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Sandy Cove joined other locations around the world in a Sept. 27 climate strike. GARY R. WILSON PHOTO

Act now: Sandy Cove, Digby County climate strike part of worldwide ...

Canadian powerlifting champion Paul Gidney of Culloden, Digby County displays the four gold medals he won at the Commonwealth championships in NFLD Sept 16. KARLA KELLY

Digby powerlifter golden at Commonwealth: Paul Gidney focusing on ...

Residents of Tideview Terrace in Digby were all smiles during Wharf Rat Rally weekend when they got to take part in the Share the Wind initiative. PHOTO COURTESY TIDEVIEW TERRACE

Wharf Rat Rally's Share the Wind initiative brings smiles and joy to ...

The overall cancer survival rate has improved since the early 1990s from 55 per cent to 63 per cent. - 123RF

More Canadians are beating cancer

2019 Digby Scallop Days. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

PHOTO GALLERY: 2019 Digby Scallop Days celebrated

A roundabout coming into Conway and Digby at Exit 26 on Highway 101 has been under construction. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Digby gets a roundabout: Exit 26 on Highway 101 is getting a new look ...

Nelson Blinn of Plympton, Digby County, enjoys making tiny replicas. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Big enjoyment from tiny replicas: Digby County's Nelson Blinn can’t ...

Relatively new to farming, Mhari Lamarque and her husband Chris Pyke, shown in this file photo, own Fern Lane Farm near Pleasantville. A recent study indicates that women farmers manage risks differently than men and will also see the market multi-dimensionally, which often means food businesses founded by women deliver higher revenue. Tim Krochak/The Chronicle Herald

CHARLEBOIS: We would be better off with more women agrifood ...

The building crane that collapsed on South Park Street in downtown Halifax during hurricane Dorian is seen from the nearby Trillium condominium building on Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 2019. - Ryan Taplin

Damages sought in crane collapse suit 'definitely in the millions,' ...

New Jersey Devil's Nico Hischier scores on Ottawa Senator's goaltender Mike Condon during first period NHL exhibition action at Credit Union Place in Summerside on Monday.

Former Moosehead Hischier signs seven-year extension with Devils

Participants in a candidates’ forum at Kingston United Church in Kingston Oct. 5 included, from left, moderator John Morash, Liberal Jason Deveau, Conservative Chris d’Entremont, Veterans Coalition Party Gloria Cook, Green Party Judy Green, and NDP Matthew Dubois.

West Nova election candidates weigh in on climate crisis

Updated a day ago

Canadian powerlifting champion Paul Gidney of Culloden, Digby County displays the four gold medals he won at the Commonwealth championships in NFLD Sept 16. KARLA KELLY

Digby powerlifter golden at Commonwealth: Paul Gidney focusing on winning Worlds next

Updated Oct 01, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

A lot of gratitude is being expressed to the Annapolis West Health Foundation (AWHF), which has once again has extended generous financial support to the Fundy YMCA WaterART aquatic fitness programs. CONTRIBUTED

Fundy YMCA appreciative of support for aquatic fitness programs

Published a day ago

Relatively new to farming, Mhari Lamarque and her husband Chris Pyke, shown in this file photo, own Fern Lane Farm near Pleasantville. A recent study indicates that women farmers manage risks differently than men and will also see the market multi-dimensionally, which often means food businesses founded by women deliver higher revenue. Tim Krochak/The Chronicle Herald

CHARLEBOIS: We would be better off with more women agrifood entrepreneurs

Published 29 minutes ago

Local

This is an architect’s drawing of the new primary health-care centre being built in Middleton in front of Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital. Construction of the new $12-million facility has begun and will take a year to complete.

Construction starts on new $12-million primary health-care centre in Middleton

Updated 4 hours ago

Wayne Atwater stands beside a vandalized Chris d’Entremont sign that was at the corner of School House Road and Highway 1 in Aylesford. Somebody ‘blackfaced’ the campaign sign for the West Nova Conservative candidate.

Campaign signs stolen or defaced as federal election heats up in West Nova

Updated Oct 10, 2019 at 12:16 p.m.

