Author Archives: Kevin Northup

A mail-carrier hopes his fellow workers say 'no' to Canada Post, and the government. The Crown corporation has given 53,000 CUPW members until Friday to accept their latest collective bargaining offer...

A heat warning is in effect for some areas of the province. It's in place for northern and central mainland Nova Scotia, as well as the Annapolis Valley and parts of the South Shore. Environment Canad...

The Special Olympic Summer Games have kicked off in Antigonish. StFX is hosting the annual event for over 1,000 athletes, coaches, staff and volunteers from Nova Scotia this weekend. The athletes will...

The J-Strong Softball tournament is on this weekend. Twenty-eight teams are registered for the tournament, starting Friday night at the Hebron Recreation Complex. Since 2016, the tournament has raised...

Roads in Digby County are deteriorating. That's according to the municipality, who expressed concerns of a lack of funding from the Department of Public Works and staff vacancies. In a letter to the N...

An intersection in Yarmouth is now a four-way stop. Stop signs are in place in all directions at the Greenville/Hardscratch Road spot. The province made the change after growing calls from the public ...

Incredible luck for a Cumberland County woman. Judy Clarke of Streets Ridge won the Nova Scotia Firefighters 50/50 two weeks in a row. Last week, she won over $258,000, and in Thursday night's draw sh...

Lobster fishing groups met with the federal minister in Yarmouth. Joanne Thompson toured the area and sat down with industry stakeholders to hear their concerns. Colin Sproul with the Unified Fisherie...

Could more open net-pen salmon farms be coming to St. Mary's Bay? The province has an application from a Norwegian company for four lease sites to increase finfish production by three million. Healthy...

Korean war soldiers will be honoured in Wedgeport. The Legion is hosting a ceremony on Saturday at 11 a.m. to mark the 72nd anniversary of the end of the war. Over 500 Canadians died in action. Andre ...