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The Digby Arena volition soon person the upgrades needed to reopen aft it closed earlier this season. The provincial authorities is providing $1.5 cardinal toward structural and mechanical repairs.
Arena closed past period owed to problems with crystal plant
Laura Flight · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 2:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago
The Digby Arena volition soon person the updates needed to reopen aft it closed earlier this season.
The provincial authorities is providing $1.5 cardinal toward structural and mechanical upgrades.
"This arena is much than a recreation centre," said Service Nova Scotia Minister Jill Balser, who is besides the section MLA. "It's an important hub for assemblage beingness successful Digby."
The installation closed past period aft the crystal works condenser broke down. Minor hockey, figure skating and curling had to beryllium moved arsenic a result.
"The installation is much than conscionable an arena, it's the bosom of our community," said Sharon MacAlpine, the recreation manager for the Digby Area Recreation Commission.
The extremity is to person the arena backmost successful cognition by the fall. The condenser volition beryllium replaced and structural issues identified successful a caller engineering study volition beryllium addressed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Flight is an intern astatine CBC Nova Scotia and studied journalism astatine the University of King's College.
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