Author Archives: Kevin Northup

It's wildfire season in Nova Scotia. The Department of Natural Resources and Renewables attended seven fires over the weekend. A burn ban was in effect for most of the province. Jim Rudderham, the dep...

There's money for small craft harbours in the federal budget. Nearly half-a-billion dollars is earmarked for repairs and improvements over the next three years. Parliamentary secretary of fisheries an...

You're not allowed to have a fire in most of Nova Scotia. Burning is banned in all of the mainland, except for Antigonish County as of 2 p.m. Sunday. Conditions have been dry the last few days, and su...

Peggy's Cove Road was closed most of Sunday morning and early afternoon due to a collision. RCMP said earlier in the day that the road would be closed for several hours. No detour was possible, so thi...

A team from Nova Scotia are world senior men's curling champions. Paul Flemming's team beat Team U.S.A. 4-3 in Saturday's championship game in Sweden. It came down to the last shot, as Canada got the ...

The Cape Breton Eagles are facing adversity for the first time in these QMJHL playoffs. They fell 5-3 to the top-ranked Drakkar in Game 2 of their third round series in Baie-Comeau Friday. The Eagles ...

Heads up if you're planning on taking the Halifax-Dartmouth ferry. Halifax Transit says there won't be ferry service between 6 p.m. and midnight Saturday. They say it's due to staffing issues. A shutt...

The province says they have a tentative agreement in place with the Nova Scotia Teachers Union. Details of the new contract won't be released until the province's 1,100 teachers vote to ratify the dea...

The Cape Breton Eagles hope for a response in Baie-Comeau. They're playing Game 2 of their Q-league semifinal series Friday night. Cape Breton dropped Thursday night's opener 4-0. The series will shif...

The Coastal Protection Act was a hot topic at a recent Liberal town hall in Yarmouth. Many feel the Houston government shouldn't have scrapped the plan earlier this year. It passed with all-party supp...