http://www.novanewsnow.com Blog : Complete list en 2007 Medias Transcontinental Fri, 9 May 2008 15:35:59 -0400 60 http://www.novanewsnow.com/imgs/logos/gif_thumb/OB.gif http://www.novanewsnow.com/ http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=712 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:53:13 -0500 Complete list It's that time of year again when weekly newspapers enter competitions to see how they stack up against others in their region and across Canada. We'll soon be sending off our entries from The Courier and hoping that the judges will recognize what a good job we're doing. Of course, it doesn http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=911 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:14:03 -0500 Complete list Nova Scotia Power is playing with higher math. A U.S. energy consultant told the province's Futility and Review Board (sorry, that's supposed to be Utility and Review) that Nova Scotians who reduce the amount of energy they consume shouldn't expect to see their power bills reduced as well. http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=909 Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:34:23 -0500 Complete list Taking advantage of some glorious spring sunshine, a worker adds a coat of paint to the stylized lighthouse atop Shoreline Restaurant in Digby. http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=317 Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:07:36 -0500 Complete list By Michael Gorman THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com Show me a politician and, with a little work, I'm sure we can find a conflict of interest somewhere in his dealings. The recent issue of local town councillor Byron Boudreau's possible violation of conflict of interest rules surprised me not bec http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=427 Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:46:02 -0500 Complete list By Michael Gorman THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com How much does a proper facility mean to athletes? Just ask the people at the Mariners Centre who no longer have to stop every five minutes to play Chicken Little as they clear parts of the roof from the ice. That the Centennial Pool has served th http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=781 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:16:17 -0500 Complete list PHOTO OF THE DAY: http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=780 Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:14:35 -0500 Complete list One of my favourite newspaper columnists some years back was Richard J. Needham, who wrote for?and took frequent pokes at?the Globe & Mail. I don't know if he ever identified the paper by its proper name; he had too many nicknames, including the Mop & Pail and the Mope & Wail. At the time, http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=849 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:08:31 -0500 Complete list I do pay attention to the hits generated by stories on our website, both the news stories and the Photo of the Day and Hodgepodge blog. If it hasn't been mentioned before, the stories that generate the most hits are?almost without exception?fire stories. Accidents follow closely. The recent e http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=848 Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:43:35 -0500 Complete list Freezing rain is coating the town this morning, but temperatures are expected to rise to plus-nine degrees. http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=441 Wed, 4 Jul 2007 13:12:23 -0500 Complete list By Michael Gorman THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com Well, it won't be long now. The way has been cleared, the sidewalks altered. Batten down the hatches, the ATVs are coming. With the near completion of the portion of Yarmouth County's trail between Chestnut Street and the Tim Hortons on Water Str http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=384 Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:11:03 -0500 Complete list By Michael Gorman THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com The debate over where a new arts centre should be located ? the new Th'YARC, if you will ? is one of the silliest I've heard around these parts in some time. I'll admit, for a while I felt for the people in charge of Th'YARC ? they had eve http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=762 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:55:53 -0500 Complete list Do you blog? Or would you like to? There are millions of blogs, with thousands more added daily. Okay, I'm just guessing about the daily additions, but the numbers and variety of blogs are boggling. There are blogs for every profession, belief, attitude, craving and hunger (I'm willing to bet http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=761 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:14:57 -0500 Complete list PHOTO OF THE DAY: http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=948 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:41:24 -0500 Complete list Wispy clouds float over the Pines hotel. In the background is Beaman's Mountain, and to the far right is the Digby-Saint John ferry terminal with the ferry Princess of Acadia preparing to depart. http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=277 Wed, 3 Jan 2007 09:21:04 -0500 Complete list By Michael Gorman THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com Resolutions for the new year are a funny thing. Let's face it, we all make them (mine, aside from reading more and becoming a master on my new Irish whistle, is to have something in this space every Wednesday. Tune in to see just how long it takes http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=348 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:10:37 -0500 Complete list By Michael Gorman THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com Every area, even a small one such as ours, has traffic. I get that. But lately, I'm starting to see things around town that suggest not enough is being done to keep our traffic woes to a minimum. I mean come on people, how long are we going to a http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=836 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:18:10 -0500 Complete list West Street just doesn't quite connect. As residents know. there's just a footpath bridging the gap near Warwick Street. http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=835 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:07:09 -0500 Complete list Just a little more on the value of the Through the Pages column: I wrote in the Feb. 21 issue that grade 12 students Gordon Wilson and Debbie MacKay were named king and queen of winter carnival at Digby Regional High School. At Municipal Council's meeting Monday, Gordon?who is now deputy http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=834 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:55:41 -0500 Complete list It's always interesting to receive comments on a story or a blog, but sometimes it can also be a little surprising. This week's Through the Pages column carried what I thought was a fairly innocuous note that 50 years ago, the Digby Area Home and School Association was advised by town dentist http://www.novanewsnow.com/pages/blog_sujet.php?noBlog=593 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:05:25 -0500 Complete list Bridgewater, N.S. I'm taking a two-month vacation in Germany and thought I might use this "blog" to send home postcards to my friends in Digby. I won't actually be flying out until next week - right now I'm busy visiting family and friends and taking care of last minute details. I do hope to cont