The sudden surge in activity in Harbour Grace, with physical distancing pandemic rules still in effect, has created a bottleneck for citizens trying to access postal services. In response, Canada Post decided to redirect mail services for the 2,700 residents of Spaniard's Bay to the neighbouring community of Harbour Grace, where the corporation runs a post office staffed by unionized workers on Water Street. Linda Mahoney is one of six people out of work following the sudden closure of A1 Convenience in Spaniard's Bay earlier this month. "All these women, these other women besides myself, put their heart and soul into this store," said Linda Mahoney, who worked at A1 for a dozen years.
For nearly two decades, the store was also home to a privately run and full-service Canada Post outlet, with some 1,000 post office boxes.īut the business had fallen on hard times, and was forced to close last week, taking six jobs and the postal outlet with it, at the height of the busy holiday postal season. "We recognize the difficulties facing residents of Spaniard's Bay regarding the sudden closure of their local post office on Dec. 3," Phil Legault, a spokesperson for Canada Post, wrote in a statement to CBC News.Ī1 Convenience was a high-profile member of the Spaniard's Bay business community, with a gas bar and convenience store in the centre of the Conception Bay North community. Sudden Strike 4 is currently in beta and will be released August 11th, and if you buy it now you get 15% off.ĭisclaimer: GeekMom was given a review copy.Accessing postal services in Spaniard's Bay and Harbour Grace has become a lot more chaotic this holiday season following the closure of a well-known business in the area.Īnd Canada Post is struggling to find a long-term solution.
Once the game comes out, people will probably start making mods immediately! For me, real-time war games haven’t made me “wow” that much, if at all, but this game is amazing. Other than that, I haven’t had any issues with the story or play. If I could ask the developers to add anything I would want them to add controlling your MPC or a sandbox. I’ve heard some people had issues with multiplayer, and I wanted to test this out, but each time I tried there were no available games. My favorite part is all the strategizing you need to do because you don’t know what will come next, and there can be surprises at every corner. I find it interesting you can destroy the environment. I also like the fact that you can make mods! Right now, you can only do that in the skirmish. I wish you were able to edit what troops you have and edit how many you have in the campaign mode then that would make it the best. Image: Sudden Strike 4Įach level is different, and I like that a lot. The maps are very nice because they have a lot of areas to destroy stuff and explore. The looks of the game get a 9 out of 10 because I’ve seen incredible graphics to the max that look realistic and historically accurate. If my men go into a town and they fire artillery on me, I don’t know where they are firing from. Challenges including having to be at your spot to see your enemies. You have certain objectives to do and face a lot of challenges. One of the things I like the most are the campaigns.
This is not a full review of the game that will be released in August.Īt its basic core, Sudden Strike 4 is a fast-paced strategy game where you command an army and take on various stories to complete missions.
The rest of this post will be in Brandon’s words.ĭisclaimer: We were provided with a code of the unfinished game and meant for previews only. That makes him the perfect newbie of the franchise to test this one out. He’s never played any of the previous games, but he’s obsessed with the World War II timeframe. I’m not much of a gamer, but thankfully, my son is and he gave this one a test run for me. We haven’t been able to nail down where the sexual theme comes from. The Teen rating generally means it’s for ages 13 and up, but I let my 11-year old son play it with no regrets. It’s rated for Teens for blood, language, mild sexual themes, and violence. Sudden Strike 4is a slower, more thoughtful take on previous games.