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Over 200 teachers, retired teachers and members of other unions are holding a rally on Starrs Road in Yarmouth. The Yarmouth local of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union organized the information picket. T...

Massive protests surrounded province house in Halifax on Monday. Hundreds of students showed up in the morning to let the government know they weren’t pleased to be out of class. Kenzie Donnelly...

Today is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. It’s a day to remember the 14 women murdered at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal on December 6, 1989. We will never ...

As the province and teachers union try to come to an arrangement on a new contract, another group is waiting in the wings. Nova Scotia’s civil servants are also trying to work out a new deal wit...

The calls for the education minister to resign are getting louder. PC Leader Jamie Baillie said yesterday that Minister Karen Casey should resign after locking children out of school Monday. He says n...

Remembrance Day is a little closer to being a federal legal holiday. That would give it the same status as Canada Day and Victoria Day in federal legislation. Private Members Bill C-311 unanimously pa...

A section of Starrs Road in Yarmouth is expected to be lined with teachers and their supporters this afternoon. Members of the Yarmouth Local of the NSTU (Nova Scotia Teachers Union) are planning an i...

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Santa Claus came to town last night. He was there for the tree lighting at Yarmouth South Playground. Lots of people came out, many with their children who sat on Santa’s lap. Myrna Berry and vo...

A popular sporting event in Yarmouth will not go ahead this year. The Cook’s Cup high school hockey tournament that was scheduled this weekend at Mariners Centre has been canceled due to work-to...