Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Fire has heavily damaged a lumber plant in Digby County. The blaze broke out at Lewis Moulding on Fort Point Road in Weymouth North just after 6 p.m. According to Dahl Dispatch and Firefighters of Nov...

A peaceful protest over a proposed salmon farm in Yarmouth County is planned for tomorrow. It's taking place at the municipal building in Hebron at 8 a.m. The protestors are concerned about the effect...

The Island Traps Sherose Island Schooners played four games on the road this past weekend in Nova Scotia Intermediate Baseball League action. They split a doubleheader with Amherst on Saturday, winnin...

The Town of Yarmouth now has a flag policy. At last Thursday's meeting, council approved the policy, which will help organize which groups can fly their flag in front of town hall on Main Street and F...

The Yarmouth Mariners added eight new players to their system with the MHL Draft on Saturday. Their first pick came in the territorial round, where they selected forward Rory Wood from the Cape Breton...

A by-election to fill the Yarmouth town council seat left by the late Jim MacLeod will take place on September 18th. Council voted to go ahead with the by-election last night, it will be done electron...

Eight people have been charged after a six month drug trafficking investigation by Yarmouth and Shelburne RCMP. The joint investigation by local street crime enforcement units went through Yarmouth an...

The MHL Draft takes place Saturday, and the Yarmouth Mariners are preparing. Yarmouth will not pick until the third round, as Head Coach and GM Laurie Barron says they traded away their early picks fo...

A man from Bear River East, 20 minutes east of Digby, has been charged with attempted murder. 65 year old Richard Edward Robbins is also facing several firearms related charges, and was expected to ap...

The Member of Parliament for West Nova says the virtual aspect of the most recent parliamentary session was difficult. Conservative Chris d'Entremont says meetings over Zoom didn't give him the same o...