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Need for Speed P1 A1

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

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 ...

2018 Barrington River Run. Derek McCarthy rides the rapids down Chrissy's Falls during the annual Barrington River Run on May 12. KATHY JOHNSON PHOTO

2018 YEAR IN REVIEW: Shelburne County scrapbook

Stan Atwell of the company Anything and Everything Demolition and Recycling stands inside what is left of the former Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Plympton, Digby County in early December. The church, which closed years ago, is being demolished and the work is being done by hand. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Tri-County Vanguard: Tina Comeau's 2018 Year in Review Photo Scrapbook

Yarmouth Justice Centre. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Three men charged with attempted murder following reported stabbings ...

Allan Murphy Sr., of Ardoise, is volunteering his time to independently search for Tim Wells, a Windsor man who was reported missing May 12, 2018.

Ardoise resident independently searching for missing Windsor man

Olympic and World figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond conducting a day-long seminar with young skaters at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth that included on-ice instruction and a Q&A. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

World and Olympic champion figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond spends day ...

2019 Cadillac XT4 Sport. - Cadillac

Cadillac’s resurrection in good hands with XT4

Crates of lobster are offloaded from a fishing vessel at the Lower Woods Harbour wharf. The $9 shore price set within two weeks of the season opening is still holding, although it has created resistance in the marketplace.

$9 shore price in southwestern Nova Scotia creates lobster season ‘bottleneck’

Updated 14 hours ago

Minister of Rural Economic Development Bernadette Jordan addresses the media following a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Monday.

Bernadette Jordan named as Nova Scotia’s new federal cabinet minister

Updated a day ago

Arnold Townsend reaches out to pet the deer rescued in Gunning Cove, Shelburne County, on Jan. 9. DAVE SYER PHOTO

VIDEO: Catch of the day – Shelburne County fisherman rescues deer with lobster vessel in Gunning Cove

Updated 13 hours ago

Allan Murphy Sr., of Ardoise, is volunteering his time to independently search for Tim Wells, a Windsor man who was reported missing May 12, 2018.

Ardoise resident independently searching for missing Windsor man

Updated 10 hours ago

News

Louise Delisle, centre, and Mary Manning, right, from the South End Environmental Injustice Society are pictured with Vishal Bhardwaj, a commissioner with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission.

Shelburne County group, native son receive human rights awards

Updated Dec 31, 2018 at 8:51 a.m.

The number of issued speeding tickets within Terra Nova National Park appears to have gone down since 13 passing lanes were opened in 2017. However, a Glovertown RCMP officer isn’t convinced there’s a connection.

Complaints, citations down since Terra Nova park's passing lanes opened

Updated 13 hours ago

Help available for first responders dealing with PTSD

Updated 13 hours ago

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 13 hours ago

Sports

Olympic and World figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond conducting a day-long seminar with young skaters at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth that included on-ice instruction and a Q&A. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

World and Olympic champion figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond spends day with young skaters in Yarmouth

Updated 12 hours ago

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.

Hurricanes end year with 112-109 win

Updated Dec 31, 2018 at 9:15 p.m.

Yarmouth's Ryan Graves and his mom Monica Brennan at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after Graves played his first official NHL game with the Colorado Avalanche against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Lots of Yarmouth, N.S. hometown support as Ryan Graves makes his NHL debut

Updated Dec 29, 2018 at 9:38 p.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 13 hours ago

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.

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 reopening in 2019

Published Dec 19, 2018 at noon

Living

Twenty one people were killed on Commercial Street in the North End when a tank of molasses ruptured and exploded. An eight foot wave of the syrupy brown liquid moved down Commercial Street at a speed of 35mph. Wreckage of the collapsed tank visible in background, center, next to light colored warehouse. Elevated railway structure visible at far left and the North End Park bathing beach to the far right. - Wikimedia Commons

CINDY DAY: The Great Molasses Flood, a sad day in Boston’s history

Updated 14 hours ago

12 ways to maximize vertical space at home

Updated Jan 09, 2019 at 1 p.m.

Matt Smith reads the name of the winning ticket holder in the Jan. 2 Chase the Ace draw. The winner was called, selected one of the remaining 12 cards, but missed the ace. He won almost $5,000 anyway. The draw tonight is worth at least $93,000.

