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International Women's Day being celebrated at Black Loyalist Heritage Centre with March 8 event
BIRCHTOWN, N.S. – The International Women’s Day event planned for the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre on Thursday, March 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. will be a celebration of “the strength and resilience of women” from across Shelburne ...
Layers Deep - Round Hill map combines geography, heritage, culture, time along Highway 201
ROUND HILL, NS - Local residents crowd around a large map of Round Hill. Highway 201 cuts through Randal Frederick’s cartographical landscape with several dozen photographs of houses printed on each side of the east-west line that represents ...
Shelburne County celebrates opening of a new social enterprise centre
"Listening to our participants' dreams was the biggest part of project." ...
Legion branches to help Veterans Place get new van
A long-term care facility in Yarmouth has gotten a lot of service out of its van, but it’s time for a new one, and a number of local legion branches are stepping up to help make it happen. It will cost about $104,000 to replace the van at ...
Lawrencetown volunteer firefighters cap busy year with banquet, awards
LAWRENCETOWN, NS - In 2017, firefighters in Lawrencetown clocked 9,000 hours volunteering to protect local communities. In his Feb. 24 report, Mike Stoddart broke it down: 1,200 answering call, 1,800 training, 2,600 meeting, and 3,400 ...
Yarmouth area's representative volunteers to receive provincial awards
The three Yarmouth-area municipal units have chosen their representative volunteers for 2018. The Municipality of Yarmouth has chosen Tony Dorrian, while the Town of Yarmouth has selected Annette Surette and the Municipality of Argyle has picked ...
Good News - Jordan Morgan talks about his health, promise of compassionate care program
LEQUILLE, NS - Jordan Morgan had some good news to share Saturday evening. His chemotherapy appears to be effective and the drug company Eli Lilly may pay for the rest of his treatments. Fingers crossed. Jordan was at Still Fired Distilleries ...
Working the graveyard shift in Freeport, Digby County
FREEPORT, DIGBY COUNTY, N.S. – Robert Thurber and his co-worker Brian Moore both work as engineers on the ferry that transports vehicle traffic from Digby Neck to Long Island. However, the pair share a much more interesting volunteer role ...
Bite me: Shelburne County fisherman raises $5,985 for father battling rare cancer
SHELBURNE COUNTY, N.S. – Cape Sable Island fisherman Todd Newell grimaced in pain on the way in from a lobster fishing trip on Feb. 15. That’ll happen when a lobster clamps down on the side of your hand. And it wasn’t ...
Chilly Plunge - Annapolis Royal firefighters jump off wharf into icy water to raise funds
ANNAPOLIS ROYAL - If you saw a bunch of firefighters jump off the wharf in Annapolis Royal at noon on Saturday, it wasn’t another one of their water rescue operations. They were raising money for the department after a Victoria Beach lobster ...