Category Archives: News
Congrès Mondial Acadien 2024 Board In Place
The Organizing Committee of the Congrs mondial acadien 2024 appointed the remaining members when they held their first Annual General Meeting earlier this month. Chair Allister Surette says the appoin...
Jun 23, 2020 COCMA Organizing Committee Chair Allister Surette
Another ER Closure In Shelburne
There will be another closure of Roseway Hospital's emergency department. The Shelburne ER will be shut down tomorrow (Wednesday) from 6 am to 8 pm. The Nova Scotia Health Authority cites a lack of ph...
Jun 23, 2020
Two Weeks With No COVID-19 Diagnoses In NS
It's been another day without a positive COVID-19 test result, with the last one identified two weeks ago on June 9th. There are two people being treated in the hospital at this time, one in Intensive...
Jun 23, 2020
Clark's Harbour Mayor Concerned About Reduced Banking Hours
A spokesperson for RBC confirms that the Royal Bank in Clark's Harbour will be re-opening in August on a reduced schedule. Regional Vice President for Central & Western Nova Scotia Brent Aitken co...
Jun 23, 2020 RBC Clark's Harbour. Image c/o Google Earth.
Crews Knock Down House Fire In Hebron
Quick work by fire crews battling a house fire in Hebron early Tuesday morning. Yarmouth Fire Department Acting Fire Chief Mike Deveau says crews got the call a little after 5:30. The Yarmouth ...
Jun 23, 2020 Fire crews knocked down a blaze at this home in Hebron on June 23, 2020.
Town of Shelburne Denied Farley Mowat Legal Fee Reimbursement
The Town of Shelburne won’t be seeing any additional reimbursement for the MV Farley Mowat. A request sent by the town for reimbursement of lawyer fees related to the derelict ship has been reje...
Jun 23, 2020
Mr. Bean To Help The WHO
An unlikely spokesperson for the World Health Organization. It's enlisted the help of Mr. Bean to promote the importance of washing your hands, physical distancing, and showing kindness. The alto-ego ...
Jun 22, 2020 photo courtesy of the WHO
Additional Death Attributed To COVID-19 in NS
It's now 13 days in a row without a positive COVID-19 test result in Nova Scotia, however there has been another death related to the virus, bringing the number to 63. The 63 year-old man, with underl...
Jun 22, 2020
Hot, Dry Summer In The Forecast
Summer officially started Saturday, and a weather expert says it'll be hot and dry. Environment Canada's Senior Climatologist says they're usually not so confident. Phillips says, this year, the model...
Jun 22, 2020 The sun beams down on Shag Harbour in this file photo.
Eel Brook Fire Department Save A Man; Fight A Forest Fire
Incredible efforts all around following an incident in Belleville on Sunday afternoon. Eel Brook Fire Chief Jonathan LeBlanc says the fire department was initially called about a smoke sighting in a w...
Jun 22, 2020 A JRCC Cormorant Helicopter flies into Yarmouth Regional Hospital after airlifting an injured man from the woods in North Belleville. Photo c/o Sam Clattenburg
