Category Archives: News

The number of candidates to head up the Nova Scotia Teacher’s Union is down to two. Seventy percent of the province’s 10,700 NSTU members voted through Paul Wozney and Grant Frost. They wi...

South Shore Regional Hospital will be getting a new children’s specialist. Earlier this week, the MLA for Queens-Shelburne, Kim Masland, made public the contract for the South Shore’s only...

A summer activity in Yarmouth returns tonight. Dragonboating will get underway at Lake Milo at 6pm. There are two dragonboats, each can sit about 20 people. Organizer Mark Hubbard says it’s fun ...

The Digby Area Health Coalition is entering year number three of existence. Their mandate is to promote transparency and positive change in the provision of health services in the Town and Municipalit...

An elementary school in Shelburne County was placed on hold and secure today. The safety measure was taken at Clark’s Harbour Elementary School on Cape Sable Island due to a ‘person of int...

The province’s teachers will decide today who will speak for them for the next two years. Elections are underway to name the next president of the Nova Scotia’s Teachers Union. Five NSTU m...

RCMP continue to investigate after a woman’s body was found this morning in Dayspring. Shortly after 8:00am members of the RCMP’s Lunenburg detachment responded to a call that a woman̵...

Another federal funding announcement was made on Friday. West Nova MP Colin Fraser announced that two facilities in his riding would receive a combined $16,339 for accessibility upgrades. The Digby Ro...

The Mayor of Shelburne is continuing to push the province for answers to rural healthcare problems. Karen Mattatall says one of her latest concerns is that a new collaborative health centre scheduled ...

Department of Fisheries and Oceans officers conducted a large seizure of fish in our area last week. Over 2,500 pounds of halibut were seized from a local fish buyer in Yarmouth County on May 14th. Ch...