Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Tax rates are going up in Barrington for the first time in five years. The residential rate is up three cents, while commercial rates are bumped by five cents for the first time in eight years. That p...

It's Day 1 of the Maritime Junior C Hockey Championship. The event in Barrington runs until Sunday at the Sandy Wickens Memorial Arena. The first game of the day features the Nova Scotia champion East...

The PWHL is expanding. Vancouver will become the seventh team in the Professional Women's Hockey League. The team will start play next season, and their home rink will be the Pacific Coliseum, the for...

Construction of Yarmouth's long awaited new emergency department is starting soon. The province says activity will begin sometime next week at the hospital. The new department will be able to care for...

A big clean-up in Yarmouth. Scotian Shores is hosting their fourth annual Earth Day weekend event at Mariners Centre. They're encouraging people to collect garbage in the area and bring it to the cent...

A third place finish for a historic black church in Yarmouth. The Sharon Assembly Church was in the 'Next Great Save' competition through the National Trust for Canada. A group working to restore the ...

The province is excited about bioinnovation. The new Neptune centre in Dartmouth has opened, and is projected to create more than 2,400 jobs and $74 million in tax-revenue. It focuses on the province'...

The best Junior C hockey players in our region are coming to Barrington. The Southwest Storm are hosting the Maritime championships this Thursday to Sunday. Southwest were knocked out in the first rou...

The province is cracking down on illegal tobacco. Enforcement officers laid a record number of charges in 2024 as seizures are up. Service Nova Scotia minister Jill Balser was asked if it's because th...

Interested in renting or building housing in Yarmouth? The Town of Yarmouth is hosting the community housing forum on May 1 at NSCC Burridge Campus. It's for homeowners, property owners and managers, ...