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Derwin Gowan

2021

Effort aims to save oldest basketball court left in world

The campaign to save the world's oldest surviving basketball court recently got a $25,000 boost from former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna and the Toronto Dominion Bank.

2021

Whether island ferry run stops depends on U.S. border opening

Whether the private ferry from Campobello to Deer Island runs this winter apparently depends on an American government decision over border restrictions.

2021

Canada and U.S. not in agreement on partial reopening of border

Maine Governor Janet Mills and the state's congressional delegation want the U.S. government to follow Canada's lead in easing restrictions on nonessential travel across the shared border.

2021

Lost children lead to reckoning in Canada

Canada marked a sombre national holiday on July 1.

2021

Canadian border not yet reopening but restrictions being eased

Canada will take the first baby step next month toward reopening the border to American visitors. The measures announced in Ottawa might seem painfully little...

2021

Reopening of border a federal decision that may be complex

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs hopes to greet visitors from Maine this summer, but folks in Lubec and Calais should not line up at the bridges to Campobello Island and St. Stephen just yet.

2021

Four mayors are voted out in Charlotte County municipalities

Voters in most Charlotte County municipalities opted for change in local elections on May 10. According to results posted by Elections New Brunswick, Councillor Bonnie Morse won an upset with 862 votes over long time incumbent Dennis Greene with 199 for mayor of Grand Manan.