• Sackville mayor reflects on highs, lows of 2009, looks ahead to 2010

  January 6, 2010 - 6 h 00

  Q. In your view, what was Sackville's greatest moment of 2009? A. I believe we had one of the best seasons for tourism - our farmers' market (including the corn boil), Sappyfest, the Fall Fair with special emphasis on the Doncaster Field Day and...

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• School-based health centre officially opens in Port Elgin

  December 9, 2009 - 6 h 00

  Premier Shawn Graham and New Brunswick Health Minister Mary Schryer were among those who took part in Monday's official opening of the Port Elgin and Region Health Centre at its new location at the Port Elgin Regional School. The health centre...

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• Third annual cake auction fundraiser to be held Dec. 8

  December 2, 2009 - 6 h 00

  Dozens of delectable cakes will be up for bid during an upcoming fundraiser that will benefit Marshview Middle School's new band program and the local Tree of Hope campaign. The annual cake auction at Scotia Bank in Sackville will be held next...

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• Frustration sets in as H1N1 hits Tantramar

  November 4, 2009 - 6 h 00

  Confusion and frustration set in on Friday for the hundreds of people who arrived at Sackville's public health office for the H1N1 flu shot only to be greeted instead with a locked door and no one to tell them why. Amie Carson, 20 weeks pregnant...

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• Local MLA meeting cancer diagnosis head on

  October 28, 2009 - 6 h 00

  He may be battling cancer but Mike Olscamp says he isn't ready to slow down anytime soon. "I feel great," said the Tantramar MLA on Monday morning during a chat at his riding office. "My office is still open for business and I'm still working...

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• Annual Sharing Art, Spreading Hope fundraiser planned

  October 14, 2009 - 6 h 00

  Fine arts and health are coming together at Mount Allison University in support of a great cause. On Wednesday, Oct. 21 beginning at 7 p.m., the annual Sharing Art, Spreading Hope silent art auction and health education event will be held in...

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• Tour for the Cure bus rolls into Sackville

  September 16, 2009 - 6 h 00

  It's an ambitious goal - to have 85 per cent of all eligible women in Atlantic Canada screened for breast cancer by 2010. But that's the target the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is aiming for and it is strongly promoting its message through a...

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• Big Bike raises funds for Heart & Stroke Foundation

  August 26, 2009 - 6 h 00

  Employees and friends of Moneris Solutions in Sackville were once again peddling the Big Bike in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, while in Port Elgin many local residents turned out in the rain on Sunday to show their support. Last...

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• Port Elgin woman anxiously awaiting heart transplant

  June 17, 2009 - 6 h 00

  It's the hardest, and longest, wait she's ever had to endure in the 47 years of her life. A Port Elgin woman is currently one of 10 individuals - the lone female - on the waiting list for a heart transplant at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in...

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• Area residents helping four-year-old get much-needed insulin pump

  June 3, 2009 - 6 h 00

  Getting three to four insulin injections every 24 hours is a normal day for four-year-old Abby Sprague. The child, who lives with her mother and older brother and sister in Baie Verte, was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of two and...

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Other news

• April 15, 2009 Naturopathic medicine allows people to take control of their own health
• April 8, 2009 Local couple creates web sites to celebrate village, service group
• April 1, 2009 Sackville teen on the road to recovery
• March 11, 2009 Successful Sackville businessman dies
• February 25, 2009 Breast cancer support group offers shoulder to lean on
• February 4, 2009 Husband haunted by memories of wifes agonizing death
• November 12, 2008 Tree of Hope committee raising funds, awareness for cancer care
• October 22, 2008 Hospital foundation praises communitys generosity towards latest campaign
• September 24, 2008 Local paramedics help deliver two babies in?Sackville four days apart
• September 17, 2008 Lack of community representation on new health care board worries council
• September 10, 2008 Local cancer survivor battles effects of lymphoma
• August 13, 2008 Volunteer effort needed to reverse doctor shortage, says resident
• July 2, 2008 Community pulls through for latest hospital campaign
• June 25, 2008 Council to advocate for local voice on provinces new health care board
• May 14, 2008 Town needs to put more effort, dollars into recruiting doctors:?Mantz