Category Archives: News

You may have noticed some road closures in downtown Yarmouth lately. The town has hired Aberdeen Paving to conduct its sewer separation project. Work began on Water Street last week, and is continuing...

Today is Persons Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the ruling, 87 years ago, that declared women to be 'persons' in Canada. The historic decision to include women in the legal definition of R...

Many wells in the region that were dry over the summer are returning to normal. However, there are still some wells without much water in them. The Nova Scotia Government says well water levels can ta...

A recent Ipos Reid survey has found over half of Canadians (54 %) say Canada is heading in the right direction. China ranked number one, followed by Saudi Arabia, India, Peru and then Canada. Only 36 ...

The drought continues to affect wells in the South Shore. With provincial parks set to close on October 27, that will leave some people looking for a place to shower and get water. Some provincial par...

If elementary students were allowed to vote, the election on the South Shore may have turned out differently. Christopher Clarke and David Walker would have kept their mayoral seats if the 13,000 stud...

This week is National School Bus Safety Week. The Tri-County Regional School Board continues to keep track of school bus red light violations The number of violations remains discouraging. As of last ...

The federal government will fund a number of community projects in the Municipality of Argyle. $90,700 was announced last week by West Nova MP Colin Fraser for the Conseil Acadien de Par-en-Bas. The p...

Less than 100 years ago the 20 women or so who were elected this weekend wouldn’t even have been able to run. That’s because women weren’t legally considered people until October 18,...

The Tri-County Women’s Centre has just hired a sexual assault nurse examiner co-ordinator. In April. the women’s centre, located in Yarmouth, signed a three-year contract with the Nova Sco...