Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Options for drinking water if your well has run dry. Both the Municipality of Yarmouth and Argyle are starting a relief program today. It will provide coupons that can be exchanged for drinking water ...

Hockey is on at the Fishtank. The Yarmouth Mariners play their first preseason game Friday night against the Valley Wildcats. Camp began last week with 44 players, that's been cut down to 25. Head Coa...

The number of people looking for work went up again in August. Canada's unemployment rate rose by two-tenths of a percentage to 7.1 percent, according to StatsCan. That's a loss of 66,000 jobs, mostly...

Yarmouth has a plan to get a deer problem under control. A more detailed version of a cull will be submitted to the Department of Natural Resources by a deer management working group. The first draft ...

If you're on Digby's water system, you're being asked to use less. The water commission want users to voluntarily limit their water consumption. That means avoiding lawn and garden watering, washing v...

The clock on your stove might be flashing when you wake up Thursday morning. A small power outage is planned for areas of Yarmouth County overnight. The 10-minute interruption will start at 3 a.m, acc...

Pencils are packed and the snack cupboard is full. Classes begin Thursday for over 6,100 students in the Tri-County Regional Centre for Education. Regional executive director Jared Purdy says staff ha...

Seniors could be getting up to $750 to help with the cost-of-living. Applications for the province's Seniors Care Grant are now open. You have to be at least 65 and make less than $45,100 a year. If y...

As the Long Lake wildfire burns out of control, many are wondering when they'll be able to go home. It's been three weeks since the Annapolis County blaze broke out, with hundreds still evacuated. The...

Some good news for a few areas in Nova Scotia heading into the long weekend. The woods ban has been lifted in parts of the province. Premier Tim Houston says conditions have improved and the risk of w...