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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 ...

A panel composed of local business people was part of the agenda at the Entrepreneurship Expo at NSCC Burridge last month.

Local entrepreneurs share their knowledge at NSCC Burridge in Yarmouth

Fireworks explode over the lobster pot Christmas tree on the North East Point waterfront at the tree lighting celebrations on Nov. 26.

Lobster pot tree lit for the season, new stories told on its boughs with buoys

Updated 11 hours ago

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.

A panel composed of local business people was part of the agenda at the Entrepreneurship Expo at NSCC Burridge last month.

Local entrepreneurs share their knowledge at NSCC Burridge in Yarmouth

Updated 6 hours ago

News

Fire destroyed the home of Willis and Leona Nickerson in Clam Point on Dec. 9. The couple has found temporary fully-furnished housing for the winter. A community effort is underway to help the couple. KATHY JOHNSON PHOTO

Fire guts Clam Point home

Updated 10 hours ago

A Lawrencetown woman is dead after a head-on car crash in Brickton Dec. 4.

Brickton Highway 1 crash claims life of Lawrencetown woman

Updated Dec 05, 2018 at 12:40 p.m.

RCMP

UPDATE: Riverview, N.B. men to return to court Friday following interprovincial chase

Updated Dec 05, 2018 at 7:53 p.m.

Firefighters from Brooklyn, Hantsport and Windsor respond to a structure fire at a business located at the intersection of Sangster Bridge Road and Highway 14 in Windsor Forks.

Structure fire in Windsor Forks closes local business during height of shopping season

Updated Dec 04, 2018 at 5:02 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 panel composed of local business people was part of the agenda at the Entrepreneurship Expo at NSCC Burridge last month.

Local entrepreneurs share their knowledge at NSCC Burridge in Yarmouth

Updated 6 hours ago

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.

Diversified Metal Engineering, located in the West Royalty Business Park, has gone into receivership, leaving the future of roughly 140 employees up in the air.

Receivers seeking purchaser for P.E.I.-based Diversified Metal Engineering

Updated Nov 28, 2018 at 1:51 p.m.

Living

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.

Furniture or linens make a great holiday gift for the new homeowner on your list. - 123RF

Great gifts for new homeowners

Updated Dec 06, 2018 at 3:31 p.m.

This medieval door flanked by yew trees is thought to have inspired Lord of the Rings’ Doors of Durin.

DEBBIE TRAVIS: Door J’adore explores details, craftmanship, finishes, hardware

Updated Dec 06, 2018 at 3:24 p.m.

Holiday parties are highly anticipated parts of the holiday season.

Four holiday party must-haves

Updated Dec 06, 2018 at 3:20 p.m.

Opinion

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Is there a question for that answer?

Published Dec 08, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Information is power, restored

Published Dec 01, 2018 at 6 a.m.

In the wake of a tragedy that claimed the life of a four-year-old girl at Yarmouth's annual Christmas parade of lights, a candlelight vigil was held in Frost Park on Nov. 26. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

EDITORIAL: Parade precautions

Published Nov 30, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Justice

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Court time is too precious to waste

Published Nov 30, 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.

Recent Stories

A panel composed of local business people was part of the agenda at the Entrepreneurship Expo at NSCC Burridge last month.

Local entrepreneurs share their knowledge at NSCC Burridge in Yarmouth

Annapolis County Warden Timothy Habinski, centre, talks with Gordonstoun curriculum developer Richard Thorne, left, and developer Edward Farren after it was announced Dec. 8 Gordonstoun Nova Scotia would locate in Annapolis County.

Perfect Project - ‘Municipalities need to actively seeking the good things their communities need in order to thrive and prosper’

The terminal facility in Bar Harbor. PHOTO COURTESY OF CORNELL KNIGHT/BAR HARBOR TOWN MANAGER

'We're satisfied it's a delay only': Bay Ferries keeping eye on delayed purchase process of terminal property by town of Bar Harbor

Fire destroyed the home of Willis and Leona Nickerson in Clam Point on Dec. 9. The couple has found temporary fully-furnished housing for the winter. A community effort is underway to help the couple. KATHY JOHNSON PHOTO

Fire guts Clam Point home

Developer Ed Farren with Annapolis County Timothy Habinski during an announcement Dec. 8 that Gordonstoun Schools Limited of Elgin, Scotland has granted Farren a franchise to create Gordonstoun Nova Scotia. Gordonstoun is considered the top international private boarding school in the world.

Mutual ethos and historic connection - ‘Gordonstoun reflects our values,’ says Annapolis County Warden Habinski

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.

Developer’s interest in vacant Annapolis County schools leads council to Scotland

Daniel Arsenault

'He brought the light to people with a smile': Muscular dystrophy activist Daniel Arsenault, 18, mourned

Annapolis County Warden Timothy Habinski announced Dec. 8 that the world’s top private boarding school located in Scotland has granted its first and only franchise. Gordonstoun Nova Scotia will be built between Bridgetown and Annapolis Royal and will be home to 600 students from around the world every year.

Highly rated international private boarding school franchise coming to Annapolis County

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

Six adults charged in Annapolis County after two-month drug trafficking investigation

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Is there a question for that answer?

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

A Krown Rust Control technician treats the engine compartment area of a 2013 Mazda 3 at the Robie Street location in Halifax Dec. 3.- Todd Gillis

Treat your ride to a longer life with rust control