Category Archives: News

The recently released Greene Report underscores the financial difficulties faced by Newfoundland and Labrador. A province with a debt load of $47-billion, an aging and declining population, and an ove...

We've now entered the sixth month since the disappearance of Zack Lefave. "We're just lost basically," says Kimberly Morton, Lefave's cousin and family spokesperson. "We just keep following leads, pos...

Nova Scotia is reporting 17 new cases of COVID 19 and two deaths. Two men in their 60s have died in the Halifax region. There are 12 new cases in Central Zone. Eight of the cases are close contacts of...

The Sipekne’katik First Nation has delayed the start of their fishing season. They planned to launch a food, social and ceremonial fishery tomorrow. Chief Mike Sack is explaining why. “For...

Old Age Security is increasing by 10 per cent. This is the first increase since 1973 besides inflation adjustments, according to Canada’s Minister of Seniors, Deb Schulte. “This is our nex...

Schools across Nova Scotia will get retrofits, repairs and upgrades with more than $25 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments. Derek Mombourquette, provincial Minster of Educat...

Students returned to school today in our region. Dr. Chris Boulter, the Regional Executive Director of Education for the Tri-County Regional Centre for Education is encouraged that the lockdown was su...

Work on the Parade Street sewer separation project in Yarmouth is underway. It was one of the major items in the town's capital budget for this year. Mayor Pam Mood says combined rock sewer will be re...

RCMP have charged a man with attempted murder after a car crashed into a home in Pictou on Saturday. Police were called to Elm Drive at around 3 p.m. after they say the driver tried to hit someone sta...

We need to prepare ourselves for the discovery of sites similar to that of the former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. That comes from Murray Sinclair who chaired the Truth and Reconc...