Author Archives: Kevin Northup

The best in Yarmouth business will be celebrated once again. The 17th annual Yarmouth and Area Chamber of Commerce Business Awards will be handed out at Mariners Centre Thursday night. There are award...

A shooting in Kings County has been ruled a homicide. A 30-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds in March of last year on a driveway in Kingston. Four people were arrested that night, but all wer...

An update on two deaths in Enfield. A 59-year-old woman was killed, and a 61-year-old man died of self-inflicted injuries. That's according to RCMP and Halifax Police's criminal investigation division...

Another Liberal MLA has crossed the floor. Northside-Westmount's Fred Tilley has joined Tim Houston's PCs. In a statement, Tilley says he sees the Premier as a leader who extends respect to all Nova S...

A project promoting the regions' ATV trails now has provincial funding. The Western Regional Enterprise Network's 'Get Side-Tracked' project got over $213,000 to help with signage, branding and a webs...

The digital health records of Nova Scotians are at serious risk of cyberattacks. That's according to the province's Auditor General, who made 20 recommendations in a new report. Kim Adair says the pro...

When will Nova Scotians go to the polls? Speculation is pointing to a late-fall provincial election. Cape Breton University political scientist Tom Urbaniak says an election call is 'likely' over the ...

The Acadian Museum in Pubnico is going green. The province says solar panels and heat pumps will be installed through a $98,000 grant at the Muse des Acadiens des Pubnicos. Argyle MLA Colton LeBlanc s...

Not much change at the Yarmouth town council table. Mayor Pam Mood was elected for the fourth straight time in Saturday's municipal elections. She defeated first-time runner Gurdeep Brar by 106 votes....

Fire at an apartment building in Yarmouth. It happened Monday morning around 4 a.m. at a four-unit building on Barnard Street. Fire chief Mike Deveau says career staff and volunteers responded. "One o...