Category Archives: News
N.S. reports 34 new cases of COVID-19 (Sept 16)
Nova Scotia is reporting 34 new cases of COVID-19 and 20 recoveries. Twenty-six of the cases are in Northern Zone. All are close contacts of previously reported cases. There is a large cluster of link...
Sep 16, 2021
MODY Planning Advisory Committee To Hear More About Aquaculture
The Municipality of Yarmouth's Planning Advisory Committee wants to hear more about aquaculture. As part of a learning plan approved at Tuesday's meeting, the committee will hear from experts from the...
Sep 16, 2021 The potential site of Boreal Salmon's open-flow land-based salmon farm in Chebogue. (Contributed Photo)
Cumberland-Colchester NDP candidate drops out over anti-Semitic Tweet
A shake up in the federal election race in northern Nova Scotia ahead of voters casting their ballots on Monday. The NDP has announced 18-year-old Dan Osborne has resigned as the candidate for Cumberl...
Sep 16, 2021
N.S. facing $341M deficit, net debt tops $16B
You might not be surprised to find out we spent a big dollars on health care over the last fiscal year. Updated figures from our province show we are facing a deficit of $341 million with most of it s...
Sep 16, 2021
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole heading to N.S. Thursday
The federal Conservative Leader will pound the pavement in Nova Scotia on Thursday as the election campaign enters its final stretch. Erin O’Toole will start the day off in New Brunswick before ...
Sep 16, 2021
Traffic Lights Being Repaired At Starrs Road/Highway 101 Intersection
Work will begin to fix traffic lights on Starrs Road in Yarmouth this morning. At 9 a.m, the town says the Nova Scotia Department of Public Works will be working on the lights at the intersection with...
Sep 16, 2021
Poli-Sci Prof Says Easier Access May Encourage Votes
Whether or not this federal election will see a good voter turnout remains a big question. Political Science Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island Don Desserud says he originally predict...
Sep 16, 2021
Brian Lee Crowley On Economic Growth Potential And The 'Covid Misery Index'
Brian Lee Crowley has little patience for governments that try to spend their way to economic prosperity. He also has no time for the view that Atlantic Canada is less prosperous because it has been m...
Sep 16, 2021
Cheryl Burbidge: NDP Candidate For West Nova
Federal election day is getting closer. Cheryl Burbidge is carrying the NDP banner for West Nova. Burbidge recently ran in the provincial election for the NDP in the Annapolis riding. She says the NDP...
Sep 15, 2021
We’re Not Your Dad’s Conservative Party: O’Toole
With only three days left to campaign, the leaders continue to push the undecided voters under their tent. On Day 32, Justin Trudeau of the Liberals took the time to highlight the party’s health...
Sep 15, 2021
