Cumberland News Now

Spring is Coming. As I sit here writing this column, I look out and see the snow falling down. A remnant of our latest mid-March winter storm. While it’s never fun to see snowstorms when we should be seeing green grass, there’s a ...

AMHERST – The congregation of the Immanuel United Church is anxious for the public to know that they are still having Sunday Services. The Immanuel United Church building on Hickman Street has been sold because of the cost of needed repairs ...

One minute you’re reaching for your sunglasses, and the next minute it looks like you’re trapped in a snow globe! Thursday’s weather was very changeable because the air mass overhead was unsettled. In meteorological ...

In his 1911 handbook, anthropologist Franz Boas claimed, “Eskimos have dozens, or even hundreds, of words for snow.” Personally, I only know a couple but I can say that there are many different types of snow. Snow can be ...

YARMOUTH, N.S. – The movie Maudie didn’t just strike at the hearts of movie goers last year, but the film based on the life of beloved Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis also shone brightly at the recent Canadian Screen Awards where it ...

MIDDLETON - Fresh produce, baked bread, and even growlers of locally brewed craft beer might be served up on the front lawn of Macdonald Museum in Middleton as early as the first week in June. The museum is hoping to start a farm market as the ...

One week from today, we will be greeting the new season. This year, the vernal equinox takes place during the early afternoon hours of March 20. Many would agree that our winter was quite “spring-like” until … a couple ...

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Someone once said, “If it wasn’t for the weather, most Canadians couldn’t start a conversation”. I’ve been talking about the weather in Atlantic Canada for almost 20 years now and I’d like to ...

To mark International Women’s Day, Historica Canada has released a new Heritage Minute that tells the story of Island author Lucy Maud Montgomery in her own words, as drawn from her journals. The Heritage Minute explores Montgomery’s ...