Tuesday on Tantramar Report: 

Jan and Bill Hirtle have announced they are putting their Middle Sackville grocery story, Hirtle’s Variety, up for sale. The pair made the announcement on social media, and say they will continue to operate the store while they look for a buyer. The message said the Hirtle’s were drained emotionally after “recent negativity on Facebook”, likely referring to criticism levelled at the owners after they removed a Pride message from their store sign within hours of it being put up by their own staff. Ironically, Bill Hirtle said he removed the message—which read “LOVE WINS OVER JUDGEMENT – HAPPY PRIDE MONTH”— in order to avoid controversy.

It’s Election Day in Nova Scotia. Results will start getting posted online by Elections Nova Scotia at 8pm tonight, and you can tune in to CHMA Wednesday to hear the recap.

Sackville’s Corner Drug Store is hosting a walk-in Pfizer vaccination clinic this Wednesday between 10am and 6:30pm. The pharmacy will also be open for walk-in Pfizer appointments next Wednesday August 25th from 10am to 6:30pm. Monday’s numbers from the province show 71.5% of eligible people have received two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine.  In Sackville, the number is higher, hitting 79% as of August 10.

​​The province announced another 40 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial active case total to 105.  One person was admitted to hospital over the weekend with COVID-19, but has since been discharged.  There are currently no people in hospital with COVID-19 in New Brunswick.

The town of Sackville’s annual residents survey results are in, and the town’s parks and facilities and garbage collection fared well with the 323 people who responded. But those people are looking for improvement when it comes to economic development in Sackville. We talk with Kieran Miller, Sackville’s senior manager of corporate projects, to hear more about the survey and its results.