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

2018 Christmas Lights map

2017 dumping day in southwestern NS got off to a start the early morning of Nov. 28. This was the scene in Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth County NS. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

LOBSTER OUTLOOK: The annual Tri-County Vanguard look at the ...

2017 dumping day in southwestern NS got off to a start the early morning of Nov. 28. This was the scene in Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth County NS. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

LOBSTER OUTLOOK: Largest lobster fishing season opens in southwestern ...

A Cormorant helicopter at the Yarmouth airport the morning of Nov. 28, after airlifting a 25-year-old fisherman, reported to be suffering from seizures, from a lobster vessel for transport to the Yarmouth Regional Hospital. TINA COMEAU

LOBSTER OUTLOOK: SAR resources will be in place for lobster season ...

A choir gets ready to sing in front of the Lobster Pot Christmas Tree during the 2017 lighting festivities. KATHY JOHNSON

LOBSTER OUTLOOK: Barrington’s lobster pot tree celebrates the season ...

Pubnico photographer/fisherman lands fish and photos on each trip.

LOBSTER OUTLOOK: Pubnico photographer/fisherman lands fish and photos ...

Cape Sable Island fisherman Bradford (Baffy) Symonds Jr.

LOBSTER OUTLOOK: ‘It’s been an interesting life,' Cape Sable Island ...

Fire extensively damaged the home of Adam and Lyndsey Kenney in Centreville, Cape Sable Island on Wednesday evening (Dec. 12). It was the fourth house fire on Cape Sable Island in three weeks.

Fire damages another Cape Sable Island home

A lobster fisherman sorting his live lobsters at the end of the day to be sold at the docks. -123RF

Lobster landings down, shore price record-setting for opening week

Updated 21 hours ago

Town of Shelburne employee Mike Dechamp installs a Christmas decoration on Water Street on Nov. 15. Preparations are being made across Shelburne County for the start of numerous community Christmas celebrations and events.

Christmas and holiday festivities kicking off in Shelburne County

Updated Nov 22, 2018 at 4:51 p.m.

2017 dumping day in southwestern NS got off to a start the early morning of Nov. 28. This was the scene in Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth County NS. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

LOBSTER OUTLOOK: The annual Tri-County Vanguard look at the southwestern Nova Scotia lobster fishery

Updated Nov 23, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

Participants in the fifth annual Lobster Dip made the dash into the frigid Atlantic at the North East Point waterfront on Cape Sable Island on Nov. 24. KATHY JOHNSON PHOTO

Participants in annual Mun. of Barrington Lobster Dip make frigid dash to support missionary family

Published Nov 28, 2018 at 3:50 p.m.

News

Fire extensively damaged the home of Adam and Lyndsey Kenney in Centreville, Cape Sable Island on Wednesday evening (Dec. 12). It was the fourth house fire on Cape Sable Island in three weeks.

Fire damages another Cape Sable Island home

Updated 3 hours ago

Annapolis County CAO John Ferguson said residents won't have long to wait to find out about a major development that is expected to be a major economic driver. The public is invited to the announcement on Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Bridgetown Regional Community School.

Mum’s the word on major Annapolis County announcement Dec. 8

Updated Dec 06, 2018 at 1:35 p.m.

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Emergency department closures at Shelburne and Digby emergency departments

Updated Dec 06, 2018 at 9:27 a.m.

A vessel out of Woods Harbour was towed into Clark’s Harbour by the coast guard on Dec. 1, dumping day, after losing power.

Coast guard busy with tows and medical assists on dumping day weekend in southwestern Nova Scotia

Updated Dec 05, 2018 at 3:49 p.m.

Sports

Steve Rex, left, of Kentville, and Fred Ansems, from Steam Mill Village, are heading to Chicago on Dec. 15 to participate in the World Axe Throwing Championship, which will be broadcasted on ESPN.

Two Annapolis Valley axe throwers heading to Chicago for world championships

Published Dec 02, 2018 at 2:42 p.m.

NOAH McMULLIN #6: Five members of the Yarmouth Mariners are on the roster for the MHL's Team Eastlink South at the Eastern Canada Cup All-Star Challenge. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Five Yarmouth Mariners and head coach part of MHL team roster for Eastern Canada Cup All-Star Challenge

Updated Nov 07, 2018 at 5:35 p.m.

Halifax Mooseheads defenceman Justin Barron gets his stick up on Val-d'Or Foreurs forward Julien Tessier during Saturday's QMJHL game at the Scotiabank Centre. (TIM KROCHAK/CHRONICLE HERALD)

Quick strikes propel Moose to home win

Updated Nov 03, 2018 at 10:45 p.m.

Tomi McCarthy clutches the rugby ball as she pulls away from her opponents during a university rugby game between Acadia and Saint Mary’s.

Barrington native and Acadia rugby athlete Tomi McCarthy wins major Atlantic University Sport award for her community service

Published Oct 30, 2018 at 8:10 p.m.

Business

A lobster fisherman sorting his live lobsters at the end of the day to be sold at the docks. -123RF

Lobster landings down, shore price record-setting for opening week

Updated 21 hours ago

Yarmouth MLA and the province's education minister Zach Churchill, made the Dec. 6 announcement on updated Fisheries and Aquaculture Loan Board regulations. The changes, announced in Yarmouth, are aimed at reducing financial barriers, particularly to young fishermen. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Bigger loans, faster turn-around time, by loan board to help N.S. fishing industry and younger fishermen

Updated Dec 06, 2018 at 3:16 p.m.

The Hantsport Scotiabank branch is slated to close on May 23, 2019. The company has had a presence in the community since 1951.

