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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 ...

Cape Breton University. - File

Atlantic Canada universities see hike in international students

<p>Tom Urbaniak, associate professor of political science at Cape Breton University</p>

TOM URBANIAK: Jaime Battiste needs to reassure us

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 ...

There was a large turnout for the Digby Purple Walk to raise awareness about epilepsy on Oct. 6. BEN CLEVELAND PHOTO

Great community support for epilepsy awareness walk in Digby

Published Oct 09, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

Cape Breton University. - File

Atlantic Canada universities see hike in international students

Published 20 minutes ago

<p>Tom Urbaniak, associate professor of political science at Cape Breton University</p>

TOM URBANIAK: Jaime Battiste needs to reassure us

Published 39 minutes 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 7 hours ago

Local

Kelly Mitchell, mother of Aidaen Mae Mitchell, and Laura Hamlin, who was a friend of Aidaen's, inside the Aidaen Mae Mitchell Wellness Room that is a component of the Tri County Mental Health and Wellness drop-in centre at 101 Water St. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Dream realized: Mental health wellness drop-in centre in Yarmouth officially opened

Published 13 hours ago

Family, communication, and planning are key issues for Paula Hafting who becomes Annapolis Royal’s newest town councillor on Oct. 15. She won the Sept. 14 special election to fill the vacant council seat.

Hafting ready to be sworn in as Annapolis Royal’s newest councillor

Published Oct 08, 2019 at 1:50 p.m.

Annapolis RCMP Crime Report looks at the weekly calls for service police answer.

Cows, cows, and more cows keep Annapolis District RCMP busy

Published Oct 08, 2019 at 1:32 p.m.

Warren Stafford with his two children in hospital in South Carolina. Mom Jessica is Jessica Steeves, originally from Wilmot. Stafford fell ill Sept. 21 and while things have improved, his recovery could take months.

Family with Nova Scotia connection faces health crisis after cold turns out to be deadly, paralyzing syndrome

Updated Oct 09, 2019 at 8:32 a.m.

Opinion

<p>Tom Urbaniak, associate professor of political science at Cape Breton University</p>

TOM URBANIAK: Jaime Battiste needs to reassure us

Published 39 minutes ago

smoke detector

BRIAN HODDER: Emergency preparedness begins at home

Updated Oct 10, 2019 at 6:03 a.m.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters on his main campaign plane, a Boeing 737-800.

DAVID JOHNSON: Can Justin Trudeau earn another majority government?

Published Oct 09, 2019 at 7:28 a.m.

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LETTER: Uncontrolled growth to blame for climate change

Published Oct 09, 2019 at 4 a.m.

Business

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 14 hours ago

This is a conceptual image of the proposed 1,250-acre Novazone logistics park that will manage cargo once it’s unloaded off ships at the proposed Novaporte container terminal in Sydney harbour. SUBMITTED IMAGE

Proposed Cape Breton container terminal logistics park has first ‘green’ tenant

Updated Oct 07, 2019 at 6:39 a.m.

Oxford Frozen Foods in Cumberland County has grown since its first processing plant opened 50 years ago. The company has expanded several times including an $8.4-million upgrade in 1998.

Oxford Frozen Foods is growing again

Published Oct 04, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

After a fire destroyed the Glooscap restaurant late last year, Mike and Amber Fisher wasted no time in rebuilding the iconic landmark. The new restaurant opened Oct. 1 in the same place the old restaurant stood. DAVE MATHIESON – AMHERST NEWS

Parrsboro restaurant reopens less than a year after fire

Updated Oct 10, 2019 at 8:11 a.m.

Sports

Derek Gentile of the Cape Breton Eagles, left, skates beside Vincent Marleau of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies during Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action at Centre 200 on Sunday. Gentile and the Eagles will return to action Wednesday when they host the Charlottetown Islanders. Game time is 7 p.m. at Centre 200 in Sydney.

