Author Archives: Kevin Northup
Eight Charged In Yarmouth/Shelburne Area Drug Bust
Eight people have been charged after a six month drug trafficking investigation by Yarmouth and Shelburne RCMP. The joint investigation by local street crime enforcement units went through Yarmouth an...
Jul 09, 2021
Mariners Preparing For MHL Draft This Weekend
The MHL Draft takes place Saturday, and the Yarmouth Mariners are preparing. Yarmouth will not pick until the third round, as Head Coach and GM Laurie Barron says they traded away their early picks fo...
Jul 08, 2021
Bear River East Man Charged With Attempted Murder
A man from Bear River East, 20 minutes east of Digby, has been charged with attempted murder. 65 year old Richard Edward Robbins is also facing several firearms related charges, and was expected to ap...
Jul 08, 2021
West Nova MP Chris d'Entremont Reflects On Latest Parliamentary Session
The Member of Parliament for West Nova says the virtual aspect of the most recent parliamentary session was difficult. Conservative Chris d'Entremont says meetings over Zoom didn't give him the same o...
Jul 06, 2021 West Nova Conservative MP Chris d'Entremont addresses the House of Commons on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
Image from https://www.ourcommons.ca/.
UPDATE: Fire Displaces Tenants Of Downtown Yarmouth Apartment Building
Fire displaced several tenants of a two storey building in Yarmouth. Last night around 10:30, the Yarmouth Fire Department were called to the scene at the corner of Willow and John Streets, and asked ...
Jul 06, 2021 Yarmouth Fire Hall...Town of Yarmouth photo
Nick d'Entremont Named Liberal Candidate For Argyle
The provincial Liberals have named their candidate for the re-established riding of Argyle. 19 year old Nick d'Entremont of Lower West Pubnico was acclaimed after a virtual nomination meeting. The for...
Jul 05, 2021 (Contributed Photo)
NSIBL: Schooners Open Season With Pair Of Wins
The Island Traps Sherose Island Schooners won their first two games of the Nova Scotia Intermediate Baseball League season yesterday. They faced the defending champion Windsor Knights in a doubleheade...
Jul 05, 2021
Second March For Colton Cook/Zack Lefave Held Saturday
Another peaceful march in Yarmouth for Colton Cook and Zack Lefave. Family members, friends and the community came out in the dozens, holding signs, making sure their names are front and centre. The g...
Jul 05, 2021 Participants in peaceful march for Colton Cook and Zack Lefave in Yarmouth on July 3, 2021 (Y95 News Photo)
Sherose Island Schooners Return This Weekend
The Island Traps Sherose Island Schooners are back in Nova Scotia Intermediate Baseball League play this weekend. Their home opener is set for Sunday, a doubleheader against the defending champion Win...
Jul 02, 2021
Yarmouth Gets Eight Permanent Undergraduate Nursing Seats
More permanent seats have been added for first-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Yarmouth. The province says $49,400 will be invested annually to make sure the seats are no longer temporary. Ther...
Jul 02, 2021 Health and Wellness Minister Zach Churchill with Dalhousie Yarmouth's Shelley Cobbett and two students: Tomi Akinkunmi and Emily Durling outside the Dalhousie School of Nursing in Yarmouth. (Contributed Photo)
