Author Archives: Kelli Rickard

No one was hurt in a Dartmouth fire that has been deemed suspicious. Halifax Regional Police say it happened around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday at a Lahey Road residence. They believe the fire was started a...

Emancipation Day is Thursday. It marks the date in 1834 that the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 came into effect across the British Empire. On August 1st, Parks Canada, the Office of African Nova Scoti...

There has been an increased police presence near Thompson Station in Cumberland County. RCMP posted on X just after 5 a.m. on Wednesday that officers were executing search warrants on Highway 204 in B...

The new commercial fishery for whelk in eastern Cape Breton has opened for its first season. On Tuesday in Louisburg, MP Mike Kelloway met with harvesters to celebrate the opening earlier in July, and...

Cunard Pond Beach in Spryfield has closed again to swimming. It comes mere hours after reopening after a blue-green algae toxin testing, that indicated toxin levels were within Health Canada limits. H...

Summer McIntosh could be on her way to her second Olympic podium. She won silver in the 400m freestyle on Saturday, Canada's first medal of the Paris games The 17-year-old Canadian swimmer qualified f...

Music lovers are flocking to Guysborough County for what has been a Nova Scotia tradition for more than two decades. The Stan Rogers Folk Festival is happening in Canso through Sunday. Things kicked o...

Some people may be running late after a power outage in parts of the Halifax Regional Municipality. About 10,000 customers woke up Friday morning with no electricity mostly in the Dartmouth area and o...

Great timing for your vacation road trip! Pump prices in Nova Scotia have dipped. Self-serve regular gas is down about 2 cents per litre to a minimum of $1.71 on Friday morning. Diesel dropped at midn...

More than half of people in this country say they will be watching the Olympic Games happening July 26th to August 11th in Paris. Team Canada will compete in 34 events. According to a Narrative Resear...