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Riverview, New Brunswick is hoping to get its first French school.
Town council has written the provincial government to throw its support behind a new kindergarten to Grade 8 French school.
Mayor Andrew LeBlanc says about 8.5 per cent of the town’s 20-thousand residents are francophone with 29 per cent being bilingual.
He says about 300 students travel across the river to Moncton for French education.
(CBC News)
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Dozens of people loudly booed Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston at the African Heritage Month gala in Halifax this weekend after last week’s budget cut 130-million dollars in government grants.
Social media videos show the premier got a rough reception during his speech at the event, with many attendees holding a single fist high in the air.
Last week’s cuts impacted many programs focused on Black and African Nova Scotians.
Houston told the crowd that if adjustments are needed, his government will listen.
(The Canadian Press)
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A Cape Breton University scholar has been inducted into an international literary society whose alumni include novelist Isaac Asimov, former U.S. president Franklin Roosevelt and the actor who played Booger in the “Revenge of the Nerds” films.
Tom Ue (YOU), an assistant professor at the Sydney, Nova Scotia school, is one of the newest members of the Baker Street Irregulars, dedicated to the scholarship of Sherlock Holmes.
Founded in 1934, there have been just 772 members in the society’s history, with 331 still active.
Ue is currently working on a two-book project to introduce readers to Holmes, one of which will focus on the four novels with the other focussed on the 56 short stories.
(The Canadian Press)
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Hockey legend Mark Messier brought the Stanley Cup to St. John’s this weekend to honour the contributions of a local minor hockey president.
The six-time champion’s visit was the prize for a contest run by Hyundai and honours Colby Mitchell, the president of the Paradise Minor Hockey Association.
Messier said it’s great to celebrate people who donate their time to help young people get involved in the game.
(CBC News)
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A business advocacy group is urging the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to cut taxes for small businesses.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says the small business tax rate should be cut from 2.5 per cent to one per cent.
It’s also looking for the qualifying threshold to increase to 700-thousand dollars, up from the current 500-thousand dollars.
The group is calling for less red tape, saying it costs Canadian businesses billions every year.
(VOCM)
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