Category Archives: News
Yarmouth Firefighters Respond To Grass Fire In Rockville
A large grass fire just outside the Town of Yarmouth last night. Firefighters from the Yarmouth department were called to the Hilton Road in Rockville at around 8;30. Chief Mike Deveau says the blaze ...
Apr 08, 2022 A grass fire on Hilton Road in Rockville on April 7, 2022 (Photo courtesy Tony Millard)
Chris d'Entremont Reacts To Federal Budget
The Conservative Party of Canada is criticizing yesterday's federal budget from the Liberal government. West Nova Conservative MP and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Chris d'Entremont is sharin...
Apr 08, 2022 West Nova Conservative MP Chris d'Entremont addresses the House of Commons on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.
Image from https://www.ourcommons.ca/.
Third Jeopardy! win for Nova Scotia’s Mattea Roach
Nova Scotia’s Mattea Roach is now a three-day Jeopardy! champion. Her total winnings amount to over $80,000 after she took home another $9,599 on Thursday night's episode of the popular American...
Apr 08, 2022
Ceremony To Remember Vimy Ridge Tomorrow In Yarmouth
A ceremony to remember the Battle of Vimy Ridge this Saturday. The Wedgeport Legion Branch 155 is hosting the commemoration at 11 a.m. at the Yarmouth cenotaph on Main Street. Andre Boudreau with the ...
Apr 08, 2022 Poster from the Wedgeport Legion Branch 155
Feds table $52.8 billion deficit budget
The federal government will continue deficit spending, albeit half of last year’s whopping $113.8 billion deficit. Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, tabled Budget...
Apr 07, 2022
Strang Says No Need For Mandates, Daily COVID Updates
The province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health says Nova Scotians know what to do to combat COVID-19. In an update today, Dr. Robert Strang says the virus is all around us, and mandates played a...
Apr 07, 2022
Strang Recommends Second Booster Dose For People Over 70
Long-term care residents and adults 70 and older in Nova Scotia will soon be able to book a second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The decision to make a second booster available is based on updated...
Apr 07, 2022
Jean Charest emphasizes defence policies, veteran support during N.S. tour
With just over five months until federal Conservative Party members vote for a new leader, and 10 candidates in the running, Jean Charest has emerged as someone to watch. With a long political career ...
Apr 07, 2022
UN Gen. Assembly Votes Russia Out of Human Rights Council
A vote was put to the United Nations General Assembly on Russia remaining in on the Human Rights Council. Countries that voted in favour of kicking Russia out of the UN Human Rights Council include ma...
Apr 07, 2022
Help RCMP Name The Foals
RCMP need your help to name their 12 newborn foals. They were recently born on their breeding farm in Pakenham, Ontario and the hope is for them to become a part of the RCMP Musical ride. There are a ...
Apr 07, 2022
