The CoastGuard

The new Shelburne Primary Health Care Centre. KATHY JOHNSON

New primary health care centre celebrated in Shelburne and seen as ...

Major Mark Norris, JRCC (Joint Rescue Coordination Centre) Halifax commanding officer, with Sgt. Rob Hardie, JRCC assistant air coordinator and advisor for SarTech operations, and Marc Ouellette, Canadian Coast Guard regional supervisor for Maritime Search and Rescue at JRCC. The officers were on hand to meet the public during the Eastern Canadian Fisheries Expo at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth Jan. 25 and 26.

Coast guard urges boat owners to register emergency beacons

There was a lot of interest in the crowd at The Whale Sanctuary Project meeting in Shelburne on Feb. 9 in taking it to the next step with a follow up community meeting and the possible formation of a committee. The Town of Shelburne will be facilitating the meeting, which is expected to be scheduled soon. Kathy Johnson photo

Enthusiasm and interest shown for whale sanctuary project during ...

Yarmouth Mariners Centre.

Town of Yarmouth eyeing Mariners Centre expansion as a top priority ...

The Annapolis Royal Community Hub, that contains a library and innovation lab, among other things, was officially opened on Feb. 15. The space inside the old Annapolis Royal Regional Academy cost almost $1 million to build. Andrew Tolson Photo

New facility at old Annapolis Royal Academy a ‘truly inspirational ...

The 797-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye (Widebody trim pictured) was one of the top-four entries in the innovation category for its powertrain for the annual AJAC selections for top new technologies and innovations in the automotive industry. - FCA

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: Dogde Challenger Hellcat Redeye powertrain earns ...

2019 Toyota Camry XLE - David Dewhurst

2019 Toyota Camry is a perfect family cruiser

2018 Nissan Versa Note

2014+ Nissan Versa Note big on versatility, space

RCMP

Shots fired complaint in Barrington Passage leads to attempted murder investigation

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 5:10 p.m.

The new Shelburne Primary Health Care Centre. KATHY JOHNSON

New primary health care centre celebrated in Shelburne and seen as important recruitment tool

Published Feb 13, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

The Annapolis Royal Community Hub, that contains a library and innovation lab, among other things, was officially opened on Feb. 15. The space inside the old Annapolis Royal Regional Academy cost almost $1 million to build. Andrew Tolson Photo

New facility at old Annapolis Royal Academy a ‘truly inspirational community space’

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The 797-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye (Widebody trim pictured) was one of the top-four entries in the innovation category for its powertrain for the annual AJAC selections for top new technologies and innovations in the automotive industry. - FCA

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: Dogde Challenger Hellcat Redeye powertrain earns praise

Updated 2 hours ago

News

['More Roseway Hospital ER closures will happen this week.']

Roseway Hospital ER closing at 6 p.m. on Feb. 19, reopening Feb. 20 at 8 a.m.

Published 22 hours ago

Susan Surette-Draper, the president of Les Amis de Grand-Pré, left, and Sally Ross, the group’s secretary, presented to West Hants council Feb. 12 explaining the importance of the Sainte-Famille Cemetery in Falmouth.

‘It’s very peaceful there:’ Sainte-Famille Cemetery receives municipal heritage designation

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 11:36 a.m.

This barred owl fell from the sky into the bed of Mike Duffney’s truck as he was driving from Lunenburg to Bridgewater on Tuesday morning. - Carol Cunningham

Barred owl recovering after fall into truck near Bridgewater

Updated Feb 15, 2019 at 10:58 a.m.

The new Shelburne Primary Health Care Centre. KATHY JOHNSON

New primary health care centre celebrated in Shelburne and seen as important recruitment tool

Published Feb 13, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

Sports

Valley High School Hockey League

Valley High School Hockey League's 2019 boys and girls all-star games hit the ice Feb. 17 in Yarmouth

Updated Feb 17, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

Newfoundland Growlers head coach Ryane Clowe is shown on the bench before an ECHL game at Mile One Centre earlier this season. Clowe has missed the Growlers’ last five road games for what the parent Toronto Maple Leafs say are “medical reasons,” and a statement from the Leafs Tuesday would seem to indicate there is a real possibility he won’t be available for three away games in Florida, beginning with a matchup in Jacksonville tonight. — Newfoundland Growlers photo/Jeff Parsons

Newfoundland Growlers coach Ryane Clowe steps down

Published Jan 24, 2019 at 3:18 p.m.

Members of the Halifax Mooseheads and Moncton Wildcats battle during Saturday's QMJHL game at the Scotiabank Centre. (Ryan Taplin/Staff)

Mooseheads beat rival Wildcats 5-1

Updated Jan 21, 2019 at 7:33 a.m.

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 Jan 18, 2019 at 7:33 a.m.

Business

Bay Ferries has signed a five-year lease for part of the Bar Harbor ferry terminal. - Ervin Olsen

Bay Ferries signs $264,000 annual lease for Bar Harbor ferry terminal

Updated 6 hours ago

Neil LeBlanc, owner of Growing Green Earthworm Castings, holds a handful of alfalfa meal, one of a dozen organic additions to Kryptonite, a specially formulated growing soil for marijuana.

Demand growing for soil designed by Wedgeport business for growing cannabis

Updated Jan 29, 2019 at 2:42 p.m.

The Fundy Rose ferry that sails between Digby, N.S. and Saint John, N.B.

