Category Archives: News
2023 North American Indigenous Games countdown event
Next summer, is the 2023 North American Indigenous games. The N.A.I.G host society and the TD Halifax Jazz Festival marked the one-year countdown to the games with a celebration last Friday. &n...
Jul 18, 2022
New funding available for Nova Scotia Farmers
New funding is now available to assist farmers in Nova Scotia. Farms have a chance to receive up to $75,000 from the On Farm Climate Action Fund that can be used to mitigate the impacts that cl...
Jul 18, 2022
Digby-Saint John Ferry Experiencing Mechanical Issues
Another day of no ferry service between Digby and Saint John. Bay Ferries says the ‘Fundy Rose’ is experiencing mechanical issues with the bow loading ramp. They say one of the hydraulic o...
Jul 18, 2022
Mi’kmaw To Become Nova Scotia’s First Language
A proclamation by Mi’kmaw chiefs yesterday in Cape Breton. Mi’kmaw is set to become Nova Scotia’s first language on October 1st. Premier Tim Houston joined the Chiefs in Potlotek Fir...
Jul 18, 2022
Argos claim win in successful Touchdown Atlantic matchup over Riders
The CFL and the fans in attendance could not have asked for much more at this year’s edition of Touchdown Atlantic- as fans were treated to a close game on a gorgeous day in Wolfville, Nova Scot...
Jul 16, 2022
HMCS Halifax, Montreal return home after months-long deployment in Europe
There were smiling faces all around as two navy ships sailed into their home base of Halifax after being deployed to central and eastern Europe. Melanie Farmer didn’t waste any time, proposing t...
Jul 15, 2022
N.S. reports 15 COVID-19 deaths in June
Nova Scotia is out with its first monthly report on COVID-19. It reveals the province lost 15 people to the virus in June. However, the province warns the number could be adjusted as deaths can someti...
Jul 15, 2022
NS Fisheries Minister Comments On Senate Committee Report
Nova Scotia’s Fisheries Minister was asked yesterday about the recent Senate committee report on Indigenous fisheries. Speaking after cabinet, Steve Craig said he hasn’t read the full R...
Jul 15, 2022
Man killed by passing truck after stopping on Highway 102 to help driver
The Mounties say a 76-year-old man has died after stopping to help a car that had struck a deer on Highway 102 near Stewiacke. Police were on the scene helping an SUV after it collided with the animal...
Jul 15, 2022
Former spouse recalls first dates with N.S. mass killer; “he was so sweet…the perfect guy”
The common-law spouse of the man behind the worst mass shooting in Canadian history took the stand for the first time at the Portapique Inquiry. Lisa Banfield described when she met Gabriel Wortman an...
Jul 15, 2022
