Thursday in brief: The Sound of Fire launches tonight, Dietz and Tower join councillors’ roundtable; another COVID death in Zone 1
The Sound of Fire book launch tonight
In 1941, a fire broke out in a men’s residence at Mount Allison University, engulfing the building in a matter of minutes, and killing four people. That fire and the people who experienced it are the subject of a new work of historical fiction by Mount Allison acting archivist Renée Belliveau. The Sound of Fire is being launched tonight at 7:30pm at a virtual event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the fire. You can register on Eventbrite, and find signed copies of The Sound of Fire at Tidewater Books in Sackville.
Farmers Market moves to winter location
The Sackville Farmers’ Market is moving this Saturday, to a new winter location at 18 Lorne Street. The recently repainted red building which houses the Sackville Commons co-working space will be home to the market on Saturday mornings until spring 2022.
Festival of lights comes to Sackville Saturday
Sackville is celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, thanks to organizers at Mount Allison University. A celebration with performances and food is taking place at Convocation Hall on Saturday at 6pm. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
Sackville town councillors roundtable on CHMA tonight at 6pm
Tune in to CHMA tonight at 6pm for another edition of the Sackville councillors roundtable with councillors Sabine Dietz and Michael Tower talking about what’s on the agenda for next week’s council meeting, including the town’s budget and spending plan for 2022.… Continue