Fundy Rose Digby ferry off its run until late February due to maintenance

Updated Jan 28, 2019 at 1:31 p.m.

Bay Ferries says its move to Bar Harbor from Portland has been slowed due to the U.S. government shutdown. - The Canadian Press

Yarmouth ferry’s move to Bar Harbor slowed by U.S. shutdown

Updated Jan 26, 2019 at 3:01 p.m.

Living

Yarmouth artist Tootsie Emin created several paintings highlighting firsts and other lasting impressions involving members of the black community in Yarmouth. Her work will now become a permanent exhibit at the Yarmouth County Museum. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

THEN AND NOW: From firsts to forever – Exhibit showcasing black community firsts to become permanent part Yarmouth County Museum

Updated 4 hours ago

Walt and Phyllis Chaffey are most content in each other’s arms. It’s where they spend almost all their time.

Seventy years of love: Musgravetown’s Walt and Phyllis Chaffey a picture of togetherness

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 2:42 p.m.

Migraines that are triggered by weather are understandably frustrating because, as much as we’d like to, we can’t change the weather. However, we can learn which weather changes start a migraine and take steps to lessen their effects.

CINDY DAY: This weather can be pain

Published Feb 14, 2019 at 4 a.m.

Longtime Sackville Tribune-Post reporter Wallie Sears works from his home office in Sackville last week. At the age of 90, Sears has been covering events in the Tantramar region since the late 1950s.

Freelancing for more than six decades, Sackville's Wallie Sears remains committed and passionate reporter

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 1:48 p.m.

Opinion

Hoarfrost on wire fence, Avalon Barrens. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: The winter nights

Published a day ago

Does Canada want to become known as a country that not only ignores bribes, but is open to them, Russell Wangersky asks. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Canada shouldn’t stand for corruption

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: SNC-Lavalin is a very Liberal affair

Published Feb 13, 2019 at 5 a.m.

Trudeau sent a stronger than usual message as he alluded the near-trade war Canada and the United States are currently embroiled in. "We're standing up for Canada," he said.

EDITORIAL: Probing the interference allegations

Published Feb 12, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Community

The Annapolis Royal Community Hub, that contains a library and innovation lab, among other things, was officially opened on Feb. 15. The space inside the old Annapolis Royal Regional Academy cost almost $1 million to build. Andrew Tolson Photo

New facility at old Annapolis Royal Academy a ‘truly inspirational community space’

Published just now

While governments figure out what to do about single-use plastic bags, a committee at an Annapolis Royal church is gathering reusable bags and dropping them off at a local grocery store where customers have been quick to use them over plastic.

Bag Ban: Group says communities don’t have to wait for governments to do something

Updated Feb 06, 2019 at 10:24 a.m.

Volunteer Cheryll Blinkhorn gives Grade 6 Hillcrest Academy student Rylie Jamieson a helping hand knitting a finger puppet for the IWK. In the background classmates Emma Harris and Shahed Hendawi work on their puppets. KATHY JOHNSON PHOTO

Paying it Foward: Shelburne County volunteers and students honour girl's memory through donations of finger puppets to hospitals

Updated Feb 11, 2019 at 8:16 a.m.

The Groundhog Day Storm of 1976.

Revisiting the Groundhog Day storm of 1976 in southwestern Nova Scotia

Updated Feb 02, 2019 at 1:23 p.m.

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The Annapolis Royal Community Hub, that contains a library and innovation lab, among other things, was officially opened on Feb. 15. The space inside the old Annapolis Royal Regional Academy cost almost $1 million to build. Andrew Tolson Photo

New facility at old Annapolis Royal Academy a ‘truly inspirational community space’

The 797-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye (Widebody trim pictured) was one of the top-four entries in the innovation category for its powertrain for the annual AJAC selections for top new technologies and innovations in the automotive industry. - FCA

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: Dogde Challenger Hellcat Redeye powertrain earns praise

2019 Toyota Camry XLE - David Dewhurst

2019 Toyota Camry is a perfect family cruiser

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2014+ Nissan Versa Note big on versatility, space

General Motors is stopping production of its Chevrolet Impala sedan (2014 LTZ trim pictured).

LADY DRIVEN: Could this be the sedan’s sunset?

2016 Fiat 500L

Five checks before you buy used 2014+ Fiat 500L

Kia Stinger, Jaguar I-Pace tops for AJAC’s 2019 Canadian car and utility vehicle of the year

The safest approach when being tailgated is to remove yourself from the scene. Look for an appropriate space, signal and pull into another lane or off the road.

Tailgating issue even more critical in winter

Yarmouth artist Tootsie Emin created several paintings highlighting firsts and other lasting impressions involving members of the black community in Yarmouth. Her work will now become a permanent exhibit at the Yarmouth County Museum. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

THEN AND NOW: From firsts to forever – Exhibit showcasing black community firsts to become permanent part Yarmouth County Museum

This is the cast of “The Bachelor” season 23. -ABC/Submitted

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Bay Ferries has signed a five-year lease for part of the Bar Harbor ferry terminal. - Ervin Olsen

Bay Ferries signs $264,000 annual lease for Bar Harbor ferry terminal

['More Roseway Hospital ER closures will happen this week.']

Roseway Hospital ER closing at 6 p.m. on Feb. 19, reopening Feb. 20 at 8 a.m.