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An internationally known Yarmouth born nurse is being honoured with a scholarship in her name. The Yarmouth Hospital Foundation has announced the YHF Sara Corning Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity Schola...

A Quebec Liberal MP has criticized his own government’s approach to the pandemic claiming it stigmatizes and divides people. Joel Lightbound, who represents the Quebec City area riding of Louis-...

A new program aimed at improving the mental health of Nova Scotia’s first responders and other public safety personnel launched today. PSPNET, a free, confidential program is designed for parame...

The youngest sister of civil rights activist Viola Desmond has died. Wanda Robson passed away over the weekend. Desmond was arrested in 1946 for refusing to leave a whites-only section of a New Glasgo...

A new and improved Northern Pulp is getting closer to fruition. The public consultation period on the draft terms of reference which Northern Pulp must use to prepare its Class II environmental assess...

We have a start date for the Nova Scotia to Maine ferry service. The CAT will set sail again on May 19th. It will run four days a week until June 22nd, leaving Yarmouth at 9:30 a.m. each day, and retu...

RCMP say they’re investigating a series of suspicious packages delivered to three constituency offices in Southwestern Nova Scotia. Yesterday around noon, Barrington RCMP, fire and EHS responded...

Three more Nova Scotians died from COVID-19 this weekend. A woman in her 60’s died in the Central Zone while two women in their 70’s died, one in the Eastern Zone and one in the Western Zo...

Rural entrepreneurs in Nova Scotia are will have a chance to get support and resources to build their businesses. Applications are now open for IGNITE Atlantic’s Amplify accelerator program. The...

The Municipality of Barrington's offices are currently closed to the public after a suspicious package arrived. In a tweet, the RCMP say they are at the Barrington municipal building investigating a s...