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Many volunteer fire departments in the area are in need of updated equipment. The provincial Emergency Services Provider Fund is designed to offer financial assistance to volunteer fire departments an...

A park in Yarmouth is becoming a reality. The Doug Melanson Park is named after a long time custodian who worked at Milton School. Melanson was much-loved and noted for his kindness and community invo...

Canadian Blood Services is in need of blood donations. CBS wants to build up on as much supply as they can for the Victoria Day weekend. Peter MacDonald of Canadian Blood Services says that they had a...

The 19-year old being investigated for data breach of the province’s FOIPOP site will not be charged. On April 7, it was discovered 7,000 files had been accessed from the Freedom of Information/...

Tensions are rising over the decision to terminate four dispatching jobs from The Town of Yarmouth Fire department. Mayor Pam Mood says that the town can not provide the services anymore. A former 911...

The Mayor of the Town of Shelburne says that the group she spearheaded is right on track. Karen Mattatall, who started the Rural Nova Scotia Health Crisis Working Group to help bring awareness to the ...

In an open-line program, Gary Nickerson sits down in studio with Yarmouth Mayor Pam Mood and Lake Vaughan Fire Chief George Emin to discuss the town’s decision to cut four dispatch jobs at the Y...

The Yarmouth Whitecaps swim team attended a long course meet at Dalplex in Halifax this weekend. Here are the team’s top 8 placings… the 4 X 100 Free Relay team of Tasha d’Entremont,...

While a report on forestry practices in the province nears completion, one bioligist says he’s not holding his breath anything will change in forestry. Bob Bancroft, a forest biologist, was co-a...

UPDATED May 6 at 12:25 PM A boat capsized in Port Medway yesterday, leading to a search by air, land, and sea. Major Mark Norris with the Joint Rescue Command Centre (JRCC), says a call to 911 went ou...