Author Archives: Kevin Northup
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)
Candice Clairmont Wins Yarmouth PC Nomination
The provincial Progressive Conservative Party named Candice Clairmont as their candidate for Yarmouth for the next provincial election. Clairmont, a licensed practical nurse, won the nomination earlie...
Jul 02, 2021 (Contributed Photo)
Local Baseball Players Make Provincial Teams
Some local baseball talent will play on Baseball Nova Scotia's provincial teams. Yarmouth's Blake Newell was named to the boys U15 team. Caitlyn Graves, Marissa Fevens and Michelle Saulnier of Yarmout...
Jul 02, 2021
Roseway/Digby Emergency Department Closures This Weekend
A pair of emergency departments in the Tri-Counties will see closures this weekend. The department at Roseway Hospital in Shelburne will close tonight at 6 and re-open Monday morning at 8. In Digby, t...
Jul 02, 2021 (Y95 News file photo)
Peaceful Walk At Acadia First Nation On Canada Day
The Acadia First Nation and many members of the community walked yesterday, and reflected peacefully. They remembered and honoured Indigenous children who lost their lives at residential schools, and ...
Jul 02, 2021 (Photo courtesy Mayor Pam Mood on Facebook)
Water Back In Pool At 'Mariners On Main'
Water has been put back in the pool at the former YCMA building in Yarmouth. The facility, which closed near the start of the pandemic, is targeting a September re-opening under the new name 'Mariners...
Jun 30, 2021 Photo from left to right: Councillor Wade Cleveland, Councillor Trevor Cunningham, Argyle Warden Danny Muise, Councillor Nicole Albright, Mayor Pam Mood, Yarmouth Warden John Cunningham. (Courtesy - Mariners Centre)
Roseway Emergency Department Closed Today
The emergency department at Roseway Hospital will be closed through the day into tomorrow morning. The closure begins at 7 a.m. and runs until tomorrow at 8 a.m. Nova Scotia Health says this is due to...
Jun 30, 2021 (Y95 News file photo)
