Category Archives: News

The province is increasing minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024. The Nova Scotia Minimum Wage Review Committee made the recommendation in January. The increase will come over the next two years: April...

Premier Tim Houston has promised to release a detailed, multi-year plan to fix healthcare, before the end of March. That comes after the final report from the Speak Up for Healthcare Tour was released...

More details about a fire at the Saulnierville Station Kwik Way yesterday. Public Information Officer for the Nova Scotia RCMP Cpl. Chris Marshall says a man had entered the store yesterday, robbed it...

Rapid test kits will be distributed in Barrington tomorrow. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. you can pick up a kit at the Sandy Wickens Memorial Arena. The Western Counties Regional Libraries will be handing ou...

Excitement over the return of the CAT ferry is being felt in our region. The tourism association Yarmouth and Acadian Shores were thrilled to hear the Bay Ferries vessel is scheduled to resume sailing...

Provincial RCMP say 13 people faced stunting charges in January. The charges are as follows; 194 km/h on Highway 103 in Bridgewater, 175 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 101 in Yarmouth, 173 km/h in...

When the Nova Scotia government announced on Wednesday afternoon that they would be increasing wages for continuing care assistants (CCA) it came as a shock to their union as negotiations for a new co...

Nova Scotia RCMP have released the number of people charged with impaired driving for January. Police say the charged 113 people total for the month including: 64 charged with Impaired Operation of a ...

The presence of bird flu in our province is triggering trade restrictions for Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it’s due to an outbreak of the highly infectious virus in a commerc...

David Campbell and Don Mills continue their series profiling the region's top entrepreneurs with one of Atlantic Canada's most successful business leaders, Clearwater Seafoods co-founder John Risley, ...