Author Archives: Kevin Northup

The Special Olympic Summer Games have kicked off in Antigonish. StFX is hosting the annual event for over 1,000 athletes, coaches, staff and volunteers from Nova Scotia this weekend. The athletes will...

Incredible luck for a Cumberland County woman. Judy Clarke of Streets Ridge won the Nova Scotia Firefighters 50/50 two weeks in a row. Last week, she won over $258,000, and in Thursday night's draw sh...

Lobster fishing groups met with the federal minister in Yarmouth. Joanne Thompson toured the area and sat down with industry stakeholders to hear their concerns. Colin Sproul with the Unified Fisherie...

More affordable housing in Dartmouth and Cole Harbour. The province says a new 18-unit complex on Circassion Drive will have nine affordable units, Nova Scotia has funded over $4 million. The property...

A Kentucky man is the Nova Scotia Marathon champion. Logan Holmes of Florence finished the route through Barrington and Cape Sable Island, Shelburne County in just over two hours and 43 minutes on Sun...

Affordability was a topic for some Atlantic cabinet ministers. Those responsible for social services met in Halifax Thursday, hosted by Nova Scotia's Scott Armstrong. The ministers agreed they need to...

A political science professor is cautioning Nova Scotia on giving mayors stronger powers. Dr. Tom Urbaniak of Cape Breton University says it would be a significant change to how municipal governments ...

Nova Scotia wants to use their own wood for heating and construction. All departments have been directed to look for mass timber, wood pellets and more that's leftover from local sawmills. Public work...

Hope you've got an air conditioner close by. The entire province of Nova Scotia is under a heat warning. Environment Canada says humid temperatures of 28 to 32 degrees, with humidex values up to 38 co...

The province and Ottawa are continuing a partnership to help families of missing and murdered Indigenous people. The five year deal will see the feds give $2.2 million to Nova Scotia, that's an increa...