Category Archives: News

Carfentanil is believed to have played a part in its first overdose death in Nova Scotia. The chief medical officer for the province, says the powerful opioid was present in an individual who died fro...

Shelburne RCMP are asking for information about an incident that happened on April 24th in Birchtown. Police say there was a suspicious fire near Highway 3 in Birchtown. A small car was seen leaving t...

Halifax will be hopping this weekend as the city welcomes the 30th Annual East Coast Music Awards. The event kicks off with a free concert on the waterfront tonight. The awards show gets underway tomo...

Shelburne welcomed a more then 600 foot long cruise ship into the harbour this morning. The ‘ Marina’ has around 1000 passengers and 800 crew who were brought to the town dock by the ship&...

A small cruise ship has visited the Town of Yarmouth. The ‘MS Fram’ and its 120 passengers arrived mid-morning from New York. The passengers are from all over the United States including M...

The Town of Yarmouth plans to eliminate four full-time jobs at the Yarmouth Fire Department. The cuts affect dispatchers. Mayor Pam Mood confirmed the cuts to Acadia News this morning. She says town w...

Efforts to hammer out a contract for Health Care workers just got a push. The Nova Scotia Health Authority, IWK and unions representing health workers have agreed to use a mediation-arbitration proces...

South Shore residents won’t have to travel far to buy pot when it becomes legal. The province added three more NSLC outlets to the list of those where cannabis will be sold. Included in that lis...

News that there have been more privacy breaches in Nova Scotia has the opposition again crying foul. The province says there have been 11 new instances of what it calls “unusual activity” ...

The community of Wedgeport is very happy with the announcement that an aging school will finally be replaced. Ecole Wedgeport was built in 1960 and efforts have been underway for many years to have it...