Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Dumping Day in LFA 34 will not happen this weekend. After a weather call with DFO, port reps and Environment Canada this morning, it was determined it won't be safe to start the lobster fishery on Sat...

Nova Scotia's opposition leader says the Premier has only himself to blame when it comes to the carbon tax. Liberal leader Zach Churchill says Tim Houston failed to negotiate an alternative pricing mo...

A Great White Shark was pinged just off the Cape Forchu lighthouse. According to the OCEARCH Shark Tracker, 'Rose' was swimming in False Harbour on Friday morning, She is a juvenile shark, measuring 1...

A man was seriously injured after a single-vehicle crash in Yarmouth County. The 23-year old lost control of his pickup truck and rolled off Black Pond Road in Little River Harbour yesterday afternoon...

A popular race has been run for the last time. The Sheila Poole 10k was a staple of Yarmouth Seafest every July, but the organizing committee has decided to retire the event. Nancy Poole-Bishara says ...

Police are searching for two men after shots were fired in Cole Harbour. It happened early yesterday morning on Fireside Drive. RCMP say a number of people were gathered outside a residence, and there...

Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League: The Southwest Storm defeated East Hants twice at home on the weekend. Yesterday, they needed a shootout to win 5-4, and Saturday the Storm cruised to a 6-1 v...

The Yarmouth Mariners beat the Pictou County Crushers 4-3 on the road yesterday. Reilly Mayne scored twice for Yarmouth, who are now tied with Truro for first place in the Eastlink South Division. The...

He's back...sort of. The '@realDonaldTrump' Twitter account has been re-instated by owner and CEO Elon Musk. It was put to a public vote on Twitter, and 51.8 percent of the over 15 million respondents...

Tragedy on a trail in the Valley over the weekend. A 72-year old man from Berwick was killed in an off-road vehicle crash on Saturday night. Police say he was ejected from the vehicle after rolling ov...