Author Archives: Kevin Northup

It's Day one of the Western Nova Scotia Exhibition in Yarmouth. Inside Arena 1, a baby contest, magician Patrick Drake, and 7-year-old singer Carson Fullerton on the main stage tonight. Light and mini...

Canada's women's rugby sevens team fell to New Zealand 19-12 in the gold medal game at the Paris Olympics. It's the highest Canada has ever finished, they'll settle for the silver. They had to beat Au...

The Municipality of Argyle is standing behind the aquaculture development area. They worked with the province to identify 53 potential sites in Lobster Bay, six have gone to tender. Some residents fee...

The 'ex with all the extras' is back in Yarmouth. The Western Nova Scotia Exhibition features returning favourites like truck pulls, ox hauls, and live entertainment. There will also be rides, games a...

Nova Scotia's Premier says he believes in the ferry link to Maine. Bookings are up this year on the 'CAT' ferry between Yarmouth and Bar Harbor. Speaking with Acadia News in Yarmouth, Tim Houston says...

A double-golden day for Canada at the Summer Olympics. Summer McIntosh picked up her second medal of the games, crushing the field to win the women's 400m Individual Medley swimming event. The 17-year...

Nova Scotia Power says scams are on the rise. They say customers have been reporting fraudulent phone calls and websites posing as Nova Scotia Power. On their website, NS Power says scammers are becom...

Beautiful weather and lots of participants through Yarmouth Seafest. The festival wrapped up on Saturday with a Kids Day on the waterfront. Seafest president Darryl LeBlanc says they were able to put ...

A herring quota cut isn't sitting well with the industry. Earlier this month, Federal fisheries minister Diane Lebouthillier announced a 24 percent drop in the total allowable catch until 2027. That's...

Another life has been lost on a road in Nova Scotia. A 79-year-old woman died in a two vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on Highway 101 in Marshalltown, Digby County. The woman from Plympton was drivin...