Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Canada's unemployment rate is up. It rose 0.2 percentage points to to 6.9 percent in April. StatsCan says the rate is now back to November, 2024 levels, which were the highest since 2017, excluding th...

You'll pay a bit less if you fill up with diesel. The price dropped about 5 cents per litre at midnight. It's now around $1.35. Regular gas didn't budge, it's still holding at about $1.40 a litre.

New electric vehicle chargers in Yarmouth. Four spaces will be created in the Brown Street parking lot, work begins next week. The town says installation is expected to take 4-6 weeks, with the lot pa...

Nova Scotia's only Conservative MP wants a meeting with the Prime Minister. Chris d'Entremont of Acadie-Annapolis says the lobster fishery needs a sustainable path forward. He's requested a sit-down i...

The Moncton Wildcats will be in the national championship. They're headed to the Memorial Cup, because the host Rimouski Oceanic have advanced to the QMJHL final. Rimouski beat Shawinigan 4-3 in doubl...

Nothing turned up in the search for a missing Yarmouth man. About 100 people were in Plymouth, Yarmouth County over the weekend taking part in a new search for evidence in the Zach Lefave case. He wen...

The province is helping Yarmouth's municipal building become more accessible. Over $500,000 will go toward renovations at the building on Hwy 1 in Hebron. It's part of the GRID funding handed out last...

Two million dollars to help breast cancer patients in Nova Scotia. The IWK Foundation says they've received the donation from the J & W Murphy Foundation for a Breast Health Research Unit. It will...

The province is funding Ignite Atlantic. During an event in Yarmouth, Growth and Development minister Colton LeBlanc said they're giving $1.6 million over three years. Ignite is a rural start-up space...

A major search in the case of Zach Lefave. RCMP, along with Yarmouth County and Barrington Ground Search and Rescue teams were in Plymouth, Yarmouth County on Saturday and Sunday. An RCMP spokesperson...