored 118 goals...
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