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The Premier says we must stay the course to keep ahead of COVID-19. Stephen McNeil says recently announced delays in vaccine supply and new COVID-19 variants have exposed how fragile our position is. ...

The status of this year's Coal Shed Music Festival is undecided according to volunteer chair Phil DeMille. The festival was cancelled last year due to COVID-19. DeMille talked about the potential for ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is again reminding Canadians to cancel travel plans as he promises more travel restrictions. He says he won’t hesitate to take tougher measures, and will be making ...

Federal Conservative leader Erin O’Toole wants answers from the Trudeau government about the COVID-19 vaccine program. He says Canada was scheduled to receive almost one million vaccines between...

Another bump in the province's minimum wage is coming in April. Labour and Advanced Education Minister Lena Metlege Diab announced on Tuesday that government has accepted a recommendation for an overa...

The federal government wants to hear from Canadians about rebuilding the budget in 2021 after the pandemic. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says pre-budget consultations have been launched. Sh...

More high-speed internet hookups on the way to Yarmouth and Digby counties. The Western Regional Enterprise Network has partnered with local municipalities, Develop Nova Scotia, and Bell Canada on fib...

Yarmouth fire crews responded to a fire at a home on Pleasant street around 1 p.m. today. Yarmouth Fire Department Acting Chief Mike Deveau says crews arrived to find fire in one area of the 1st floor...

Conservation groups and concerned citizens will defend their protest of clearcutting in New France before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax on Tuesday. In the fall, citizens and members of Exti...

It’s another day with no new COVID-19 cases in the province. Public health officials say no new cases have been reported for the second time in three days. We’ve had one new case in those ...