New Radio Station For Nova Scotia

Country music and up to date news is being enjoyed on the south shore of Nova Scotia at 100.7 CKHJ Hank FM.

The new radio station is up and running and is owned and operated by Acadia Broadcasting which also owns 98.1 The Tide, Country 94 and sister station 97.3 the Wave.

Company Vice-President Jim MacMullin says it is exciting to launch our new ststaion after two years of planning, approvals and construction.

Hank Fm is sharing broadcasting space with it's sister station, CKBW.

The launch of the new station coincides with another exciting event for the Bridgewater stations a move into new state of the art studios anmd offices.

Doucet Announces $1.5 million In Infrastructure Projects

The MLA for Charlotte-the Isles tells Tide News work begins Tuesday near Back Bay as the Province is investing more than $120,000 for replacing of a cross culvert on the Back Bay Loop Road.
The project will take up to three weeks and the road will be closed to thru traffic. Where the culvert is in the middle of the loop, residents should turn around and go back the same way they entered the road.

Doucet also announced a tender award, valued at $422,000 for paving through the Department of Transportation’s designated highways program for paving Route 172 Fundy Bay Drive from Mount Pleasant Road to Salar Court and Letete Road from Main Street to Mount Pleasant Road.

Bike accident Over The Weekend

The Harvey Volunteer Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident between a motorcycle and a delivery truck over to end out last week. The accident happened just outside of Harvey Station. The motorcycle travelling with a group of 4 motorcyclists going towards St. Andrews crossed the path of the lead bike in the group and the bike and driver struck the side of the truck.

The driver of the motorcycle was rushed to Fredericton by ambulance and later transferred to Saint John. RCMP accident reconstruction team investigated the cause of the accident.

MaxMillion Dollor Ticket Sold In St. Stephen

Lotto officials say an Atlantic 49 ticket sold in the province for Saturday's draw is worth amillion bucks.

The winning ticket was sold in St. Stephen. Atlantic Lottery officials say another ticket worth that amount was sold in Fredericton.

It was one of the MaxMillions that were drawn in the LottoMax lottery on Friday.

The winner has yet to step forward.