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Bent steel and broken lives: why do we drive too fast?

Check out the lights from your area and around Atlantic Canada below! - 123RF photo

2018 Christmas Lights map

The former Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Plympton, Digby County is being demolished, by hand. Stan Atwell of the company Anything and Everything Demolition and Recycling stands in what is left so far of the former Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Plympton, Digby County. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Dismantling the past by hand: Digby County church being demolished but ...

The owners of the Rodd Colony Harbour Inn are considering reopening the complex next spring.

Owners investing millions in Yarmouth's Rodd Colony Harbour Inn and ...

["<p>An Amherst man makes his way down LaPlanche Street during Tuesday's snowstorm that dumped 29 cm of snow on the town. Another dump of snow is forecast for late Friday and early Saturday.</p>"]

Chances are it will be a green (not white) Christmas for Nova Scotia

Each year Le Petit Bois is decorated by volunteers for the Christmas season. The trail is located behind Église Sainte-Marie Church in Church Point on Route 1.

Elves transform Church Point's Le Petit Bois into enchanted forest for ...

People turned out for a rally and march on Jan. 19 to show their support to four Yarmouth fire dispatchers. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Rally held in Yarmouth to give support and thanks to fire dispatchers ...

A fire occurred at a home on Old Highway 215 in Union Corner Jan. 19, 2019.

Union Corner family escapes basement apartment fire

VIBERT: Public perception of health care sags

It felt like Christmas morning when my computers arrived! It has been a lot of work, but worth every minute of it!

CINDY DAY: I couldn’t have done it without you!

B.M.C. Seafoods Ltd. in Meteghan, Digby County, is once again growing its operations. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

B.M.C. Seafood Ltd. of Meteghan forging ahead with ambitious expansion plan

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

RCMP Corporal Jennifer Clarke says given the potential outcome of speeding, it’s just not worth taking the risk.

Not a victimless crime: First responders say speeding-related accidents affect many lives

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

People turned out for a rally and march on Jan. 19 to show their support to four Yarmouth fire dispatchers. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Rally held in Yarmouth to give support and thanks to fire dispatchers facing layoffs

Updated 39 minutes ago

A fire occurred at a home on Old Highway 215 in Union Corner Jan. 19, 2019.

Union Corner family escapes basement apartment fire

Updated 4 hours ago

News

People turned out for a rally and march on Jan. 19 to show their support to four Yarmouth fire dispatchers. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Rally held in Yarmouth to give support and thanks to fire dispatchers facing layoffs

Updated 39 minutes ago

A shopper heads out of the Mumford Road Sobeys on Thursday. - Ryan Taplin

Environment minister says Nova Scotia won’t issue plastic bag ban

Updated a day ago

Increased bobcat sightings a rare treat: Nova Scotia biologist

Updated a day ago

RCMP

Charges of sexual assault and voyeurism laid against Meteghan RCMP member

Updated a day ago

Living

It felt like Christmas morning when my computers arrived! It has been a lot of work, but worth every minute of it!

CINDY DAY: I couldn’t have done it without you!

Updated 13 hours ago

Olivia Carson turned 13 in August. The Nictaux girl had been fighting cancer for almost six months by then and spent more than a few days and nights in hospital beds since then. In fact, she spent Christmas in the hospital. But recently she completed her radiation and chemo treatments and is focusing on regaining her strength.

Annapolis Royal aunt and Nictaux niece compare notes as they battle cancer together

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 3:06 p.m.

Yarmouth County Museum and Archives archivist Lisette Gaudet holds a sample of century-old cursive writing that participants will learn how to decipher during a new online genealogy workshop series starting Jan. 23.

Yarmouth County Museum online genealogy workshop series start Jan. 23

Updated Jan 14, 2019 at 8:50 a.m.

What do you think Debbie Hill saw the afternoon of December 31 over Murray Harbour, P.E.I.? Whatever it was, science played a roll in it.

CINDY DAY: Mystery over Murray Harbour

Published Jan 12, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Business

B.M.C. Seafoods Ltd. in Meteghan, Digby County, is once again growing its operations. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

B.M.C. Seafood Ltd. of Meteghan forging ahead with ambitious expansion plan

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Roland DesChamp Sr. holds a photo of the first boat launched in 1963 by DesChamp and Jackson boatbuilders. KATHY JOHNSON

Lifelong Shelburne boatbuilder retires: ‘I knew how to build a boat when I was 15 years old'

Updated Jan 02, 2019 at 11:52 a.m.

Carleton Road Industries Association currently operates a gas bar, post office, convenience store, and thrift store in Lawrencetown. As of Jan. 9, it will operate a bottle exchange at the west end of the old co-op store.

Get your refunds here - Carleton Road Industries Association opening bottle exchange in Middleton, Lawrencetown

Updated Dec 30, 2018 at 2:10 p.m.

Value Village store manager Reg Chitty says his New Minas store branch has been using paper bags in lieu of plastic since August, and that the change has been a popular one with customers.

Nova Scotia governments mull plastic bag ban, businesses take stock of what they use

Updated Dec 20, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.

Sports

Bridgetown’s Maryelle Hannam holds the IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship cup her Canadian team won Jan. 13 with a 3-2 overtime win against the United States. She’s one of the coaches and was in Japan for the tournament.

