Category Archives: News
Lockeport Greenwave Host D3 Girls Soccer Provincials
Division III Girls Soccer Provincials were held in Lockeport on Friday and Saturday. The Oxford Golden Bears won first place with a 4-1 win over the East Antigonish Mustangs. The hometown Lockeport Gr...
Nov 06, 2017
Yarmouth Town Councillor And Cancer Survivor Will Lead Yarmouth's Christmas Parade Of Lights
Sandy Dennis has been named Parade Marshal for the event in downtown Yarmouth on Saturday, November 25th. In a release on Facebook, Parade Director Barb Firth says Dennis fights everyday for the citiz...
Nov 06, 2017
PEB Junior Girls Volleyball Team Takes Silver At Halifax Tournament
The Par-en-Bas Junior Girls volleyball team won silver in a 12 team tournament in at Elizabeth Sutherland School in Halifax over the weekend. They went undefeated until the championship game, where th...
Nov 06, 2017
Mariners Go 1-1 On Weekend Road Trip
The Yarmouth Junior A Mariners six-game win streak is over. Mateo Short burned his former team with a hat-trick, helping the South Shore Lumberjacks to a 7-4 victory over Yarmouth Saturday night in Br...
Nov 06, 2017
You Can Now Get Radon Detectors Through Your Local Library
(Home radon detector can be borrowed from public libraries in Nova Scotia. photo Airthings) The Lung Association of Nova Scotia is making the units available for loan with support from the Nova Scotia...
Nov 06, 2017
Police Present At Chester School Following Threat
RCMP will be present in a school in Chester this morning. A note was discovered by a custodian Friday in a washroom at Forests Heights high school suggesting there could be a shooting. The note was fo...
Nov 06, 2017
Shelburne Health Meeting Hears From Residents Affected By ER Closures And Shortage Of Doctors
(Mayor Karen Mattatal addresses yesterday’s meeting-Acadia News photo) About 115 people attending a health care meeting in Shelburne yesterday. It was organized in response to the on-going closu...
Nov 06, 2017
Update: Nicholas Ashton Mullen charged in Yarmouth Shooting
Thirty-two year-old Nicholas Ashton Mullen of Pembroke has been charged following a shooting early Saturday Morning. Mullen is facing charges following an incident which has left a 38-year-old man in ...
Nov 05, 2017
RCMP Investigating Shooting In Yarmouth County
Police say just before 1a.m. Saturday morning, Yarmouth Rural RCMP, assisted by Yarmouth Town RCMP, Western Traffic Services, and Yarmouth-Clare Street Crime Enforcement Unit, responded to a 911 call ...
Nov 04, 2017
Health Authority Will Be Listening In Shelburne This Weekend
When residents of Shelburne gather this weekend to discuss ER closures at Roseway Hospital members of the Nova Scotia Health Authority will be there. Spokesperson Fraser Mooney says they want to hear ...
Nov 03, 2017
