Category Archives: News
Local Powerlifter Heading To Sweden
A local powerlifter is heading abroad to represent Canada. Melissa Stone (Garron) will travel to Sweden at the end of the month to compete in the International Powerlifting Federation's Master Powerli...
Sep 17, 2021
Upcoming Closures at Digby General Hospital's Emergency Department
Nova Scotia Health has announced a number of closures at Digby General Hospital's emergency department. Today, tomorrow and Monday, the ER will close at 5 p.m. and reopen the next morning at 7 a.m. La...
Sep 17, 2021
New COVID-19 Case Reported In Tri-Counties.
There's one new case of COVID-19 in the Yarmouth/Shelburne/Digby Community Health Network. The case is related to travel, and was the only one announced for the Western Zone today. It's the 21st case ...
Sep 17, 2021
Three Arrests In Yarmouth During Cocaine Trafficking Investigation
Three people have been arrested in Yarmouth during a cocaine trafficking investigation. The Yarmouth/Clare Street Crime Enforcement Unit, with assistance from Meteghan RCMP and Yarmouth Municipal RCMP...
Sep 17, 2021
N.S. reports 18 new COVID cases (Sept 17)
Nova Scotia is reporting 18 new cases of COVID-19 and 29 recoveries. Twelve of the cases are in the Halifax region. Ten are close contacts of previously reported cases. Two are under investigation. Th...
Sep 17, 2021
Special Election For Municipality of Clare
The Municipality of Clare is holding a special election for District 7. Warden Ronnie LeBlanc was recently elected MLA for the Clare riding, leaving his seat on council vacant. The Municipality has an...
Sep 17, 2021
Tender Awarded For New Shelburne Municipal Administration Building
The Municipality of Shelburne is on track to build a new administration building. At a special meeting earlier this week, council awarded a tender to Rikjak Construction to build a new municipal servi...
Sep 17, 2021
Voter Turnout Less Than 30 Per Cent As Town Special Election Looms
The Town of Yarmouth wants to see more votes come in for tomorrow's Special Election. As of this morning, only 29.6 per cent of eligible voters have cast a ballot for one of three candidates trying fo...
Sep 17, 2021
Mariners On Main To Open Next Month
Mariners on Main will open its doors next month. The former YMCA building on Main Street in Yarmouth is now being operated by the Mariners Centre. The pool will be back up and running, and new fitness...
Sep 17, 2021 (Photo: Mariners Centre on Facebook)
Federal NDP leader heading to Nova Scotia as election day looms
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is heading to Nova Scotia on Friday with just a few days left on the federal election campaign trail. Singh is starting the day in Quebec where he is set to talk about the Lib...
Sep 17, 2021
