Sackville News

Nova Scotians have long been an inventive bunch. Not all of the creations have been memorable and not all have stuck around, but those that top the list and continue to have an impact on our daily lives are worthy of note.

By one o'clock in the afternoon on May 22, two entirely opposing groups of spectators had formed in the Distillery District awaiting the arrival of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.

A full slate of activities are being organized for June 9, when family and friends of murder victim Sabrina Patterson will get together to host their second annual memorial fundraiser in their loved one's honour.

Ninety-nine young performers from across New Brunswick will come together at Mount Allison's Marjorie Young Bell Conservatory of Music to compete in voice, musical theatre, piano, string, woodwind, brass, classical guitar, percussion, and chamber ensemble classes at the 2012 NB Provincial Music Festival Finals, May 31-June 2. This event is ... (more)

Earlier this week, about 3,000 vehicles were stopped at roadside checks near Woodstock and between Moncton and Sackville as part of the annual Canada Road Safety Week held leading up to the Victoria Day long weekend.

He has two decades of experience in municipal politics and now Bob Berry will take the reins of Sackville town council as the new mayor.

Acadian Lines will be back in business this week and the company hopes to win back customer confidence by offering free rides for people travelling from New Brunswick and P.E.I. until May 23.

Laurie Glenn Norris discusses her latest book with Lee Thompson, the director of the Writer's Federation of New Brunswick during the Wordspring Conference in Sackville at the Vogue Theatre.

Mount Allison University's reunion weekend 2012 will be particularly special as world-renowned alumni the Barra MacNeils kick off the festivities with a performance on Friday, May 11.

Canada Post is betting its future on a world where consumers do everything online they once did through the mail.

In 2006, Marsha Lemos quit her job as a baker at a natural foods store in Sackville, N.B. to care for her sick father.

Workbench Guy Wire Milestones Roots of Radio Day in the Life Wired for Sound RF Safety Road Warrior Green Radio Certification Corner The Last Word Radio Canada International's famed transmitter farm in Sackville, New Brunswick will go dark as a result of the cuts.

Jocelyn Turner focuses on writing a story at the Amherst Daily News newsroom with her 2011 Atlantic Journalism Award close by her side.

Editor's note: The Tantramar and its vast marshlands were long home to the Mi'kmaq people, and over 300 years ago Acadians began dyking these saltmarshes establishing their own agrarian lifestyle, but this 250th anniversary celebrates the beginning of "Sackville" as a New England planter township.

He's one of the longest-serving members on Sackville town council and he hopes to be re-elected for yet another term in the upcoming municipal elections.

A Sackville farmer and businessman has added his name to the ballot as one of four candidates vying for the mayor's chair in the upcoming municipal election.

Mount Allison alumni The Barra MacNeils are playing a concert during Reunion Weekend on May 11 at Sackville's Jennings Hall.

The owner of Advanced Shuttle Services in Summerside, P.E.I. says he plans to move forward with a charter service to New Brunswick.

I am in the market for a vehicle to replace a Subaru Legacy Brighton Wagon that I bought new in October, 1999 , and drove until it almost expired recently with 350,000 kilometres on the odometer.