The oldest house on Surette’s Island has stayed in the family for 191 years. PATSY SURETTE PHOTO

Oldest house on Surette’s Island deconstructed this fall

Updated Oct 09, 2019 at 10:29 a.m.

The former Living Waters Christian Academy is being renovated into a 23-unit facility for seniors.

Proposed Mood Road project would consist of 23 units for seniors

Published Oct 09, 2019 at 10:05 a.m.

Opinion

Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway near Balls Creek.

OP-ED: ‘Destroyed’ highway another reason to save Cape Breton rail line

Published 11 hours ago

Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Polish Heritage Month long overdue

Published Oct 15, 2019 at 9:39 a.m.

Shown above in this file photo is a view toward the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia's rail operations off Ferry Street in Sydney’s north end.

GUEST SHOT: Scotia Rail Development Society seeks response from federal candidates

Updated Oct 15, 2019 at 6:38 a.m.

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SHERI SOMERVILLE: Health burden on Atlantic Canada will soon be unbearable

Published Oct 12, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Business

Relatively new to farming, Mhari Lamarque and her husband Chris Pyke, shown in this file photo, own Fern Lane Farm near Pleasantville. A recent study indicates that women farmers manage risks differently than men and will also see the market multi-dimensionally, which often means food businesses founded by women deliver higher revenue. Tim Krochak/The Chronicle Herald

CHARLEBOIS: We would be better off with more women agrifood entrepreneurs

Published 27 minutes ago

Boats in Digby were loaded up prior to the Oct.14 start of the LFA 35 lobster season in Digby. MICHELLE CUMMINGS PHOTO

Fall lobster fishery now underway in Digby and rest of LFA 35 district

Published Oct 15, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

The scaffolding that once covered a property on Main Street in Wolfville is now down. The town will soon have a couple more high-end places for visitors to rent in the downtown core.

Updated downtown Wolfville building to offer luxury rental suites

Updated Oct 12, 2019 at 10:18 a.m.

Todd Mercer, left, owner and general manager of Mercer Fuels, stands with the owners of Mercer’s Service Centre on the Esplanade in Sydney that include, continuing from the left, his father David and David’s siblings Brenda Mercer and Gary Mercer. The property is one of numerous pieces of land the province has acquired for the building of the new Nova Scotia Community College Marconi Campus. Oct. 15 will mark the last day of Mercer’s Service Centre before closing for good. Todd said he’ll carry the Mercer legacy on with the separate family business Mercer Fuels Ltd., a home heating business.

Cape Breton's Mercer family 'take one for the team' with station closure

Updated Oct 12, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

Sports

New Jersey Devil's Nico Hischier scores on Ottawa Senator's goaltender Mike Condon during first period NHL exhibition action at Credit Union Place in Summerside on Monday.

Former Moosehead Hischier signs seven-year extension with Devils

Updated 1 hour ago

Jimmy MacInnis of the Sydney Academy Wildcats boys team, left, challenges Lucas Burke of the Glace Bay Panthers during Cape Breton High School Soccer League playoff action Wednesday at Open Hearth Park turf field. The Wildcats won, 3-1.

Sydney Academy boys move on to Highland Region soccer final

Published a day ago

Shawn Boudrias of the Cape Breton Eagles, right, and Lukas Cormier of the Charlottetown Islanders battle for possession during Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action at Centre 200 on Wednesday.

Ivan scores OT winner as Cape Breton edges Charlottetown

Published a day ago

Members of the gold medal-winning Superline Fuels Bearcats are, first row, from left, Braisyn Watts, Konnor McNutt, Nicholas Burcham, Cameron Isenor, Austin Hoyt, Carter Worr, Cameron Delahunt, Maxim Munroe and Amy Field; second row, Griffin MacEachern, Ryan Jollimore, David Perrin, Rigby VanTassell, Tyler Sullivan, Rylan Patriquin and Ethan Normore; third row, coaches Jeff Sullivan, Brookes VanTassell and Jason Hoyt. Missing is Cole Pugsley. CONTRIBUTED

Superline Fuels Atom AA Bearcats win Jordan Boyd tournament

Updated a day ago

Lifestyles

Rudy & the Pacè Family Orchestra members from left to right include, Ivan Annandale, Will Robbins, Rudy Pacé, Jesse MacLeod and Christiana Armstrong.