Cape Breton, Charlottetown to play first of nine regular season meetings Wednesday

Published 9 hours ago

The St. F.X. Sports Hall of Fame inducted its Class of 2019 during Homecoming weekend on the Antigonish campus. Dave Liem (soccer), Dr. Beth McCharles (soccer and hockey), Andy Culligan (hockey), Bart Sears (back, left), who represented his grandfather and builder Dr. Cecil MacLean, and Dr. David Cudmore (builder) were the inductees. St. F.X. Athletics

St. F.X. Sports Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2019

Updated 17 hours ago

Former University of Cincinnati Bearcats college player Cane Broome is the newest member of the St. John's Edge. - University of Cincinnati photo

Broome swept up by St. John's Edge

Updated Oct 12, 2019 at 1:40 a.m.

Zoe Rowe, shown in action in Feildians opening game Wednesday, scored both her team's goals in a 2-0 win over their provincial counterparts, the Holy Cross Crusaders, on Thursday. — NLSA photo/Twitter

Feildians maintain hopes of national title for N.L. by blanking Holy Cross in Jubilee Trophy play

Updated Oct 11, 2019 at 7:10 a.m.

Lifestyles

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 7 hours ago

Annapolis Valley couple Philip and Katie Keddy show off their crop of sweet potatoes on their family's Lakeville farm featured on the new season of the web series Real Farm Lives. The latest episodes are currently streaming online.

Lights, camera, farming: Web series focuses on life on Annapolis Valley family farm

Updated Oct 13, 2019 at 11:42 a.m.

NSCC culinary students took to the trails at Kejimkujik National Park Oct. 5 for the fifth annual Savour the Trail event that saw park visitors sample some of the students’ gourmet dishes in unique setting. Visitors started on the Mill Falls Trail and then crossed the bridge to the Beech Grove Trail – stopping at 11 food-sampling stations along the way.

Feast in the forest - Keji’s Savour the Trail a gourmand’s dream come true as people dine in the woods

Updated Oct 13, 2019 at 11:11 a.m.

Anita MacDonald, left, and Ben Miller of Miller/MacDonald/Cormier get ready to perform in front of students at Breton Education Centre in New Waterford on Wednesday as part of the Celtic Colours in the Schools program. The two, along with guitarist Zakk Cormier will be performing throughout the nine-day festival as well.

Organizers not expecting much sleep during annual Celtic Colours festival

Updated Oct 11, 2019 at 10:50 a.m.

Recent Stories

Cape Breton University. - File

Atlantic Canada universities see hike in international students

<p>Tom Urbaniak, associate professor of political science at Cape Breton University</p>

TOM URBANIAK: Jaime Battiste needs to reassure us

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

Supercalndered paper flies through the air as a roll is finished at Port Hawkesbury Paper.

Regulator sets dates for Port Hawkesbury Paper power rate hearing, gives interim approval to proposal

Derek Gentile of the Cape Breton Eagles, left, skates beside Vincent Marleau of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies during Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action at Centre 200 on Sunday. Gentile and the Eagles will return to action Wednesday when they host the Charlottetown Islanders. Game time is 7 p.m. at Centre 200 in Sydney.

Cape Breton, Charlottetown to play first of nine regular season meetings Wednesday

Louise Gillis of Sydney has received CNIB's highest honour.

Cape Breton's Louise Gillis receives CNIB's highest honour

Kelly Mitchell, mother of Aidaen Mae Mitchell, and Laura Hamlin, who was a friend of Aidaen's, inside the Aidaen Mae Mitchell Wellness Room that is a component of the Tri County Mental Health and Wellness drop-in centre at 101 Water St. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Dream realized: Mental health wellness drop-in centre in Yarmouth officially opened

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

Hugh MacKay was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as MLA for Chester-St. Margaret's in 2017.

Nova Scotia MLA Hugh MacKay charged with impaired driving

Acupuncturist Dr. Xiao Han Li is now accused of three separate sexual assaults.

Halifax acupuncturist faces two additional sexual assault charges

Halifax Mooseheads

Former NHLer, Mooseheads coach Danny Grant dead at 74

Letter to the Editor

LETTER: Greens have solid climate plan