Annapolis Royal Fire’s Chase the Ace at $93,000 tonight

Updated Jan 09, 2019 at 1:37 p.m.

Displaced religious icons from the former Bethany House in Antigonish--Kathleen Melanson

'Christianity after religion': How Pictou County churches are dealing with congregational decline

Updated Jan 10, 2019 at 3:11 p.m.

Opinion

Stock photo

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Alcohol and altitude — a potentially dangerous cocktail on airplanes

Updated 14 hours ago

Seagulls wait for scraps from cod being gutted in a small boat at Cape Bonavista in this file photo.

EDITORIAL: Ocean imbalance

Published Jan 08, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Forest sector will fight for Northern Pulp

Published Jan 05, 2019 at 6 a.m.

According to the latest data from Statistics Canada, only 37.5 per cent of Canadian workers have a pension plan. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: On the road to pension poverty

Published Jan 04, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Community

Matt Smith reads the name of the winning ticket holder in the Jan. 2 Chase the Ace draw. The winner was called, selected one of the remaining 12 cards, but missed the ace. He won almost $5,000 anyway. The draw tonight is worth at least $93,000.

Annapolis Royal Fire’s Chase the Ace at $105,000 on Jan. 23

Updated 13 hours ago

Randall Fredericks, pictured here, hopes to walk a proposed harvest area between Bridgetown and West Dalhousie near the Morse Road. The parcel of Crown land has come up for comment on the province's Harvest Plan Map Viewer. The public can comment until Jan. 19.

Council Concerned - Province puts two more parcels of Annapolis County Crown forest on harvest plans map

Updated Dec 24, 2018 at 4:34 p.m.

Photos of the Sibley-White family receiving the donations from the community after their home burned down days before Christmas.

Power of community on display this Christmas for Bloomfield, N.L. family

Updated Dec 22, 2018 at 3:55 p.m.

This is the south end of a proposed harvest site on Hardwood Hill near Tupperville. It’s mostly hemlock, and some small beech trees. On Dec. 17 Annapolis MLA Stephen McNeil’s office informed residents the 20-hectare Crown property was taken off the harvest list.

Harvest Halted - Province takes 20-hectare Hardwood Hill off list of proposed cuts

Updated Dec 22, 2018 at 12:45 p.m.

Recent Stories

Allan Murphy Sr., of Ardoise, is volunteering his time to independently search for Tim Wells, a Windsor man who was reported missing May 12, 2018.

Ardoise resident independently searching for missing Windsor man

Olympic and World figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond conducting a day-long seminar with young skaters at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth that included on-ice instruction and a Q&A. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

World and Olympic champion figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond spends day with young skaters in Yarmouth

2019 Cadillac XT4 Sport. - Cadillac

Cadillac’s resurrection in good hands with XT4

Stop #2 on Lisa’s high-points-of-Halifax outing in the 2019 Subaru Ascent, Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area, is an urban wilderness that, once developed with a trail system, will claim the title of largest urban park in North America.

Taking the high road with Subaru’s 2019 Ascent SUV

The 2019 Subaru Forester at the New York International Auto Show. - The Associated Press

Subaru introduces Driver Focus technology on the 2019 Forester

The 2019 Ford Ranger isn’t the one you remember

['Telegram file photo<br />Philip Pynn is shown in court.']

Convicted killer Philip Pynn released to Nova Scotia halfway house

Chey and Sarah Swinamer carry signs on the Annapolis Royal causeway Jan. 10 with the tidal power dam facility seen in the background. They led a protest of about a dozen people who believe that the tidal power turbines have been killing fish for decades and nobody has been doing anything about it.

Protestors on Annapolis Royal causeway want end to fish kills

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

Kate Giglio and her husband Joe are looking forward to moving Supernova Power Yoga back into their downstairs studio. Extensive renovations were required after a Nov. 29 fire on the second level.

Yarmouth yoga studio reopening after November fire

Matt Smith reads the name of the winning ticket holder in the Jan. 2 Chase the Ace draw. The winner was called, selected one of the remaining 12 cards, but missed the ace. He won almost $5,000 anyway. The draw tonight is worth at least $93,000.

Annapolis Royal Fire’s Chase the Ace at $105,000 on Jan. 23

What the Peter’s Island lighthouse looks like now. - Sail2 Save an Island Lighthouse photo

Peter’s Island lighthouse continues to fall into disrepair while red tape unwinds