Author Archives: Kevin Northup
Municipality Of Shelburne Sets Budget
No change for tax rates in the Municipality of Shelburne. Last week, council approved the residential rate at $1.26 per $100 of assessment, and the commercial rate at $1.82 per $100 of assessment. The...
Apr 06, 2021
Emergency Department Closure In Digby Today
An emergency department closure today in Digby. The department at Digby General Hospital will be closed until tonight at 7. A reason was not given for the closure by the Nova Scotia Health Authority. ...
Apr 06, 2021
Mariners End Three Game Slide With Win Over Crushers
The Yarmouth Mariners ended a three game slide on Saturday night, defeating the Pictou County Crushers 7-2. Brent Broaders led the way with a hat-trick and an assist. Reilly Mayne, Jordan McKenna, Jay...
Apr 05, 2021 Brent Broaders of the Yarmouth Mariners scores in a game April 3rd, 2021 at Mariners Centre (Photo: Ken Chetwynd)
Active Case Of COVID-19 In Tri-Counties
There's an active case of COVID-19 in the Tri-Counties. It's only the third time there's been a case in the Yarmouth, Shelburne and Digby Community Health Network. The case is a close contact of a pre...
Apr 05, 2021
Mariners Lose Tight Game, 3-2 To Ramblers
The Yarmouth Mariners have lost three straight, after a 3-2 defeat at the hands of the Amherst Ramblers tonight. Jordan McKenna and Kyle Robinson had the goals, Justin Sumarah made 29 saves. Yarmouth'...
Apr 01, 2021
Yarmouth To Go Yellow With 'Hope Gardens'
A national 'Hope Garden' project has begun in Yarmouth through Communities in Bloom. It involves gardeners planting yellow flowers, the international colour of hope, and there are potential national a...
Apr 01, 2021 Communities in Bloom members Alvina Robicheau, Jean Clulee, and President Heather Hatfield. (Photo: Town of Yarmouth)
Yarmouth Mayor Talks Affordable Housing
Affordable housing remains a talking point in Yarmouth. Work will soon begin at the former Yarmouth High School on Parade Street, to turn the building into a 54 unit mixed housing complex. The plan is...
Apr 01, 2021 Mayor Pam Mood and MLA Zach Churchill stand outside the former high school on Parade St. image fc/o Town of Yarmouth facebook.
Yarmouth RCMP Arrest Man For Impaired Operation Of ATV
A man was arrested after impaired operation of an ATV in Yarmouth last weekend. Just after midnight on March 28th, a Yarmouth Municipal RCMP noticed the ATV in a drive-thru lineup at a restaurant on S...
Apr 01, 2021
No Comment From DFO On Sipekne'katik Lawsuit
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says they can't comment after being named in a lawsuit by the Sipekne'katik First Nation last week. Band members filed a statement of claim with the Nova Scotia ...
Apr 01, 2021 Commercial fishers dump traps at the DFO Office in Meteghan as a sign of protest.
September 15, 2020.
Photos contributed.
Transgender Flag Raised In Yarmouth
Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility. The transgender flag was raised in a ceremony at Yarmouth town hall this morning. Members of the Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School GSA (g...
Mar 31, 2021 YCMHS students help raise transgender flag at Yarmouth town hall (Y95 Photo)
