Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Riverside Lobster in Meteghan will not re-open. Parent company Champlain Seafoods announced the permanent closure of the lobster processing facility today. Operations were shutdown in October due to l...

Consultations on the 2024 elver fishery. Federal fisheries minister Diane Lebouthillier announced they will consult with license holders, First Nations and Indigenous organizations. Poaching has plagu...

The federal fisheries minister met with her Atlantic counterparts. Tuesday morning, Diane Lebouthillier spoke with the ministers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI and Newfoundland and Labrador. In ...

Another tight game for the Yarmouth Mariners. They beat Valley 5-4 in overtime at Mariners Centre Monday night in front of nearly 1,100 fans. Will Chisholm scored twice, including the game winner two ...

The Department of Public Works is ready for more snow. Another 25 centimetres could fall in some areas beginning Tuesday afternoon, and a winter storm warning is in effect from Environment Canada. Exe...

A new report is criticizing the management of the ArriveCAN app. Auditor general Karen Hogan says the Canada Border Services Agency showed no transparency and provided few documents. "This audit shows...

The province still hasn't created a universal lunch program for schools. The federal government agreed to support a program in 2021. After cabinet last Thursday, education minister Becky Druhan says t...

The Yarmouth Mariners hope to get back in the win column. They host the Wildcats in a rare Monday night game at Mariners Centre. The Mariners have lost two in a row, including a 6-5 shootout defeat to...

A Pictou County man has been arrested for threatening a snow plow operator and unsafe firearm storage. It happened Tuesday on Mount William Road, as officers responded to a report of threats made by a...

The Nova Scotia Nurses Union says formal plans are needed for workers during major weather events. The union says many nurses had to stay for up to three days during last weekend's snow storm because ...