Author Archives: Kevin Northup

A head-on crash in Yarmouth on Saturday night has claimed three lives. It happened around 8:30 on Highway 103 near Greenville, as a car and a pickup truck collided. A 22 year old man and an 18 year ol...

It's weekend two of the Coal Shed Music Festival on the Yarmouth waterfront. The music gets going this afternoon, and continues tonight, tomorrow and Sunday. Organizer Phil DeMille says most of the ac...

There were 11 deaths due to COVID-19 in Nova Scotia last week, six more than the week before. According to the province's dashboard on the virus, the deaths happened between August 9-15. Forty people ...

A cleanup on Brier Island, Digby County tomorrow. The Nature Conservancy of Canada is looking for 25 volunteers to gather at 9:30 a.m. and help clean marine debris on the shoreline. You're asked to br...

Thirteen more medals for Nova Scotia at the Canada Games in Niagara, Ontario. Athletes from our province took six gold, two silver and five bronze medals in canoe-kayak events yesterday. We now have 3...

St. Mary's Bay is closed to commercial fishers due to a recent North Atlantic Right Whale sighting off Digby Neck. Those fishing crab and herring had to remove their gear to avoid potential entangleme...

The price of gas is down, and diesel is up after the province's regular weekly adjustment. Gas fell by nearly two cents to sit around $1.70 per litre, depending on where you fill up. Diesel increased ...

The Wedgeport Tuna Tournament and Festival is almost here. Sixteen boats will set sail Tuesday night from the breakwater wharf, in search of the largest tuna to bring back to shore. Weigh-ins will tak...

Seven more medals for Team Nova Scotia at the Canada Games in Niagara, Ontario. All of them came in canoe-kayak events yesterday. Athletes from our province took four gold, two silver and a bronze, ju...

Team Canada will play their 2023 World Junior preliminary round games in Halifax. They'll be joined by Sweden, Czechia, Germany and Austria in Group A. The city is co-hosting the event with Moncton th...