A long-time Yarmouth firefighter is being laid to rest. Retired Platoon Chief Lynn Seeley passed away last week. He began as a volunteer firefighter in 1977, and made it a career in 1990. He retired in April, 2023 after more than four decades of service. Firefighters in Yarmouth will march...
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Candidates in the new Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish riding will go head-to-head in the Quad Counties ahead of the April 28th federal election. CBC Nova Scotia will host a debate at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. The public event will also be available on the...
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by Brad PerryThe mayor of Saint Andrews says he will be stepping down from his role in early June. Brad Henderson made the “bittersweet” announcement in a social media post on Tuesday. Henderson wrote that he has has always been open about this being his last term on council. “Together, in 2021, my family...
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by Caitlin SnowA heads up over ongoing work in Inverness County. The municipality says a portion of Inverness Beach and boardwalk will be temporarily impacted while crews replace a portion of a wastewater pipe that is aging, underneath. The outfall pipe is about 180 meters of 1,000 meters. It is responsible...
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by Caitlin SnowTuesday is a big night for a dance group in Halifax. Studio 26 Dance Company is auditioning on Canada’s Got Talent. When our newsroom spoke with representative of the group Alyssa Thomas, she told us the kids had been working hard over the past couple of years to get to this point. “It was such...
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History could be made in Drummondville, Quebec. The Halifax Mooseheads face the Volts in Game 7 of their first-round Q-league series Tuesday night. If the Mooseheads pull off the victory, they’d be the lowest seed to win a playoff round in league history. Halifax took the first two games of the...
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An historic building in Yarmouth needs your votes. The Sharon Assembly Church is in Canada’s ‘Next Great Save’ competition to win $50,000 for repairs. The building opened in 1877, and a new board of directors wants to breathe more life into the property. Deputy Mayor Steve Berry says the...
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by Evan TaylorThe provincial government is extending its interim support program for grape farm wineries in Nova Scotia, committing $7.4 million over the next two years. The funding is part of an extension to the existing farm wine program, which will now continue with $3.7 million in support each year. The...
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by Evan TaylorA man is in custody after a police response to an armed and barricaded situation in Sand Beach, near Yarmouth. RCMP were called to a home on Wyman Road on Monday night for a report of a person in distress. Police say the man had barricaded himself inside his residence and was armed. A heavy...
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This would be a good day to fuel up in Nova Scotia. The provincial regulator invoked its interrupter clause on gasoline and diesel prices at midnight. On Tuesday, the price of self-serve regular gas is down 6 cents a litre to a minimum of $1.43. Diesel is down more than 11 cents a litre to...
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