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• Emergency closures down province-wide-- up recently...
  Emergency department closures are down across the province but recently up in Digby. The Department of Health and Wellness released their annual ...
• A new tool for preventing sexual violence
  Youth want help dealing with the barrage of hypersexualized messages coming at them through advertising, television, music and their own ...
• Incentives can’t compete with unequal pay scale
  South West Health is asking Digby town and municipality to each put aside $60,000 for doctor incentives. They’re telling us Digby has no choice ...
• From Tideview to town
  [UPDATEd: Dec. 6, with proper name of RCMP officer] Yvonne Speichts just wants to be able go in town – to do some shopping, see some friends, to ...
• Scraping and painting for Western Light
  Western Light will look like brand new soon. The staging and big white envelope around the westernmost lighthouse on Brier Island is to contain ...
• Photos from Digby's Christmas tree lighting
  Photos from Digby's Christmas tree lighting Friday, Nov. 30.
• Municipal council: Briefs from the committee of the...
  WHAT TO DO WITH WESTPORT SCHOOL? Councillor David Tudor would like to see a community meeting to discuss the future of the old Westport Village ...
• Who should pay for doctors?
  Digby’s greatest challenge is attracting more doctors. We are short four doctors at least, and it is hurting the community in uncountable ways. ...
• Photos from Setting Day on Brier and Long Islands,...
  Photos from my travels on setting Day on Brier and Long Islands, Digby County.
• RCMP report: marijuana and break ins
  RCMP seize marijuana and guns Police seized several pounds of marijuana, marijuana plants, and firearms at that a Waterford residence. The ...
• Man overboard on dumping day
  The lobster fisherman from Yarmouth who fell overboard wanted to leave the hospital almost immediately. Medical staff at the Yarmouth hospital ...
• Water shutdown tomorrow in parts of Digby
  Residents in the area of Montague Row and First Avenue between Church Street and St. Mary’s will be without water tomorrow starting at 9 a.m. ...
• Court case begins on contested election for African...
  Lawyers will be contacting everyone who cast a vote in the election for the African Nova Scotia seat on the Tri-County Regional School board. ...
• North Kings beats Digby High 8-3
  The Mariners came out on the wrong end of a seesaw match against North Kings Education Centre in high school hockey action on the weekend. The ...
• Jordantown fighter takes split decision
  [Updated after speaking to Johnson, Sunday, Nov. 25 at 5 p.m.] It’s another W for Tristan Johnson. The Jordantown mixed martial arts fighter won ...
• Joint council to discuss doctor incentives
  By Keith Maryanovich THE DIGBY COURIER NovaNewsNow.com The doctor shortage in Digby has motivated a joint meeting of the councils of the town and ...
• Gathering support for public health care
  The Nova Scotia Health Care Network wants people in Digby to stand up for public health care. Kyle Buott, coordinator with the Nova Scotia health ...
• Chowder party for outgoing MLA [UPDATED WITH PHOTOS...
  [UPDATED: Nov. 26, 4 p.m. with photos and comments from Chowder party itself] Junior made a big batch of his famous seafood chowder for his ...
• Digby’s health clinic scheduled to open in 2014
  The new health clinic in Digby should be open for business by January 2014. Anthony Muise, vice-president of operations with South West Health ...
• Hallidays returning Monday as planned
  Sheree and the boys will be coming home Monday, Nov. 26 as originally planned. The Hallidays are in Spain for Philip’s trial, which everyone had ...
• Johnson prepares for MMA rematch like the old win...
  Tristan Johnson is getting back in the cage against an opponent he already beat. The featherweight mixed martial artist from Jordantown is up ...
• Mariners lose in semis at Bridgewater tournament
  The Digby Mariners high school hockey team made it to the semi-finals at the Glenn Murray Memorial tournament in Bridgewater. The Mariners ...
• Repairs coming for wharf in Freeport
  Work may soon begin on Fish Point Wharf in Freeport. Steve Bornais, spokesperson with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, has confirmed Small ...
• Halliday testifies in Spain
  By Noah Richler SPECIAL TO THE DIGBY COURIER NovaNewsNow.com After visits at the prison in Aranjuez where he has been held for three years ...
• Point Prim gets money for sprucing up
  People visiting the Point Prim lighthouse outside Digby will find it looking much more welcoming in the coming months. The Friends of Point Prim ...
• Equipment failure blamed for power outage
  Equipment failure during repairs to the hydro plant in Bear River caused the power outage in the Digby area this morning, Tuesday, Nov. 20. ...
• Halliday testifies in Spain
  Philip Halliday has testified at his drug trafficking trial in Spain. CBC News is reporting the Digby fishermen answered questions from the ...
• House fire in Deep Brook
  Bear River firefighters knocked down a house fire in Deep Brook before it could spread from the kitchen to the main part of the house. Neighbours ...
• Annapolis RCMP arrest driver of stolen vehicle after...
  An 18-year-old Lawrencetown man has been charged with several offences in relation to a stolen vehicle he was operating.At approximately 3 p.m. ...
• Sturgeon found floating in Bay
  Fishermen found a dead Atlantic sturgeon floating upside down in the Bay of Fundy. They were coming in from lobster fishing when they found the ...