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The first JStrong Cup was a great success. The street hockey event in support of Yarmouth County Minor Hockey raised at least $5000. 20 teams participated along Main Street in Yarmouth on Saturday, wh...

Nova Scotia’s Teachers Union says there’s not enough transparency in the appointment of education officials. Last week the province announced 12 people will join the 15 member Provincial A...

4Cyl Women 1st – #11 Rachelle Muise 2nd – #22 Tam MacPhee 3rd – #73 Barb Morris 4 Cyl Men 1st – #51 Nic Doucette 2nd – #17 Shay MacPhee 3rd – # 1 Stephan Summerset ...

Many people felt it. Earthquakes Canada reported a 3.1 magnitude quake struck 32 kilometres north north west of Yarmouth, just off Mavilette, at 10:32 Saturday morning. The earthquake hit at a depth o...

West Nova Liberal MP Colin Fraser has announced he won't be reoffering for the next federal election. He was elected in 2015. Fraser issued a statement Friday September 28 saying he wanted to return t...

A cybersecurity expert is calling the latest Facebook security breach “among the worst kinds out there”. On Friday, Facebook announced it had discovered a security issue affecting almost 5...

The New Democrat’s Lands and Forestry Critic is sounding the alarm on proposed wood harvests near a designated nature reserve. Dunraven Bog in Queens County is near the Shelburne County border a...

Actually, they’d like your vote. They’re competing for a $100,000 grant to help build an all-natural play area for the new Yarmouth Elementary School. They’ve applied through the AVI...

It will cost some of you more at the pumps this morning. The price of gasoline is up by 2.3 cents a litre and is selling for $1.24.4 cents a litre for regular self-serve in Yarmouth. Diesel is down at...

Yarmouth Town RCMP were called to the Burridge Campus of the NSCC yesterday afternoon. Corporal John Stoddart tells Acadia News it was in connection to what he referred to “a domestic issue̶...