Author Archives: Kevin Northup

A change in the path of a weekend snow storm. Environment Canada says it's now tracking further offshore, but up to 20 centimetres could fall Sunday into Monday. Southwestern Nova Scotia will see the ...

A slight increase in the price of gas. Regular self-serve is up a cent, it's now around $1.53 a litre. Diesel stays put, it's averaging $1.87 a litre in the province. The price is adjusted every Frida...

A power rate hike went into effect on New Year's Day. The 6.5 percent jump from Nova Scotia Power works out to about 11 dollars a month. Brian Gifford with the Affordable Energy Coalition says over a ...

A minimum wage hike of 20 cents is not nearly enough. That's the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour's response to the province's planned hike, beginning in April. President Danny Cavanagh says it won't ...

Who will join names like Al MacInnis and Colleen Jones in the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame? Nominations for the class of 2024 are open until the end of the month. If you know someone that belongs i...

Minimum wage is going up 20 cents on April 1st. The province says they'll increase it to $15.20 per hour. It follows a formula recommended by the Minimum Wage Review Committee. Minister of Labour, Ski...

Several Nova Scotians were part of hockey history. The puck dropped on the PWHL's first ever game on New Year's Day in Toronto. Yarmouth's Allie Munroe plays defense for Toronto, and says it was a sur...

Team Canada is out at the World Juniors in Sweden. Czechia beat them 3-2 in Tuesday morning's quarterfinal matchup. The winning goal came with just a dozen seconds left in the 3rd period. Matthew Wood...

The Nova Scotia Nurses' Union (NSNU) and the VON have reached a tentative agreement. It's for about 900 nurses working in the community care sector. Talks began earlier in the fall on the new agreemen...

The federal government taking a page out of the 40s to help solve the housing crisis. They're going to launch a catalogue of quick-build housing designs, similar to post-World War II when thousands of...