Hantsport Scotiabank branch to shut its doors in 2019, move accounts to Windsor

Published Nov 28, 2018 at 7:33 p.m.

Brothers Lucien and Simon LeBlanc of Tusket Island Tours received the 2018 Parks Canada Sustainable Tourism Award at the Tourism Industry Association of Nova Scotia’s Crystal Tourism Awards of Excellence.

Tusket Island Tours wins 2018 Parks Canada Sustainable Tourism Award

Updated Nov 28, 2018 at 4:09 p.m.

Living

They're out there! Michael Boschat with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada watched from his balcony in Halifax Monday night and caught this one racing across the sky at about 8:35 pm.

CINDY DAY: No rain gear needed for tonight’s showers

Published 6 hours ago

Ask others to contribute to the party so all of the work is not on your shoulders. - 123RF

How to handle holiday hosting

Updated Dec 11, 2018 at 9:18 a.m.

The 5 radar sites in Atlantic Canada: Chipman NB, Halifax (Gore) NS, Marion Bridge NS, Marble Mountain NL & Holyrood NL - WSI

CINDY DAY: More radars... not on the radar

Updated Dec 11, 2018 at 10:16 a.m.

While admiring the sunset at her cottage in Malagash, N.S, Heather Crocker spotted these subtle shafts of light coming up from the water.

CINDY DAY: Divine digits on high

Published Dec 08, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Opinion

Nova Scotia Auditor General Michael Pickup fields question after releasing his latest set of reports in Halifax on Wednesday.

VIBERT: Auditor general says Department of Health has failed Nova Scotians

Updated a day ago

A Statistics Canada study on cannabis use and sewage got headline writers revved up. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: When news gathering goes down the crapper

Published Dec 04, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Dumping day morning 2018 in Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth County. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

TINA COMEAU: Another dumping day kicks off the lobster season in southwestern N.S. – and there goes my family

Updated Dec 01, 2018 at 7:04 p.m.

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Information is power, restored

Published Dec 01, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Community

Josh Noiles reads ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas during the 2018 Hants County Christmas Angels telethon. He’s joined by special guest Santa Claus.

Over $36,000 raised for Hants County families in need during Christmas Angels telethon

Published Dec 03, 2018 at 12:42 p.m.

Volunteer diver Brandon Fitzgerald from the Nova Scotia Fisheries Sector Council is hoisted up out of the water in a Pubnico ring, by the crew of the Good a Nuff I, during a man overboard drill on the Clark’s Harbour wharf on Nov. 8. KATHY JOHNSON PHOTO

LOBSTER OUTLOOK: Southwestern NS fishermen asked 'Are you ready?' as focus is put on safety heading into season

Updated Nov 21, 2018 at 3:31 p.m.

Samantha Hudson, second from left, planted trees and created rain gardens in a project called ‘Soaking up Stormwater’ that was a partnership between Clean Annapolis River Project and the Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation. The partnership continues with a new project called ‘Managing Water in Response to a Changing Climate in Southwest Nova Scotia.’ It will involve communities, businesses, and students and will help make water management and conservation second nature.

What to do with water - Groups look at climate change, how to adapt to new storm water runoff realities

Updated Nov 20, 2018 at 10:40 a.m.

Annapolis District RCMP Const. Cheryl Ponee holds the Community Service Award she was presented by the Atlantic Women in Law Enforcement during a gala ceremony in Moncton earlier this month. She works with school children as an RCMP member and in the community through fitness classes and as part of a dog rescue group.

Annapolis County cop earns award, accolades from law enforcement peers

Updated Nov 16, 2018 at 11:20 a.m.

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Fire extensively damaged the home of Adam and Lyndsey Kenney in Centreville, Cape Sable Island on Wednesday evening (Dec. 12). It was the fourth house fire on Cape Sable Island in three weeks.

Fire damages another Cape Sable Island home

They're out there! Michael Boschat with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada watched from his balcony in Halifax Monday night and caught this one racing across the sky at about 8:35 pm.

CINDY DAY: No rain gear needed for tonight’s showers

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Digby Hospital emergency department schedule, Dec.13

2015 Chevrolet Impala - Justin Pritchard

USED WHEELS: 2014+ Chevrolet Impala impresses on highway

The proposed CAT powered GMC Top Kick’s tank configuration would enable the truck to circle the globe without stopping for fuel. The trailer would be shipped back from Western Australia so Asia could be tackled without it.

ROAD LESS TRAVELLED: Around the world without refuelling

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Dealer service best for continuously variable transmissions

Clare Chess Club members: from left at rear: John MacKinnon, Delbert Thimot, Jolyn Arcenaux, Andrew Eaton. In front: David Noon and Richard Landry, Lloyd Lombard, James Crombie, Norbert Jeddry and Richard Péloquin.

Clare Chess Club reborn

The Yarmouth NSLC is one of 12 NSLC outlets in the province designated to sell cannabis.

Man arrested for alleged robbery at NSLC in Yarmouth

The 2019 Lincoln MKC is powered by a 285-horsepower, 2.3-litre, four-cylinder, turbocharged engine. - Justin Pritchard

Comfort, safety first for 2019 Lincoln MKC

Matt Bubbers says the 2019 Tesla Model 3 “is a strange and exciting machine that bodes well for a future filled with thrilling electric automobiles.”- Matt Bubbers

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Model 3 Performance, the affordable Tesla that isn’t

Nova Scotia Auditor General Michael Pickup fields question after releasing his latest set of reports in Halifax on Wednesday.

VIBERT: Auditor general says Department of Health has failed Nova Scotians