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SPCA ends some municipal by-law contracts
Posted 7 August 2025

SPCA ends some municipal by-law contracts

The Nova Scotia SPCA has cancelled contracts with eight of 16 municipalities. It includes by-law enforcement in Yarmouth County, Clare, Wolfville, East Hants, Pictou County and Stewiacke. Chief of animal operations Heather Woodin says officers were enforcing two sets of legislation, and the...

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Archie 2025 event supports historic basketball court in St. Stephen
Posted 7 August 2025

Archie 2025 event supports historic basketball court in St. Stephen

The Archie 2025 event is bringing basketball fans, golfers and celebrity guests to Charlotte County this week in support of the World’s Oldest Basketball Court project. It’s running from Thursday to Saturday and will be the fourth year of the multi-day event. The Archie includes a youth...

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Mixed feelings from sister of dead firefighter after N.S. cut ties with unsafe fire school
Posted 7 August 2025

Mixed feelings from sister of dead firefighter after N.S. cut ties with unsafe fire school

When the province cut ties with the Nova Scotia Firefighters School, Jessica Gillis had mixed feelings. She and her family have been advocating for years for better conditions at the school since her brother, Skyler Blackie, died after a faulty fire extinguisher blew up in his face at the school...

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Quarry in Inverness County to expand
Posted 7 August 2025

Quarry in Inverness County to expand

The McIntyres Mountain quarry is expanding. The project in Kingsville, Inverness County received environmental assessment approval, which has 33 conditions. It’s owned by Municipal Enterprises, and supplies high-quality aggregate for roads. Aggregate was added to the province’s strategic...

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Moncton woman still missing 3 years later
Posted 7 August 2025

Moncton woman still missing 3 years later

It has now been three years since Angela Breau went missing, and the RCMP is renewing its call for help from the public. Breau, who was 66 at the time, was last seen on August 6, 2022, shortly before 2 p.m. at a residence on Elmwood Drive in Moncton. She was reported missing on August 14, and...

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N.S. family doctor waitlist drops by nearly 1,600 in July
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Posted 7 August 2025

N.S. family doctor waitlist drops by nearly 1,600 in July

A small drop in the amount of people needing a family doctor. Nova Scotia Health says nearly 1,600 more people were attached to a provider in the month of July. As of August 1, 87,879 were on the Need a Family Practice registery. That’s about 8.3 percent of our population. The next registry...

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Provincial Seamen’s Memorial Sunday in Canso
Posted 7 August 2025

Provincial Seamen’s Memorial Sunday in Canso

A somber tribute to lost fishers is coming up in Guysborough County. The Provincial Seamen’s Memorial Service will be August 10th at 2 p.m. in Canso. The rain location will be the Canso United Baptist Church. Each year, the names on the memorial are read as wreaths are placed in memory of those...

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Beauty Bay Golf Course, Senior men’s league, August 5th, 2025
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Posted 7 August 2025

Beauty Bay Golf Course, Senior men’s league, August 5th, 2025

Here’s Bruce Braun’s latest column for the Beauty Bay Senior Men’s golf league.  Enjoy! Beauty Bay Golf Course, Senior Men’s League, August 5, 2025.

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Shakespeare will go on in Halifax while N.S. events cancel from wood ban
Posted 7 August 2025

Shakespeare will go on in Halifax while N.S. events cancel from wood ban

As events get cancelled from one tip of Nova Scotia to the other amid the woods ban, one very popular outdoor show in Halifax will continue on. Shakespeare by the Sea can continue its performances of Shakespeare plays in Point Pleasant Park after acquiring a permit. Drew Douris-O’Hara tells us,...

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Woods ban cancelling N.S. events from one tip to the other
Posted 7 August 2025

Woods ban cancelling N.S. events from one tip to the other

Events are being cancelled from one tip of Nova Scotia to the other, now that the province has put a ban on entering the woods. In Bridgewater, a new accessible kayak launch has been delayed. Miller Point Peace Park is closed, so the grand opening scheduled for Saturday, has been cancelled....

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