Author Archives: Kevin Northup

A 28-year old man shot in Florence, Cape Breton last week has died. Another man is now charged with first-degree murder, according to Cape Breton Regional Police. Twenty-four year old Brandon Tyler Ma...

A significant theft of emergency equipment from a Pictou County fire department. The break-in happened sometime last week at the Barneys River Volunteer department, according to RCMP. Over $35,000 wor...

Four First Nations have renewed an 'interim understanding' with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Acadia, Annapolis Valley, Bear River and Glooscap bands will once again launch a moderate li...

Sixteen people died from COVID-19 from October 18th to 24th in our province. In the latest weekly report, Nova Scotia Health says 115 patients got COVID after being admitted to hospital. That's signif...

The price of gas is up five cents this morning. Regular is now averaging $1.76 per litre in our province. Diesel saw a small increase of a cent and a half. It's going for around $2.28 a litre, dependi...

Two and a half years in prison for a Clark's Harbour man. 32-year old Jesse Arthur Simpson was sentenced in Nova Scotia Supreme Court yesterday on a manslaughter charge. It's related to the death of 1...

It's been two years since a 57-year old Lunenburg County man was attacked and robbed in his home. Donald Derrick Lohnes died of his injuries in hospital after the incident in Pine Grove. The province ...

Nearly 120 people were charged with impaired driving in our province last month. According to Nova Scotia RCMP, 58 were charged due to alcohol and five because of drugs, and 48 were issued driving sus...

Some union members at two regional centres for education plan to strike this week. They include ECE's, student support workers, office administrators and IT specialists. Members of the NSGEU Local 73 ...

Diesel dropped by about 16 cents on Saturday. The province used its interrupter clause to make the adjustment, one day after the regular weekly price change. The minimum price in the province is nearl...