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LOBSTER OUTLOOK: SAR resources will be in place for lobster season opening in southwest Nova Scotia
SOUTHWESTERN NS – A full complement of Search and Rescue (SAR) resources will be on the water and standing by when the commercial lobster fishery in LFAs 33 and 34 opens. “We’re in the business of planning for the worst and ...
Loose batteries catch fire in drawer in Charlottetown home
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - Alicia Packwood and Damien Morris had never heard of loose batteries causing a fire until they received a scary wake-up call on the weekend. They’re now hoping a fire that occurred in their Charlottetown home early ...
Yarmouth Firefighters Association calls dispatch plan 'risky;' Yarmouth Mutual Aid weighs in on matter too
YARMOUTH, N.S. – The Yarmouth Firefighters Association has burning questions about the future of dispatch services in this region. The association says it wants and needs more information on what the level of dispatch service will be in the ...
VIDEO: Cape Bretoners brave blustery weather in health care protest at Canso Causeway
AULDS COVE, N.S. - The wind was cutting. Halfway across the Canso Causeway, the snow came in heavy flurries. But the wintry weather did not deter the pugnacious spirit of the group of Cape Breton residents who say they are frustrated with the ...
Pictou-born sister seeks to reunite with brother after more than 50 years apart
Kathy Ahmad wanted to grow up with her brother. But life didn’t work out that way for the Pictou-born girl. Ahmad was about 10 years old in 1962 when a family living in Toledo, Ohio adopted her. While she was thankful for her new home, she ...
No funding fix: Town of Yarmouth says it will lay off fire dispatchers and outsource its own service
YARMOUTH, N.S. – The Town of Yarmouth says efforts to identify a new cost-sharing formula for local fire dispatch services have been exhausted without finding a solution. As a result it will begin the layoff process of dispatchers and contract ...
Yarmouth RCMP investigating robbery involving a knife
YARMOUTH, N.S. – The Yarmouth RCMP are investigating a robbery in which they say a man was robbed at knife point. According to an RCMP media release, at 12:41 a.m. on Nov. 13, an alleged robbery was reported to Yarmouth Town RCMP via ...
Smoke detector alerts occupants to fire that destroyed house in Tusket, Yarmouth County
TUSKET, YARMOUTH COUNTY, NS – Fire destroyed a house in Tusket, Yarmouth County, Sunday night, but three occupants of the home – two adults and a five-year-old child – were able to get out okay. Jonathan LeBlanc, the Eel Brook ...
Yarmouth RCMP charge man with numerous offences following robbery and car theft
YARMOUTH. N.S. – The RCMP in Yarmouth have charged a 24-year-old Lunenburg County man with several charges, including robbery with violence and theft of a motor vehicle following an alleged incident in Yarmouth on Nov. 9. Gary Junior ...
MSVU faculty union votes to strike
The union representing full-time faculty, laboratory instructors and librarians at Mount Saint Vincent University has given the green light for a strike. Ninety-four per cent of 144 union members supported a strike mandate if conciliation talks ...
