Category Archives: News
Yarmouth Town RCMP Receiving Complaints Of Phone Scams, Items Stolen From Cars
Yarmouth Town RCMP say they’re receiving a number of calls on two issues lately. Constable Terry Burridge says around 50 phone calls have come in over the last two days about a phone scam. The c...
Jun 22, 2017
Bridge Speeders A Concern For Shelburne Council
The mayor of Shelburne says while she’s pleased with the new two-lane Roseway Bridge, it has created an issue. Karen Mattatall says speeding has become an increasing problem. She raised the issu...
Jun 22, 2017
West Nova MP Urges Senate To Approve Remembrance Day Bill
A bill that would make Remembrance Day a legal holiday now goes to the Upper House of Parliament. Bill C-311 passed the House of Commons Wednesday. West Nova MP Colin Fraser, who sponsored the bill, s...
Jun 22, 2017
Seal Video Case Adjourned Again In Yarmouth Provincial Court
A case involving the alleged mistreatment of a seal onboard a fishing vessel was adjourned again today. The charges against Mark Allan MacKenzie of Lower Argyle, Jay Alexander Jenkins of Rockville and...
Jun 22, 2017
Impaired Driving Charges Pending
Corporal Stacey Gosling of the Yarmouth Rural RCMP says officers were called to Highway 334 in Plymouth at 10:38 Wednesday evening. Gosling says a car had left the road and rolled onto its roof. She s...
Jun 22, 2017
Man In Hospital After Single Vehicle Accident Near Pubnico
A man is in hospital after a single vehicle accident on Highway 103 today. Yarmouth Rural RCMP got the call at around 2:40pm that a vehicle had gone off the road and into the ditch near the Pubnico ex...
Jun 21, 2017
Construction Crews Re-Paving Seven Kilometre Stretch Of Highway 101 In Yarmouth
Work on a section of Highway 101 is expected to take about another three weeks. Construction crews have been working on the highway from the Town of Yarmouth to Exit 34 at Hebron, with traffic down to...
Jun 21, 2017
New HOPE Centre To Be Officially Opened This Month
Mark Thursday June 29, 7pm on your calender. That’s the official opening of the building housing the Handicapped Organization Promoting Equality and the Yarmouth Dial-a-Ride. Last winter was rou...
Jun 21, 2017
Conditions Set By Town For New Arts Centre Location "Totally Unacceptable"-Th'YARC Board Of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Yarmouth Arts Regional Council is waiting to hear back from the town. Board president Mitch Bonnar says they met with Mayor Pam Mood and CAO Jeff Gushue on June 14. He sa...
Jun 21, 2017
'Run The Lake For Goodness Sake' This Sunday For The Yarmouth Whitecaps
A decade old annual run is coming up this weekend in Yarmouth. The Lake Run is a fundraiser for the Yarmouth Whitecaps swim team, at a distance of 6.7 kilometres. Runners will leave the municipal buil...
Jun 21, 2017
