• When Maritimers head West

  January 27, 2009 - 9 h 41

  Unable to find stable employment in Nova Scotia, both Allan Tyler and Kevin Fetter left Bear River and headed to Alberta in the mid-nineties. Tyler says his family will probably live there until he retires. Fetter and his family returned to Nova...

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• Program helps jobseekers tackle barrriers

  January 27, 2009 - 8 h 10

  Rebecca McGuire is one of five people who recently completed Employment Opportunities Partnership’s six month program for young adults–and she says those six months changed her life.

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• Fire chief misses own fire

  December 6, 2008 - 15 h 28

  Digby fire chief Robbie Morgan missed all the excitement Monday night when firefighters were called to his house for a midnight blaze.

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• Kerr named Parliamentary Secretary

  November 7, 2008 - 14 h 21

  West Nova MP Greg Kerr has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the minister of Veterans Affairs.

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• Bay Ferries eyes revised schedule

  September 18, 2008 - 9 h 27

  Bay Ferries is proposing a revision to its Saint John to Digby ferry schedule during peak season of June 22 to Sept. 6 and has sought opinions of local business people to ensure it is on the right track.

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• Nova Scotia tripling crime-solving reward

  September 5, 2008 - 10 h 02

  The Department of Justice will now offer cash rewards of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals responsible for specified major unsolved crimes.

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• Demand for product means new jobs

  August 26, 2008 - 10 h 26

  Nova Scotia’s Economic Development Minister, Angus MacIsaac dropped in at MorSwift Banding on Monday to see and hear, for himself, what people have been talking about.

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• Plan protest at noon outside RCMP detachment

  July 13, 2008 - 15 h 00

  Rev. Alden Fells of Digby says a protest is planned outside the local RCMP detachment for noon Monday.

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• Sewage leak leading to major town expense

  May 27, 2008 - 9 h 15

  Mayor Frank Mackintosh is concerned Digby could be on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars after a sewage leak closed Annapolis Basin to shellfish harvesting.

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• Pilot program extended to Church Point

  April 24, 2008 - 14 h 37

  Université Sainte-Anne announces that a college program to train bilingual staff for the civil service will be offered at all its campuses.

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Other news

• April 21, 2008 Cut off from boom?
• April 8, 2008 Enlisting Saint John in fight for ferry
• March 21, 2008 Employment level highest in two decades
• February 20, 2008 50 YEARS AGO: Weymouth workers offer free labour
• January 5, 2008 Job centre’s contract extended
• December 12, 2007 RDA joins with marketing agency
• November 29, 2007 'The Forgotten People'
• November 1, 2007 Federal foul-up leaves students hanging
• August 2, 2007 British MP wants stronger ties
• July 27, 2007 NOT AN ODD JOB
• May 11, 2007 Bilcon talks jobs
• May 11, 2007 New quarters for agency
• April 12, 2007 Dealership in bankruptcy
• March 29, 2007 Snowballs used to fight fire
• March 22, 2007 Women with disabilities to discuss employment and income priorities