Category Archives: News
N.S. investing $2M in new Mi’kmaw mental health, addictions strategy
Our province is investing $2 million to help develop a new Mi'kmaw mental health and addictions strategy. The money will be delivered to the health and wellness organization Tajikeimik, a collaboratio...
Mar 15, 2022
WestJet announces return of non-stop flights from Halifax to Europe
Get ready for more options to take to the skies again. WestJet has announced it’s bringing back non-stop flights from Halifax to Europe. The routes will fly out of the Halifax airport to Dublin,...
Mar 15, 2022
Rescued fisher passes away after spending several hours in frigid waters
There’s tragic news out of the fishery in Nova Scotia. A 35-year-old man has died after spending five hours in the water off the coast of Canso. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax r...
Mar 15, 2022
Wrestler Scott Hall Dead At 63
Influential professional wrestling star Scott Hall has passed away. He was taken off life support after complications from surgery yesterday. Hall broke into the World Wrestling Federation in the earl...
Mar 15, 2022
Université Sainte-Anne French Studies Director, Jean Wilson, Dies
The Director of the Department of French Studies at Universit Sainte-Anne has died. Associate Professor of Language and Literature Jean Wilson passed away suddenly on Friday at the age of 60. He taugh...
Mar 14, 2022 From left to right : Aldéa Landy, Vanessa Wilson, Jean Wilson, Allister Surette and Hughie Batherson.
Police Continue Search For Home Invaders After The Death of A Concession Man
A Concession man who suffered life threatening injuries after a home invasion in February has died. On February 16 Meteghan RCMP responded to a report of a home invasion on Second Division Rd. in Conc...
Mar 14, 2022
Yarmouth Main Street Streetscape Recognized With National Award
The developers of Yarmouth's Main Street Streetscape Project are being recognized nationally. For their work on the project, Fathom Studio won the Small or Medium Community Urban Design Award, Award o...
Mar 14, 2022 (left to right) Mayor Pam Mood cuts the ribbon on the Alma Square lobster car bus shelter with local Greco Pizza owner Ray Tynski, project manager Brandon McNicol and Landscape Architect Nicholas Robins
MLA Greg Morrow Credits Coast Guard, Other Agencies In Overboard Fisher Rescue
After a Saturday morning engine problem off the coast of Canso forced a ship’s crew to abandon on Sunday, one of the five members fell into the sea while trying to transfer from a life boat onto...
Mar 14, 2022
Hockey Fundraiser For Josh Atkins This Friday
A fundraiser for a Yarmouth man, who suffered a head injury after a fall earlier this month. Josh Atkins, who coaches minor hockey and softball in the area, is in hospital in Halifax. His hockey buddi...
Mar 14, 2022 Yarmouth's Josh Atkins (right) is in hospital in Halifax. A fundraising hockey game is being held at Mariners Centre on March 18th (Photo: GoFundMe)
NS Announces Funding for Organizations That Help Seniors
The Province is investing just over $600,000 in 39 projects to help older Nova Scotians stay healthy, active and socially connected in their communities. Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Barbara Ad...
Mar 14, 2022
