The Vanguard

Welcome to the first weekend of spring. I know it doesn’t look or, in many cases, feel like spring, but it’s coming. Earlier in the week, I had some fun with weather lore and weather games and I thought I would give you an update on ...

YARMOUTH - It wasn’t so much about what was inside the birthday cards as it was that they simply arrived. Many of the 30 or so envelopes were addressed from strangers, wishing Sluice Point’s legendary postman Antoine Babin a ...

YARMOUTH - Indirectly, almost every business in town will be receiving a slice of the big pie provided by the thriller movie being filmed in Yarmouth County, says an industry executive. Sets for The Lighthouse, starring Willem Dafoe and ...

YARMOUTH, N.S. – While some members of the three municipal units in Yarmouth County hummed and hawed during a debate over a proposal to make the Mariners Centre a more viable concert venue, others around the table would prefer to see more ...

Some people keep a close watch on the sunrise and sunset times each day. If you’re one of those people, you might have noticed something quite interesting earlier this week. On Tuesday, I got a call from Lorraine in Antigonish N.S. She ...

SAULNIERVILLE - On Saturday, March 31, Roxeen & Dalrymple will perform their traditional and distinctive homegrown music at the Clare Veterans Centre in Saulnierville. The Nova Scotian duo may be one of the province’s newest ...

ANNAPOLIS ROYAL, NS - Annapolis Royal will be honouring its black heritage and one of its most beloved and pioneering daughters as it relocates an interpretive panel to its town hall plaza and makes room for a bronze bust of Daurene Lewis, ...

MIDDLETON, NS - Middleton’s Relay For Life will be entering its 16th year in 2018 and organizers are promising another event that combines help and hope in a six-hour fundraiser that over its history has already raised more than $1.5 ...

YARMOUTH COUNTY - The Municipality of Yarmouth is exploring the possibility of a waterfront project for Lake Milo that could include observation decks and a boardwalk. Councillor Trevor Cunningham brought a proposal forward at the March 14 ...

We can learn so much from observing what goes on around us; I’ve often said that Mother Nature is an awesome teacher. It’s so much fun to get outside in the spring and listen, smell and watch. At this time of the year, I love ...