The CoastGuard

The new Shelburne Primary Health Care Centre. KATHY JOHNSON

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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.

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Quebec Remparts winger Andrew Coxhead tries to tip the puck past Halifax Mooseheads goalie Alexis Gravel during Saturday's QMJHL playoff game at the Scotiabank Centre.

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Ah local tulips! Too early? Not really. This beauty was grown in a greenhouse at Vanco Farms on Prince Edward Island. Michele Lawlor agrees that it might be a while before their field grown tulips are ready to be picked.

CINDY DAY: Seedy summer forecast - when to plant?

Lawrencetown Restaurant closed on March 19 but owner Shaun Saunders expects a deal to sell the iconic business will go through and it will re-open soon.

Changing hands - Iconic Lawrencetown Restaurant closed but to reopen ...

Janet Knox, president and CEO of the NSHA, responds to a question from a council member at the March 11 meeting of Shelburne municipal council’s committee of the whole. In the background is Jodi Ybarra, site manager for Roseway Hospital.

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Published Mar 14, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

A vendor at the Guild Hall Farmer’s Market in Shelburne last summer works on a painting. The Town of Shelburne has secured a $12,500 grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage under the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund to help upgrade the popular outdoor space on the Shelburne waterfront.

Shelburne gets grant to upgrade Guild Hall; town hopes 'to have everything in place for this summer'

Updated Mar 19, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Quebec Remparts winger Andrew Coxhead tries to tip the puck past Halifax Mooseheads goalie Alexis Gravel during Saturday's QMJHL playoff game at the Scotiabank Centre.

Mooseheads down 2-0 in series against Remparts

Updated 4 hours ago

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

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Fatal vehicle-pedestrian accident in Central Onslow

Updated Mar 20, 2019 at 8:39 a.m.

A towering wind turbine went up in flames Friday, March 15, 2019 at a wind farm located at the edge of West Pubnico, a southern Nova Scotia community. The volunteer fire department responded just after 5 p.m. to monitor the rotating blades and make sure flaming debris did not start additional fires on the ground. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Frankie Crowell MANDATORY CREDIT

West Pubnico wind turbine fire under investigation

Updated Mar 20, 2019 at 10:37 a.m.

Firefighters battled a commercial blaze that broke out inside the former Milne’s Garage Ltd. Building located near the Milne Court Petro-Canada service station in New Minas Tuesday afternoon. The building currently houses Funtastic Frenchy’s.

UPDATED: Commercial fire breaks out near New Minas gas station

Updated Mar 20, 2019 at 7:24 a.m.

Sports

Quebec Remparts winger Andrew Coxhead tries to tip the puck past Halifax Mooseheads goalie Alexis Gravel during Saturday's QMJHL playoff game at the Scotiabank Centre.

Mooseheads down 2-0 in series against Remparts

Updated 4 hours ago

The Windsor Avon View Avalanche and Bridgewater Park View Lady Panthers battled it out in the final game of the NSSAF girls high school hockey Regionals. The Bridgewater squad won the contest 6-2 March 2 in Bridgetown.

Panthers defeat Avalanche 6-2 in girls high school hockey Regionals

Published Mar 05, 2019 at 11:24 a.m.

NSSAF Division 2 high school hockey regionals were held in Yarmouth March 1-2. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Central Kings wins NSSAF D2 regionals, Barrington and PEB to play challenge games for chance to advance to provincials

Updated Mar 05, 2019 at 7:22 p.m.

Jessica Cranton, left, celebrates with her fellow medallists for the Special Olympics Singles Level III Female competition on Feb. 28 at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer, Alta. Len Wagg Photo, Communications NS

Silver for Cranton - Belleisle figure skater earns Games medal for N.S.

Updated Mar 02, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

Business

Lawrencetown Restaurant closed on March 19 but owner Shaun Saunders expects a deal to sell the iconic business will go through and it will re-open soon.

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Heather Delage, the general manager for BioVectra’s West Hants location, answers questions from Bernadette Jordan, the federal minister of rural economic development, and Kings County Mayor Peter Muttart about the company’s fermentation process.

UPDATE - Group formed to help promote region as BioVectra’s West Hants location begins expansion plans

Updated Mar 07, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

The ferry terminal in Yarmouth.

Request for proposals issued for consultants for Phase 1 of Yarmouth ferry terminal redevelopment project

Published Mar 05, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Heather Delage, general manager of BioVectra’s Windsor location, said the funding announcement from the federal government will help the company expand its operations and hire more staff.

UPDATE - 110 jobs coming to Windsor biochemical plant

Updated Mar 04, 2019 at 5:54 p.m.

Living

Ah local tulips! Too early? Not really. This beauty was grown in a greenhouse at Vanco Farms on Prince Edward Island. Michele Lawlor agrees that it might be a while before their field grown tulips are ready to be picked.

CINDY DAY: Seedy summer forecast - when to plant?

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Communities in Bloom committee members Dave Sollows and Dave Warner with planner Rick Allwright from Mile East. CARLA ALLEN PHOTO

Communities in Bloom in full planning mode to host national symposium in late September

Updated Mar 20, 2019 at 3:47 p.m.

The Gran Fondo Baie Sainte-Marie is the largest cycling event in Atlantic Canada. CONTRIBUTED

Organizers expect to attract more than 1,000 cycling participants for 2019 Gran Fondo Baie Sainte-Marie

Updated Mar 19, 2019 at 10:16 a.m.

Alyssa LeBlanc from Tusket is one of 18 chefs competing in MasterChef Canada Season 6. Photo courtesy CTV

Tusket chef cooking her heart out for MasterChef competition

Updated Mar 19, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

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Derrick Dalley prepares to give testimony at the Muskrat Falls Inquiry in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Wednesday. Dalley was the minister responsible for natural resources when the Muskrat Falls project reached financial close in November 2013.

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Community

The jackpot for the March 20 Chase the Ace draw was $263,044.50. For the April 3 draw it is estimated at $307,000. The elusive ace has remained unturned for 49 weeks. With just three cards left, the odds of it remaining hidden are now one in three.

Giving away money - The Ace is safe, but Matt Smith hands out $30,000 to Waterville woman; jackpot jumps to $307,000

Updated Mar 21, 2019 at 2:20 p.m.

Long serving Clark’s Harbour Mayor Michael Nickerson and his wife Pat were among the guests at the Clark’s Harbour 100th anniversary dinner. KATHY JOHNSON PHOTO

Clark’s Harbour celebrates 100th anniversary with more events to come during the year

Published Mar 11, 2019 at 9:34 a.m.

Workers tend to repairing one of many potholes left after winter's ravages.

Report potholes, urges Town of Yarmouth

Updated Mar 07, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

Musician Robbie Smith.

Robbie Smith of Naming the Twins leaves behind musical legacy cherished by many following his death

Updated Mar 06, 2019 at 8:07 a.m.

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