Author Archives: Kevin Northup

It's been a slow start for some lobster fishers in southwest Nova Scotia this year. The head of the Coldwater Lobster Association says catches are down and the shore price is around $11.50 a pound. He...

An agreement could be on the horizon between Ottawa and Indigenous lobster fishers. Mediation has been going well, according to a lawyer for the Sipekne'katik First Nation, who have been operating a m...

Nick Hilton is officially Yarmouth's new MLA. The provincial election ballots for the riding were recounted in court Tuesday. The end result saw Hilton defeat incumbent and Liberal leader Zach Churchi...

Votes are being recounted in two provincial ridings this week. Monday morning at 9:30, a judge will start the recount for Yarmouth MLA. Liberal leader Zach Churchill lost the riding to Progressive Con...

Extra enforcement against impaired driving. RCMP in the province say you can expect more checkpoints on the road Saturday. It's National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day. Police say they charge up to ...

It's been 107 years since the Halifax Explosion. The HRM will host a memorial service at 9 a.m. Wreaths will be laid at the Fort Needham Memorial Park. The ceremony includes a moment of silence for th...

Another term for Pam Mood as president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities. The Yarmouth mayor was re-elected for her second term at a meeting last week in Halifax. Mood says the challenge...

The ferry between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick is back in service. The Fundy Rose returns between Digby and Saint John. The vessel had been out of service since mid-October due to mandatory drydock w...

Part of Highway 101 in Annapolis County was closed. A motor vehicle accident had shut the highway down in both directions near Exit 22 by Lequille just after 9 a.m. The Department of Public Works said...

A man serving a life sentence for murdering Yarmouth's Colton Cook had his Supreme Court appeal denied. Robert Rogers made the appeal based on his belief the judge made errors with jury instructions r...