Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Another hike at the gas pump. Gas is going up 7.1 cents per litre at midnight, diesel will jump 10.9 cents. It's because the energy board has invoked the interrupter clause once again. The conflict in...

The Prime Minister visited Pubnico, Yarmouth County. Dozens lined the Dennis Point Wharf and Cafe Friday for handshakes and selfies with Mark Carney. Acadie-Annapolis MP Chris d'Entremont believes it'...

A Quebec company is interested in offshore wind from Nova Scotia. Hydro-Quebec is looking into timelines and costs associated with projects here. They've issued a request for information on transmissi...

A vote on the provincial budget has passed in the legislature. The Appropriations Act passed Wednesday afternoon, after Speaker Danielle Barkhouse announced Province House would be closed to the publi...

Workers at some Nova Scotian nursing homes could go on strike soon. Final conciliation talks between long-term care workers represented by CUPE and the province are scheduled for Tuesday. Workers at d...

A 'cool moment' for a Nova Scotian based medical technology group. Last week, TV medical drama 'The Pitt' aired an episode featuring 'Ring Rescue' of Dartmouth. It showcased a device that removes stuc...

A Nova Scotian flavour to a popular TV series. If you're a fan of medical drama 'The Pitt' on HBO Max, you'll see hospital equipment created in Dartmouth. Thursday's episode features 'Ring Rescue,' co...

It looks a federal fund is going to continue for the fishing industry. Ottawa says they've entered negotiations for a five-year renewal of the Atlantic Fisheries Fund. It began in 2017, and has provid...

Nova Scotia's doctor waitlist has gone down. As of March 1, there were over 2,500 less people on the 'Need a Family Practice' list, it stands around 63,000. That's about six percent of the population....

It's the kind of weather that makes you want to fire up the grill. Temperature records were smashed across Nova Scotia for Tuesday, March 10. Environment Canada meteorologist Ian Hubbard says records ...