Category Archives: News
Jennifer Watts On Nova Scotia's One-Stop For Immigrant Settlement
On the Insights podcast for the past couple of weeks, Don Mills and David Campbell have been talking about the importance of growing the population of Atlantic Canada. In this episode, Don chats with ...
Apr 29, 2021
Atlantic Bubble Talks On Hold Indefinitely
Discussions surrounding the Atlantic Bubble have been delayed until further notice amid ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks. The Council of Atlantic Premiers made the announcement in a statement released Wedne...
Apr 28, 2021
AstraZeneca opening to people between 40 to 54
The province is opening AstraZeneca vaccination appointments to people between 40 to 54. Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, says they have seen some AstraZeneca a...
Apr 28, 2021
WWII Air Bomb Found Outside Yarmouth
A World War II era bomb will be carefully removed Thursday from a pond outside of Yarmouth. The vintage general purpose 500 pound air bomb was discovered in a pond in Chebogue after a call was made to...
Apr 28, 2021
Argyle Also Upset With MODY Survey
Argyle councillors are echoing concerns from Yarmouth town council over a phone survey done by the Municipality of Yarmouth. The survey asked residents from all three municipal units for their feeling...
Apr 28, 2021
75 new cases of COVID-19; 489 active (April 28)
Nova Scotia is announcing 75 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, April 28. There are now 489 active cases in the province. 67 – Central 6 – Eastern 1 – Northern 1 – Western Ele...
Apr 28, 2021
Eight MHL Teams End Their Seasons
Eight teams in the Maritime Junior Hockey League have decided to call it quits for the season. All teams in the Eastlink South Division, including the Summerside Western Capitals, made the decision la...
Apr 28, 2021
Tri-County Planning Initiative Receives $120,000
The province has invested $120,000 for the Tri-counties to streamline their planning for land use. The Tri-County Planning Initiative will work to establish one set of rules for planning in the area. ...
Apr 27, 2021 Image c/o Google maps
Premier: Province-wide shut down for two weeks
Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin has announced a two-week province wide shutdown or circuit breaker. “This is not the time for half measures,” said Premier Rankin. “We need strong, qu...
Apr 27, 2021
Barrington Municipality Approves Budgets
The budgets for this fiscal year have been approved by the Municipality of Barrington. At last night's council meeting an operating budget of $8.6 million and capital budget of $4.9 million were appro...
Apr 27, 2021
