Category Archives: News
No Significant Change In Gas Prices
Not much change in the price of gasoline on Friday morning. A litre of regular self-serve gasoline is now a maximum of 94.2 cents a litre. That's down eight-tenths of a cent. The price of diese...
Jun 19, 2020
Province allows groups of ten without physical distancing
Two family bubbles are a thing of the past. Premier Stephen McNeil says you can now gather in any group of ten without physical distancing. McNeil says they understand how eager people are. “Eff...
Jun 18, 2020
Yarmouth Recreation Adapting For Summer Activities
With the summer weather here and many people getting antsy after long quarantines, Yarmouth Recreation is planning a number of activities. Director Frank Grant says things will definitely be done a bi...
Jun 18, 2020
Burn Safe Map Essential Summer Tool
With wildfire season in full effect, provincial officials are hammering home the need for residents to exercise caution. Wildfire Prevention Officer for the Department of Lands and Forestry Kara McCur...
Jun 18, 2020 Smoke from a forest fire burning in the Argyle area in May 2020 is visible from communities kilometres away.
Image by Kendra Nickerson, c/o Facebook.
COVID-19 Contact Tracing App Coming In July
A new COVID-19 contact tracing app, being tested in Ontario, will soon be available to download for free. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the app will notify users if they have been exposed to the ...
Jun 18, 2020
Damage On Stoney Island Beach To Be Repaired
After putting a fair bit of money into enhancing beaches and budgeting for a lot more to come, people in the Stoney Island area awoke last week to find someone had driven all over part of their beach....
Jun 18, 2020 Stoney Island Beach parking lot area (Municipality of the District of Barrington photo)
One Man In Custody, One RCMP Officer Injured In Colchester County
RCMP say an officer was injured and one man is in custody following an incident in Colchester County. A press release states that around suppertime on Tuesday, officers responded to a pair of calls in...
Jun 17, 2020
Nurses’ Union Wants Wage Parity For All LPNs
The Nova Scotia Nurses' Union wants licensed practical nurses to have the same acknowledgement and compensation no matter where they work in the province. NSNU President Janet Hazelton says the dispar...
Jun 17, 2020
Another Day Without Any New COVID-19 Cases
It’s another day without a positive COVID-19 test in Nova Scotia, the eighth in a row. Every one of the 505 tests completed by the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab yesterday ...
Jun 17, 2020
New Trial Ordered For Sandeson
The defendant in a high-profile murder case in Nova Scotia three years ago will again have his day in court. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for William Sandeson. Back in 2015,...
Jun 17, 2020 Image of William Sandeson from http://www.canadianinmatesconnect.com
