It’s time to ring in the holiday season with the Town of Yarmouth. The annual Tree lighting and lighting of Frost Park takes place tonight at 6. There will be speeches, hot chocolate, and a visit from Santa. The tree is donated every year by the Wasoqopa’q First Nation. Decorating the park...
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by Caitlin SnowNova Scotia’s minister of health says there is still no tangible update on the Cobequid Health Centre in Lower Sackville. Adding inpatient beds is a big part of the government announcement in 2022 to add capacity and the math that broke down where those beds would go- Cobequid was one of the...
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by NewsA man from Meteghan Station has been charged after a hit-and-run in the winter of 2024. RCMP say it was January 27 around 3:17 p.m., when there was a collision between an ATV and a pickup truck on Patrice Road. A Can-Am Outlander hit a GMC Sierra, then left the scene. The 49-year-old driver of...
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by Alex AllanLower fuel prices across New Brunswick after the Energy and Utilities Board made its weekly adjustment. The maximum cost for regular self‑serve is down 4 cents a litre, now sitting at $1.50. Diesel saw a larger decrease, falling more than 6 cents a litre to a maximum of $1.83. Furnace oil also...
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by Evan TaylorAnother long-term care facility in Nova Scotia is taking steps toward job action, as workers at Ivy Meadows have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate. The union representing staff, CUPE 3618, says 94 percent of members supported the move, which adds Ivy Meadows to a growing list...
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by Evan TaylorTeam Christina Black of Halifax is one step away from representing Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, after punching their ticket to the women’s final at the Canadian Curling Trials. Black’s rink defeated Manitoba’s Team Kerri Einarson 6–3 on Thursday afternoon, powered by a decisive...
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by Caitlin SnowFormer environment minister, Steven Guilbeault, has left Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet. It follows a memorandum of understanding between Canada and Alberta for new energy projects, including a pipeline. In a statement posted on social media on Thursday, Guilbeault said he submitted his...
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by NewsA 46-year-old man from LaHave is dead after a single vehicle collision in Pinehurst. Lunenburg District RCMP say it happened just before 8 a.m., Thursday, in the 4600 block of Hwy 10. A Jeep Wrangler left the road before it went into the LaHave River. The only one in the vehicle was pronounced...
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by Alex AllanPolice are asking for the public’s help after two masked suspects drove a truck through the doors of a Port Elgin business and stole alcohol and cigarettes. The RCMP said the break, enter, and theft happened on Monday between 2:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. at a business on Shemogue Road. The suspects...
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Minister of Natural Resources Kim Masland says she is not interested in any more golf course proposals at West Mabou Beach. In her opinion, it has now been dealt with when it was declined for the third time. “I can reassure Nova Scotians that with a proposal that was put forward, that proposal...
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