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Premier On Defensive A Day After Strike Vote
The public school teachers strike mandate dominated the early part of question period Wednesday at the Nova Scotia Legislature. Opposition Leader Jamie Baillie says Stephen McNeil’s government h...
Oct 26, 2016
Auditors General Scrutinize Atlantic Lottery Corporation Expenses
How the Atlantic Lottery Corporation does business is coming under scrutiny. Auditor General Kim MacPherson says the four provincial governments in Atlantic Canada changed their minds about internet g...
Oct 26, 2016
Yarmouth Hosts Cross-Country Provincials For The First Time
Earlier this week, Yarmouth hosted the NSSAF Cross Country Provincials for the first time. It was held on Monday at the Yarmouth Golf and Country Club. Hundreds of runners from schools across the prov...
Oct 26, 2016
Local Filmmaker Looking For Personal Accounts Of Camp Norway
A new documentary will look to bring an overlooked era in South Shore History to light. Camp Norway was established in Lunenburg during the second world war to accommodate hundreds of displaced Norweg...
Oct 26, 2016
Vote Day For MP Motion On Abandoned, Derelict Vessels
A vote will be held tonight to determine the next steps on Bernadette Jordan’s motion about abandoned and derelict vessels. Opposition MPs debated the motion earlier this week in the House of Co...
Oct 26, 2016
IMO Foods Ltd To Improve Product Scanning Technology
IMO Foods has received an investment from the federal government. The $75,000, which is repayable, will allow the company to carry out upgrades at its Water Street facility. The announcement was made ...
Oct 26, 2016
9th Annual Chicks With Sticks Female Hockey Tournament In Yarmouth This Weekend
The largest female minor hockey tournament in Nova Scotia returns to Mariners Centre this weekend. Chicks With Sticks is back for the ninth straight year this Friday to Sunday. 16 teams in four divisi...
Oct 26, 2016
Judicial Recount Coming For District 4 In Yarmouth Municipal Election
Patti Durkee thought she lost District 4 in the Yarmouth Municipal election. And then, she didn’t. Durkee was the winner by one vote after the official addition last Tuesday. On election night, ...
Oct 26, 2016
Another Local Hockey Team Taking Part In Pink In The Rink.
Like the Yarmouth Junior A Mariners, the Shelburne County Bantam A Flames will wear pink sweaters in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The game takes place at the Sandy Wickens Memorial Arena o...
Oct 26, 2016
Tidal Power Moving Ahead Despite Court Challenge
The go ahead has been given for two test turbines to be deployed in the Minas Basin near Parrsboro after a ruling in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Mr. Justice Jamie Campbell determined there’s ...
Oct 26, 2016
