Halloween show!!

Thriller – Michael Jackson
(Don’t Fear) the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
Mary on a Cross – Ghost
Heads Will Roll – Yeah yeah yeahs
Time of the Season – The Zombies
Season of the Witch – Lana Del Ray
Spooky – Dusty Springfield
Bloody Mary – Lady Gaga
Goo Goo Muck – The Cramps
Seven devils – Florence + The Machine
Smalltown boy – Bronski Beat
Monster mash – Bobby Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers… Continue

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>Sugartooth – Brandi Carlile
>Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
>WOLD – Harry Chapin
>Most of All – BJ Thomas*
>Red Velvet Steering Wheel Cover Driver – Jeremy Taylor
>Georgia – Olivia RIdgely
>When October Comes – Barry Manilow
>Ramble On Rose – Grateful Dead
>Just Us Kids – James McMurtry
>Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
>Pinball King – Terra Lightfoot*
>Here, There, and Everywhere – Emmylou Harris
>Don’t Tell Me Goodnight – Lobo
>Tryin’ to Keep Her 88’s Straight – DownChild Blues Band… Continue

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The New Brunswick government is bidding to purchase 178-square kilometres of land that’s supplying an aging pulp mill slated for closure.

Natural Resources Minister John Herron says the purchase is vital to ensure there is sufficient wood supply for any future forestry industry in the region.

He says the bid is under a non-disclosure agreement and wouldn’t say how much the province is willing to spend.

The India-based owner of the A-V Nackawic mill announced last month it would idle its operation west of Fredericton, putting more than three-hundred employees out of work by the middle of next week. (The Canadian Press)

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The Montreal Economic Institute says the growth of Newfoundland and Labrador’s debt-to-gross domestic product ratio has outpaced any other province.

An institute report says Newfoundland and Labrador’s debt-to-G-D-P ratio jumped 14 percentage points from 2015 to 2024.

The next-highest leap was in Alberta, which grew by 11 points in that time.

The figure measures a province’s public debt relative to its annual economic output — an increase can signal that a government’s debt is growing faster than its economy.

The auditor general says the province is carrying historically high debt, and it finished the last fiscal year with a net debt of 19-billion dollars and total liabilities of 36-billion dollars. (The Canadian Press)

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The New Brunswick government is proposing new rules it says will address the potential misuse of non-disclosure agreements.

Justice Minister Robert McKee says N-D-As are being used more frequently and are often used to hide harmful behaviour.… Continue

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A vote on Tantramar’s municipal budget is fast approaching, but as council considers its options, ongoing fairness concerns over taxation since amalgamation continue to be a significant part of discussions.

On Monday, councillors heard Treasurer Michael Beal present a draft of the municipality’s 2027 general budget, which prompted a conversation over how to address residents—particularly those in the former local service districts (LSDs)—who feel they are paying more in taxes for services they don’t receive.

Since amalgamation, tax rates for the former LSDs have seen larger increases than the former towns of Sackville and Dorchester due to the process initiated by the provincial government, which sought to reach a sort of parity in taxation within amalgamated municipalities like Tantramar.

The end goal of this process was for former LSDs to pay 90 per cent of the rates paid in the former towns for shared services, which include things like recreation, culture, tourism and economic development.

Councillor Barry Hicks, who represents residents of the former LSDs in Ward 2, contends that 90 per cent is an unrealistic number, particularly as the largest expenditure in the municipality’s operating budget is engineering and public works, something the former LSDs pay $0.04115 per $100 of assessed value in taxes to the province to cover.… Continue

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Valmai and Jax came by the CHMA studios to discuss what will surely be an epic performance of Caryl Churchill’s Love & Information. Find more information and tickets here.

“Ever caught a glimpse of a conversation, and imagined someone’s entire life? A decade before doomscrolling and algorithms ruled our lives, Love & Information anticipates how scraps of dialogue and breathless half-moments contain entire worlds. In this ensemble piece, eight actors perform over 100 roles in a genre-defying theatrical experience that explores the extraordinary and everyday moments that make us human.”

