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• Blues go 1-1 against Bulldogs over weekend
  SPRINGHILL - The Cumberland County Blues split their home-and-home stand over the weekend with the Antigonish Bulldogs. The Blues won the first ...
• Springhill High lady Eagles win New Germany Tourney
  NEW GERMANY – The Springhill High School Golden Eagles senior ladies basketball team continued to dominate in Nova Scotia School Athletic ...
• Doucette joins Blues in battle against Bulldogs
  SPRINGHILL – Nicholas Doucette will don a Cumberland Blues jersey for the first time tonight at the Richard Calder Arena in Springhill. The ...
• Surging Colts host Spryfield Sunday at Amherst Stadium
  AMHERST - The Amherst Colts will be looking to move further up the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League standings this weekend after they made the ...
• Midget Ramblers finish second in Antigonish
  ANTIGONISH – The Cumberland County D.W. Thompson Esso-Scotsburn Dairy midget AA Ramblers recently finished as the runner up at a hockey ...
• Holiday hoops begins Friday at ARHS
  AMHERST – The 2012, Sifto Canada Corp./Hatheway Ford Amherst Vikings Christmas Classic, eight-team tournament tips off Friday at 10 a.m. with ...
• Police respond to several disturbances, a hit and...
  AMHERST – A failed breathalyzer, a hit and run, and people stealing from a tip jar were three of the 25 incidents the Amherst Police Department ...
• Vikings finish fifth at Three Oaks
  SUMMERSIDE – The Amherst Regional High School Vikings defeated the Bluefield Bobcats 77-68 for a fifth place finish at the 20th annual Three Oaks ...
• Golden Eagles win Bengals banner
  REXTON, N.B. – The Springhill High Golden Eagles senior girls basketball team captured the championship banner at the Friends of the Bengals ...
• Colts host Huskies Friday at Amherst Stadium
  AMHERST – The Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League Amherst Colts improved to a record of 7-11 after winning two away games last weekend. On Friday ...
• JV Eagles beat Cheetahs
  AMHERST – E.B. Chandler Junior High School’s Emma Bickerton drives to the basket during their game against the Springhill High School Junior ...
• Ski Wentworth opens Wednesday
  WENTWORTH – The 2012-2013 ski season starts Wednesday at Ski Wentworth. Leslie Wilson, general manager and president of Ski Wentworth, said ...
• Blues play last game before Christmas break tonight
  SPRINGHILL – Blues will host the Pictou County Scotians tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Richard Calder Arena in Springhill. The Blues sit at the ...
• Vikings win Tantramar Classic tourney
  SACKVILLE - The Amherst Regional High School Vikings basketball team won the 13th Annual Tantramar Invitational Christmas Classic over the ...
• Police respond to stolen truck involved in roll over
  AMHERST – The Amherst Police Department responded to 32 complaints over the weekend, including a stolen truck involved in roll over on Saturday ...
• Christmas for Kids needs more toys
  AMHERST – Toyota is delivering tons of toys to Christmas for Kids today at the Amherst Centre Mall. Christmas for Kids Jean Miller stopped by ...
• Ramblers beat Commandos, lose to Mariners
  AMHERST – After a 3-2 overtime loss Saturday night at Amherst Stadium, the Amherst CIBC Wood Gundy Ramblers bounced back on Sunday with a 4-2 ...
• New-look Blues back home Sunday
  SPRINGHILL - The Cumberland County Blues will be a different shade of Blue when they hit home ice on Sunday. Gone is Blues captain Liam Carr, ...
• Weeks Crushers edge Ramblers 6-5
  NEW GLASGOW – The Amherst CIBC Wood Gundy Ramblers went into last night’s game against the Pictou County Weeks Crushers with a four-game win ...
• House fire in Springhill
  SPRINGHILL – Fire fighters from Springhill, Oxford and Collingwood responded to a house fire early this morning on Herrett Road in Springhill. ...
• Commitment to community policing recognized by IODE
  SPRINGHILL – The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire served up a royal feast on Thursday in honour of the Springhill Police Department. ...
• Beware of Busy Book campaign of misinformation
  UPPER NAPPAN – The Amherst Police Department has received inquiries regarding faxes that have been sent to local businesses soliciting financial ...
• JV Vikettes host tourney this weekend
  AMHERST – The Amherst Regional High School Junior Varsity Vikettes basketball team is hosting a six-team tournament this weekend at ARHS. Pool 1 ...
• Vikettes lose in Moncton, runners up at home tourney
  AMHERST – The Amherst Regional High School Vikettes travelled to Moncton Tuesday night and suffered a 76-62 loss at the hands of the Bernice ...
• Colts split weekend games with Wild
  AMHERST – The Amherst Colts traded wins with the South Shore Wild during Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League action Saturday and Sunday at Amherst ...
• Peewee AA Ramblers win Bluenose Tourney
  AMHERST - Zach Chatfield's goal in the shootout was the winner as the Cumberland County Amherst Pharmasave Ramblers defeated the Antigonish ...
• Grey Cup celebration at Amherst Curling Club
  AMHERST – There are two Grey Cup’s in Canada, one will be presented on Sunday to the winner of the CFL championship game, and the other, which is ...
• Spartan swimmers fast off the start line in 2012-2013
  AMHERST - The Spartans have dived head first into their 2012-2013 season, and several swimmers achieved top ten finishes and personal best times ...
• Sexual assaulter sentenced for life
  AMHERST – A man guilty of committing sexual assault on an elderly woman in Springhill in October has been sentenced to life in prison. Paul ...
• Vikettes go 0-3 in Fredericton
  AMHERST – The Amherst Regional High School Vikettes played at the Leo Hayes Invitational tournament over the weekend in Fredericton. The Vikettes ...