Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Fire gutted a home and attached garage early Saturday morning in Yarmouth. The call came in at 4 a.m. on Cleveland Road. Yarmouth Fire Chief Mike Deveau says the fire began in the garage, and when fir...

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Southwest Employment Services is challenging businesses in Yarmouth and Shelburne counties to light up in purple and blue tonight to recogniz...

Work on the Town of Yarmouth's sewer separation project on Parade Street is just about complete. Final paving will take place tomorrow and Saturday, weather permitting, between Brunswick Street and Pl...

Three new cases of COVID-19 in the Tri-Counties since Friday. This according to the province's COVID dashboard today, which was updated for the first time since Friday. Two active infections remain. T...

The Town of Yarmouth's Backyard Fire By-law comes into effect later this month. The by-law received final approval last week, and will allow property owners to have open fires in town. There are a num...

A former paramedic turned MLA is pleased to see his PC government's plan to improve ambulance wait times. Argyle MLA Colton LeBlanc says the $3.1 million annual investment to speed up medical transfer...

It took 16 shootout attempts, but Ryan Semple of Lower Wedgeport finally ended it. The Yarmouth Mariners won their third in a row, downing the Lumberjacks 4-3 in an eight round shootout at Mariners Ce...

Yarmouth town council talked bike lanes at last night's council meeting. Staff are recommending the implementation of a bike lane network on arterial and collector streets of sufficient width. In a do...

Digby RCMP say a man who was reported missing in Roxville, Digby County has been located safe. RCMP thank the public for their retweets and shares on social media.

The Yarmouth Mariners ended a three-game losing streak, taking down the Timberwolves 6-4 in Miramichi last night. Alfred Rotiroti scored the game winner in his Mariner debut, with over three minutes l...