… Continue

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1. Diana – Comus
2. Happy Coloured Marbles – Ween
3. None of Them Knew They Were Robots – Mr. Bungle
4. One Hundred Years – The Cure
5. Secret Girl – Sonic Youth
6. Don, Aman – Slint
7. October All Over – Unwound
8. Michael, I Will Meet You at the End of Time – Inca Ore
9. Gyroscope – Boards Of Canada
10. Empty Churches – Giles Corey
11. Club Down – clipping.
Encore/12. Jonny’s Odyssey – Mac DeMarco*… Continue

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Playing the latest electro-pop songs from around the world and Canada.

heart say – Sunsetto (*) (WORLD RADIO PREMIERE)
felt so loved – Sunsetto (*)
your big break – Sunsetto (*)
goosebumps ft. Taylor Lautner – Nightly
flip phones and video stores – Nightly
plastic fangs – Nightly
Overthinker – CHVRCHES
My Final Boss – BRAZN
Film Noir – Haute & Freddy
Woman In Chains (Inst.) – Tears For Fears
If I Was (Blank & Jones So80s Reconstruction) – Midge Ure
Heartbreak In The City. – Art Rothafel
Circle Of Love (Elado Remix) – OUI (*)
Friction – Grant Knoche & Ella Collier
Tom And Jerry – John Mayer… Continue

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1. Joni Mitchell – Night Ride Home… Continue

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April’s Gone – Nora Jones Chris Stapleton
Bad Boy Joanne Shaw Taylor
Radical Love Danielle Nicole
My Baby’s Gone Robert Belfour
Time Traveller Bernard Allison, Laryy McCray
The Hopeful Lie Wynonna, The War and Treaty
Sonic Boom Seve Gleason, Trombone Shorty
Spacewalking Woman Grace Potter
T-Bone Shuffle Collins, Cray and Copeland
Real Good Woman, Mark Hummel, Anson Funderburg
I Need Your Love The Soul of John Black
Love that Never Was Ray Bonneville*
Heavy Walk, Neil Dana, G. Love and Special Sauce
I Need You to Believe 2LOT, Robert Randloph
Groove Pool Sam Fribush… Continue

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A new climate adaptation plan is headed back to Tantramar council in November, with councillors asking municipal staff to identify which of its recommendations would involve work beyond what the municipality is already doing.

EOS Eco-Energy spent the past two years developing the document, which makes 52 recommendations for Tantramar. Executive director Brittany Cormier presented the findings at Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, where councillors also raised questions about the costs of putting the plan into practice.

“The last adaptation plans for Sackville and Dorchester about 10 years ago did not address heat, drought or wildfires. Risks are changing, as are the consequences,” Cormier told council.

Sackville and Dorchester each had their own adaptation plans before amalgamation, completed in 2016 and 2017. Both focused primarily on flooding. For the latest project, EOS worked with municipal staff and residents to look at climate risks throughout Tantramar, rather than limiting its work to the two former municipalities.

Flooding is still a concern, especially around the Chignecto Isthmus. Engineers from the AIM Network contributed an assessment of local infrastructure, looking at areas where rising water could damage roads or cut off access to nearby communities.

Shelters, flooding and stormwater management

The plan also addresses how residents would find shelter during emergencies. In Sackville, the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre already serves that purpose, but a survey conducted during the project found that some residents were unaware of the facility’s role.… Continue

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1. Mess Around – Ray Charles
2. Light Enough to Travel – The Be Good Tanyas*
3. Just A Gigolo – Louis Prima
4. Luck Be A Lady – Frank Sinatra
5. Son of a Preacher Man – Aretha Franklin
6. My Life – Billy Joel… Continue

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The meeting brought together municipal and provincial leaders on issues affecting communities throughout
Atlantic Canada, including cellular service, harassment and incivility, and other topics relevant to municipalities.

This inaugural meeting provided an opportunity to bring shared priorities forward, exchange perspectives, and discuss areas where continued collaboration could benefit municipalities across Atlantic Canada and the communities they serve.… Continue

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The show is expected to bring with it lots of laughs as well as Christmas tunes and a number of classic hits from the 1950s to today. There will also be a roast turkey dinner, with dessert and tea or coffee.

