Author Archives: Kevin Northup

The Yarmouth Chris Scott Construction 15U A Gateways won the 2022 Baseball Nova Scotia Tier 1 Provincial Championship in Petit-de-Grat over the weekend. They won the championship game 12-5. Sophie Thi...

The schedule for the World Junior Hockey Championship in Halifax and Moncton is out. Team Canada will open the tournament on Boxing Day against Czechia at Scotiabank Centre. Canada plays Germany on De...

The Wharf Rat Rally made a successful return to Digby over the long weekend. Final numbers aren't yet in, but its estimated thousands of motorcyclists made the trip for the festival Organizer Peter Ja...

Summer vacation is officially over as students return to school today in our area. Mask-wearing is optional to start the year, and sports and extra-curriculars are back to normal. The last three schoo...

The Southwest Nova Pride Festival is happening next month in Yarmouth. The event is returning after a hiatus due to the pandemic. A committee is putting together a host of events, including a fun day ...

In this week's edition of The Weekender, we feature a two-part interview with a Ukrainian-Canadian man, who left his life of fishing in Meteghan to go back to his home country to help evacuate citizen...

The Wedgeport Tuna Tournament continues today. As of late last night, 133 tuna had been caught by sixteen boats, the heaviest being a 570 pound bluefin by the boat 'Lucky Strike.' Final weigh-ins and ...

It's the final weekend of the Coal Shed Music Festival on Water Street in Yarmouth. The organizer of the festival says he's received a lot of positive feedback over the last two weekends on the waterf...

The best axe-throwers in the world are at Sandy Wickens Memorial Arena today through Sunday. They've travelled to Barrington for the World Axe-Throwing Championships. At least ten nations are being re...

The price of gas is down this morning, while diesel ramped up nearly ten cents per litre. Gas is around $1.64 a litre after the adjustment, depending on where you fill up. Diesel is back over $2.00 in...