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This week's collection of Sightings

This week's collection of Sightings | TJ.news Just a couple of pics from the wildlife can in our backyard on Coverdale Rd., a few houses away from the Gunningsville Bridge. Laurie Pringle Trail cameras can certainly reveal a lot about your wildlife neighbours, both by day and by night. Laurie got a shot of what I assume to be a rather pale coyo...

Good drink: Summer wines make me feel fine

Good drink: Summer wines make me feel fine | TJ.news Refreshing wines are a must in the height of summer.

District is right on staff sick time

District is right on staff sick time | TJ.news The Anglophone South School District is trying to tackle the issue of sick time by school staff, which reached 38,000 days in 2022-23, according to data presented this week.

FITCH: Pharmacy project aims to reduce health-care strain

FITCH: Pharmacy project aims to reduce health-care strain | TJ.news The Pharmacist Care Clinic pilot project aims to alleviate the pressure on hospitals, practitioners, and patients by providing point-of-care testing for Group A strep, or strep throat, as well as chronic disease management for diabetes, COPD, asthma, and cardio-vascular disease.

HR officers used to urge some school staff to come to work

HR officers used to urge some school staff to come to work | TJ.news The Anglophone South School District is sending human resources officers into schools to encourage staff members struggling with attendance to come to work.

THE LIGHTER SIDE: Data my yaas; the big Lamrockski?

THE LIGHTER SIDE: Data my yaas; the big Lamrockski? | TJ.news Memramcook-Tantramar Green MLA Megan Mitton is pictured here at the Saint John Pride Parade last weekend. She says she had to get a photo with the data-my-yaas sign spotted at the parade.

N.B. vaccine uptake among lowest: feds

N.B. vaccine uptake among lowest: feds | TJ.news The percentage of New Brunswickers who got a COVID-19 vaccine in the last six months is the fourth-lowest in the country among provinces, according to new federal data.

Keep dialing in N.B.’s universities, colleges

Keep dialing in N.B.’s universities, colleges | TJ.news UNBSJ's 48th Spring Convocation Ceremony took place at the G. Forbes Elliot Athletics Centre at the Saint John campus.

N.B. town asks province to ban backyard fireworks

N.B. town asks province to ban backyard fireworks | TJ.news Some New Brunswick municipalities have banned the sale and use of backyard fireworks through their own bylaws.

BACKYARD HISTORY: The Maritimes tour that made Houdini

BACKYARD HISTORY: The Maritimes tour that made Houdini | TJ.news Young Harry Houdini was about to give up on his big dreams of making it in show business, but agreed to do one last tour before giving up. That 1896 Maritimes tour would change his life.

N.B. woman, kids flee wildfires in Yellowknife

N.B. woman, kids flee wildfires in Yellowknife | TJ.news The family of Lindsay MacKenzie, formerly of Hillsborough and now in Yellowknife, was packing their belongings into a motor home Thursday to evacuate their home as wildfires threaten the city.

Education council calls for Hogan to act on Lamrock report

Education council calls for Hogan to act on Lamrock report | TJ.news Roger Nesbitt, chair of the Anglophone South district education council, says he hopes to meet with other DEC chairs to discuss a common gender-identity policy across all public schools in the wake of government changes.