In this latest rendition of the Grandma series, Grandma has a near-death experience which leads to a trip through her life guided by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. Dinner theatre regulars Paul Brisk, Morgan Grant, James Hand and Carley Varner-Joudrey all return as characters from Grandma’s life who guests are sure to recognize. Written and directed by Charlie Rhindress, Jennie Del Motte will serve as the musical director.

The dates are as follows: Amherst – Thursday, Nov. 26 and Friday, Nov. 27, Friday, Dec. 4 and Saturday, Dec. 5, and Thursday, Dec. 17 to Saturday, Dec. 19 at the Community Credit Union Business Innovation Centre; and in Sackville at the Legion from Wednesday, Dec. 9 to Saturday, Dec. 12.

Tickets went on sale October 27. They will be available at Bargain Bennies in Amherst (with cash or cheque), by phone at (902) 614-2666 or online at stageeast.ca. … Continue

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Nova Scotia Power Incorporated C-E-O Vivek Sood is leaving his post at the province’s privately owned utility after less than a year on the job.

Sood took the Emera Incorporated-owned utility’s top job in March 2026.

Nova Scotia Power said in a news release Tuesday that Sood has decided not to renew his contract.

The company says Chris Smith, its executive vice-president of finance and commercial, will become its chief executive on November 2nd.

(The Canadian Press)

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Nova Scotia’s premier says the only company with a winning bid to explore for offshore oil and gas in the province will miss the deposit deadline.

Tim Houston says in a social media post that U-K-based Inceptio won’t be able to put 50-million dollars down.

Houston says it’s a setback, but the province remains committed to developing offshore resources.

There’s been no fossil fuel activity in Nova Scotia’s offshore since the Sable and Deep Panuke gas projects shut down in 2018.

(The Canadian Press)

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Nova Scotia R-C-M-P say they are investigating after two masked men broke into a home and injured a woman in North Preston.

Mounties say officers responded to a report that armed individuals had broken into a residence around 9 p-m Sunday.

Police say a 53-year-old woman was home alone when the masked men entered, assaulted her and stole a lock box.

The woman was treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries. 

(The Canadian Press)

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New Brunswick R-C-M-P say one woman is dead after a motorcycle crashed south of Shediac on Sunday.… Continue

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Tantramar’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is urging council to push for stronger environmental safeguards at the proposed RIGS gas plant near Centre Village, saying the province’s approval leaves important questions about monitoring and public access to information unanswered.

Doug Bliss, who chairs the committee, brought its findings to Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting after members spent several weeks examining the 45 conditions attached to the province’s approval. The committee is particularly concerned about how the plant’s effects on air quality and groundwater would be tracked, and whether Tantramar would receive enough information to respond to problems.

“In the opinion of the Climate Change Advisory Committee, the environmental assessment requirements represent minimum standards that do not adequately address the concerns of this council nor the people of Tantramar,” Bliss said.

The review followed council discussions in September, when the committee was asked to examine the conditions. Bliss told councillors that several members had experience with government environmental assessments, and described the findings as their collective professional opinion.

The province approved the proposed 500-megawatt facility in August. PROENERGY will develop and operate the plant, which NB Power says is needed to provide backup electricity and help maintain grid stability.

Bliss said the committee found many of the requirements were similar to those used for other industrial projects in New Brunswick.… Continue

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Look At Me Now -Les Hay Babies*
Spooky – Dusty Springfield
Love Songs on the Radio- Mojave 3
Suzanne – Leonard Cohen*
Soul Kitchen – The Doors
These Days – Nico
Jacqueline – Les Hay Babies*
Chalet des LeBlanc – Écarlate*
Death of the Phone Call – Whatever, Dad
Le temps de l’amour – Françoise Hardy
Donne-moi pas d’fleurs – Écarlate*
Et si tu n’existais pas – Joe Dassin
Si tu m’aimes demain – Iliona
Warm on a Cold Night – HONNE
Moncton-Montréal -Écarlate*… Continue

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