Rudy & the Pacè Family Orchestra ready to release new EP

Published 11 hours ago

Todd Labrador minutes after he launched this 21-foot, sea-going birch bark canoe at Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site Oct. 12. He said the Mi’kmaq were a great sea-going people. It was one of two canoes Labrador and Rose Meuse built at Keji this summer.

Bringing history to life at Keji - Todd Labrador birch bark canoes launched to drumming, song, and smell of sweet grass

Updated Oct 15, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

Burnwater:Arrival is a performance installation by Mocean Dance and Hear Here Productions that explores the connections between place, memory and the natural world. This installation is part of Nocturne on Saturday night at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. - Michelle Doucette

Annual Nocturne event builds on Halifax region’s construction boom

Updated Oct 15, 2019 at 7:45 a.m.

Eskasoni’s Emma Stevens, an Indigenous singer who gained international recognition after recording Paul McCartney’s song Blackbird in Mi’kmaq, opened the Unama’ki Mawui’mi: A Cape Breton Gathering by singing the song that earned her an invitation to meet the famous former Beatle backstage at his Vancouver concert in July.

Celtic Colours on stage in Eskasoni

Published Oct 14, 2019 at 7:07 p.m.

Recent Stories

Relatively new to farming, Mhari Lamarque and her husband Chris Pyke, shown in this file photo, own Fern Lane Farm near Pleasantville. A recent study indicates that women farmers manage risks differently than men and will also see the market multi-dimensionally, which often means food businesses founded by women deliver higher revenue. Tim Krochak/The Chronicle Herald

CHARLEBOIS: We would be better off with more women agrifood entrepreneurs

The building crane that collapsed on South Park Street in downtown Halifax during hurricane Dorian is seen from the nearby Trillium condominium building on Sunday morning, Sept. 8, 2019. - Ryan Taplin

Damages sought in crane collapse suit 'definitely in the millions,' says Halifax lawyer

New Jersey Devil's Nico Hischier scores on Ottawa Senator's goaltender Mike Condon during first period NHL exhibition action at Credit Union Place in Summerside on Monday.

Former Moosehead Hischier signs seven-year extension with Devils

There are plenty of summer sights to behold in the Town of Berwick this year, including the splash pad at Rainforth Park.

Social media is not a replacement for calling the police, Berwick authorities stress

The 2019 Porsche Macan is powered by a 2.0-litre, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine that makes up to 248 horsepower and 273 lb.-ft. of torque.

2019 Porsche Macan offers superb drive dynamics

This is an architect’s drawing of the new primary health-care centre being built in Middleton in front of Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital. Construction of the new $12-million facility has begun and will take a year to complete.

Construction starts on new $12-million primary health-care centre in Middleton

Defenceman Justin Barron is one of five members of the Halifax Mooseheads who is a candidate for the Canadian world junior team. (TIM KROCHAK/Chronicle Herald)

Quebec league should be well represented on Canadian world junior team

“Send More Tourists … The Last Ones Were Delicious,” by Tracey Waddleton. Breakwater Books. $19.95. 254 pages. - Contributed

BOOK ReMarks: Send More Tourists…the Last Ones Were Delicious

The backyard renovation at a Bridgeland home called for creating some privacy from next door homes overlooking the yard.

Landscaping guru Carson Arthur says fall is the best time for outdoor renovations

On the road, the 2019 Lexus UX250h’s manners are impeccable. Steering is light and precise, and the ride is smooth for a small vehicle, while it handles corners well.

2019 Lexus UX250H Hybrid offers engaging drive experience

The Western Regional Enterprise Network will hold its annual summit Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Meteghan fire hall.

Western REN to hold annual summit Oct. 22 in Meteghan; event to focus on succession planning

The Club can be a visual deterrent but isn’t fool proof.

AUTO ADVICE: Should I buy a Club for theft deterrent?