Category Archives: News
Fiscal Snapshot Planned For July 8th
The federal government will let Canadians know next month where we stand financially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an update will be provided in the House o...
Jun 17, 2020
Site Selected For New Wedgeport Elementary School
The long process of getting a new school in Wedgeport continues, with the site selection finally nailed down. The new elementary school will be built near the existing school on Highway 334. Site prep...
Jun 17, 2020 (Y95 News file photo)
Search Intensifies For Missing Shelburne County Man
Crews will be setting out Wednesday in an effort to find a 66 year-old Shelburne area man missing since last week. RCMP say Shelburne County Emergency Services will be conducting ground searche...
Jun 17, 2020
New Look Coming For Aunt Jemima
A swift re-brand in the works for a well-known breakfast icon. Quaker Oats announced on Thursday that they will be retooling their Aunt Jemima syrup brand. Parent company PepsiCo said it's something t...
Jun 17, 2020 An image of the Aunt Jemima brand c/o Pepsico.com
Spokesperson says lobster prices low, fishers want extension
A rep with a local fishing association says the price of lobster is low despite reasonable demand. Duane Boudreau, the president of the Gulf Nova Scotia Bonafide Fishermen’s Association, says th...
Jun 17, 2020
Colchester Co. standoff ends peacefully
A man is in custody following a standoff in Colchester Co. RCMP said they responded to a call of a barricaded man in a home in Great Village in a Twitter post shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. They said i...
Jun 17, 2020
Big Plans For Digby Pines
Like many businesses, the Digby Pines Golf Resort and Spa is re-opening a bit at a time. New owners were announced late last year and one of them, Glenn Squires of Pacrim Hospitality Services, says th...
Jun 16, 2020 Digby Pines Resort and Spa (Tourism NS photo)
New President In Place For Doctors Nova Scotia
The new President of Doctors Nova Scotia is Robyn MacQuarrie, a gynaecologist in Porters Lake. She was elected last year and took over just as the COVID-19 pandemic was hitting this area with the publ...
Jun 16, 2020
Day Seven Without A Positive COVID-19 Test Result
Nova Scotia has now gone seven days without a positive COVID-19 test result. All of the 355 tests conducted at the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab were negative, for a total of 49...
Jun 16, 2020
CERB Extended For 2 Months
Good news for those who have been relying on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you've been getting the CERB and you still can't work, you will keep getting $2,000 ...
Jun 16, 2020
