(NB-Covered-Bridge-Replacement)
The loss of a covered bridge in New Brunswick is hitting some people hard.
The Poirier Office Road bridge in Notre-Dame was closed in July after it was deemed unsafe by the Department of Transportation.
Last week, the province announced the bridge would be replaced by a modular steel structure.
Some in the community are mourning the loss of the historic bridge, the third covered one in the province to be lost this year.
(CBC News)
(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Fredericton-Fire)
A fire at a commerical building in Fredericton is under investigation.
Firefighters from several New Brunswick stations, including Fredericton, Oromocto, and Upper Kingsclear, worked to fight the blaze at a building on Alison Boulevard Friday night.
Officials say they found the building “fully involved” in the fire around 10 p-m and didn’t clear the scene until four hours later.
(CTV News)
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(BBO-Marchand-Dedication)
Nova Scotian hockey star Brad Marchand dedicated a goal at his Saturday game to the late daughter of his close friend.
Marchand scored the first goal of the game for the Florida Panthers in the second period, then lifted his hand and looked to the sky.
Speaking with media after the game, Marchand said that goal was for Selah Panacci-MacCallum, daughter of his close friend JP MacCallum, who died of a rare cancer late last month.
The Panthers won the game 4-3 against the Dallas Stars. (The Associated Press)
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(NS-Laundromat-Wells)
A Nova Scotian laundromat has seen an increase in business as customers complain of dry wells.
The K-D Wash and Dry Laundry in Yarmouth now has customers coming from as far away as Bridgewater to wash their clothes.
Laundromat worker Helen Muise tells C-B-C customers say their wells are out of water, and some are concerned the water levels won’t rise before winter.
Roughly 46 per cent of Nova Scotians rely on groundwater from wells, many of which have run dry over a prolonged drought this summer.
(CBC News)
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(PEI-Cottages)
Twelve new seaside cottages are set to be built along the north shore of P-E-I, in an effort to extend the tourist season into the winter.
Parks Canada and D-P Murphy, the holding company that runs Dalvay by the Sea, held a public information session Saturday on the new builds.
Officials said the goal is to make Dalvay by the Sea more sustainable and bring in more tourists year-round.
Officials say they hope to start construction later this month, once all permits are obtained.
(CBC News)
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