Canadian girls win U-18 hockey gold in Japan with help from Bridgetown’s Maryelle Hannam

Updated a day ago

The Halifax Mooseheads latest acquisitions Maxim Trepanier, left, and Keith Getson, right, are shown in their Hurley Cup jerseys against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in a QMJHL game on Monday. (Ryan Taplin/ Staff)

Mooseheads roster now a finished project

Published Jan 06, 2019 at 5:14 p.m.

Quebec Remparts centre Luke Kutkevicius tries to tip the puck past Halifax Mooseheads goalie Cole McLaren during the second period of Saturday night’s QMJHL game at the Scotiabank Centre. (Ryan Taplin/The Chronicle Herald)

Remparts catch Mooseheads off guard

Updated Jan 05, 2019 at 10:25 p.m.

Ryan Graves made his NHL debut on Dec. 27 with the Colorado Avalanche. Post-game interviews. EMILY WADE PHOTO/COURTESY OF COLORADO AVALANCHE SOCIAL MEDIA

Yarmouth's Ryan Graves on playing in the NHL: ‘It’s been an enjoyable experience and I’m trying to make the best of it’

Updated Jan 05, 2019 at 1:21 p.m.

Opinion

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Public perception of health care sags

Published 13 hours ago

Businesses won’t stay in arenas of uncertainty if they have better options. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Getting out while the getting is good

Published Jan 11, 2019 at 6 a.m.

A photo provided as evidence during an animal cruelty trail in Charlottetown of Nicholas, a mixed Labrador/Rottweiler dog recovering at the P.E.I. Humane Society earlier this year.

EDITORIAL: Pets need protection

Published Jan 11, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Rule changes render public accounts committee toothless

Updated Jan 10, 2019 at 10:05 a.m.

Community

Daren White stands behind the howling snow-wolf he created on his front lawn on Winston Ave. in Amherst. It took about three hours to build. “I took my shovel and started making a pile until it was up to my eyes, and then I packed it and carved away what wasn’t a wolf,” said White. Once he was happy with the results, he painted it.

Cumberland County man's Great Canadian Snowman Challenge goes global

Updated a day ago

The fish tub derby during the annual Lobster Bash festival challenged competitors to try to tip their opponents out of the fish tubs with a paddle. AMANDA DOUCETTE

2018 YEAR IN REVIEW: Digby County photos from the year

Updated Jan 01, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Patrick Armstrong of Wilmot and his fiancé Niki are both paramedics. Armstrong took a six-month leave of absence for health reasons and is currently teaching paramedicine at the College of the North Atlantic in Qatar.

Outside the box - Middleton paramedic leaves stress behind to teach in Middle East

Updated Dec 27, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.

['Another busy week for Annapolis RCMP']

Don’t let a Grinch steal your Christmas - watch out for these scams!

Updated Dec 24, 2018 at 4:15 p.m.

Recent Stories

People turned out for a rally and march on Jan. 19 to show their support to four Yarmouth fire dispatchers. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Rally held in Yarmouth to give support and thanks to fire dispatchers facing layoffs

A fire occurred at a home on Old Highway 215 in Union Corner Jan. 19, 2019.

Union Corner family escapes basement apartment fire

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Public perception of health care sags

It felt like Christmas morning when my computers arrived! It has been a lot of work, but worth every minute of it!

CINDY DAY: I couldn’t have done it without you!

Fire departments, firefighters and members of the public protested outside the Yarmouth Town Hall on May 17. The town has said it will be exploring the cost of outsourcing its dispatch services. In a presentation to council they were asked to reconsider and maintain the dispatch service as it is. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Jan. 19 Yarmouth rally and march aimed at showing support to fire dispatchers

Brad Reid was sworn in as a Middleton councillor by then CAO Rachel Turner on Nov. 7, 2016 at a special council meeting following province-wide municipal elections. Reid is no longer a councillor because his job has taken him outside town limits for longer than an allowable six-month time span. A special election to fill the vacant seat is expected to be called for March 30.

Middleton to call special election to fill seat left vacant by Brad Reid

James Kenny, 59.

UPDATE: RNC has located missing man James Kenny

Daren White stands behind the howling snow-wolf he created on his front lawn on Winston Ave. in Amherst. It took about three hours to build. “I took my shovel and started making a pile until it was up to my eyes, and then I packed it and carved away what wasn’t a wolf,” said White. Once he was happy with the results, he painted it.

Cumberland County man's Great Canadian Snowman Challenge goes global

Seven-year-old Sophia LeBlanc received the Act of Heroism Award from Staff Sgt. Craig Learning on Jan. 16 at the RCMP detachment in Amherst. Her mom, Candice Hicks, said she is very proud of her daughter and how she stayed calm after their vehicle crashed into the river just north of Oxford on Nov. 1.

Seven-year-old Amherst hero recognized helping her family after car crashed into river

Businesses that no longer contribute to pension plans for their employees should have to pay more into the Canada Pension Plan, Russell Wangersky argues. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Businesses should share the pension pain

Canada Dry Ginger Ale — made with real ginger, or not? —

EDITORIAL: Ginger debate bubbles over

Margaret Paul wrote a poem for her late brother Terrance Johnson of Potlotek First Nation on what would have been his 50th birthday - May, 28, 2015. Johnson died by suicide when he was just 29 years old.

A decade after suicide attempts, Mi’kmaq woman has found clarity