Category Archives: News
Heat Warning In Effect For Tri-Counties
A heat warning is in effect for Southwestern Nova Scotia. Temperatures today with the humidex could reach 38 degrees in Yarmouth, Shelburne and Digby counties. The maximum temperature tonight could be...
Jun 28, 2021
Yarmouth Town Councillor Jim MacLeod Passes Away
Yarmouth Mayor Pam Mood is announcing the passing of Councillor James "Jim" MacLeod on behalf of his family and the town. "Jim MacLeod was one of a kind, he touched the lives of everyone he met. He en...
Jun 27, 2021
Three new cases of COVID-19
Nova Scotia is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 and seven recoveries. Two cases are in Central Zone and are close contacts of previously reported cases. The other case is in Eastern Zone and is u...
Jun 27, 2021
11 new cases, Delta and Gamma Variants Identified
Nova Scotia is reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19 and nine recoveries Saturday. All of the cases are in Central Zone. Ten are close contacts and one is related to travel. The close contacts are within...
Jun 26, 2021
Chauvin Gets 22.5 Year Sentence In George Floyd’s Murder
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 and a half years in prison in the death of George Floyd. 45-year-old Chauvin was convicted in April on several charges includ...
Jun 25, 2021
Man Charged With Firearms Offence In Maxwellton
Meteghan RCMP have charged a 44-year-old man in Maxwellton with a firearms offence. On June 24th at 8:15 a.m., police executed a search warrant at a home in Maxwellton in relation to a drug traffickin...
Jun 25, 2021
COVID Hospitalizations Continue To Drop
Encouraging news but the danger of COVID-19 variants still remain in Canada. Federal officials on Friday reported that daily case counts are dropping and there are less cases of severe illness as a re...
Jun 25, 2021
16 new cases of COVID-19, 60 active (June 25)
Nova Scotia is reporting 16 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 recoveries. Fifteen of the cases are in Central Zone. Eleven are close contacts and four are related to travel. The close contacts are within a...
Jun 25, 2021
Demolition Ordered For Building At 303/305 Main Street In Yarmouth
A demolition order for a run-down building on Main Street in Yarmouth was given by town council yesterday. The owner of 303/305 Main Street now has 30 days to complete demolition, or the town will beg...
Jun 25, 2021
Town of Yarmouth To Award Grants To Organizations
Yarmouth town council are set to give out their annual grants to organizations. At their Committee of the Whole meeting yesterday, council approved the nearly $39,000 budget for the grants. Some of th...
Jun 25, 2021
