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Chad Comeau (left), game designer, and Marc d’Entremont, graphic designer, have teamed up to create À tchi?, a new Acadian card game based on old names and local tradition.

Work continues on video game about Clare; Acadian card game coming too

Queen cover band Queen Flash is slated to rock the house at the Kings Mutual Century Centre in Berwick June 30.

Queen cover band ready to rock Berwick June 30

A Minke whale washed up in the Clifton area early Sunday morning. A responder from the Marine Animal Response Society was soon on site but the animal had already died.
-MARINE ANIMAL RESPONSE SOCIETY

Minke whale beaches near mouth of Shubenacadie River

The heath authority is in the process of sending out notifications to all of the suspected victims and next of kin about the potential privacy breach, said a release the Nova Scotia Health Authority. - Ryan Taplin / File

Almost 3,000 Nova Scotians may be victims of medical records privacy ...

Annapolis West Education Centre students sit by the Wall of Positivity at the school. They are members of Heather Hiscock’s Sociology 12 class that is hoping to make the world a better place through messages of positivity, kindness clinics, and such inclusive activities as paining a rainbow crosswalk.

'Kindness connects us all' - Annapolis Royal students aim to change ...

The Yarmouth Waterfront Gallery on Water Street. CONTRIBUTED

Galleries in the region ready for season

Annapolis County man suffers life-threatening injuries in ATV crash

Annapolis RCMP Crime Report looks at the weekly calls for service police answer.

Annapolis RCMP - A sad week for first responders, family and friends ...

After 12 nail-biting (and finger-licking) episodes, Kingston, N.S.-raised cook Jennifer Crawford is the grand prize winner for season six of CTV’s MasterChef Canada. - CTV

Nova Scotia’s Jennifer Crawford wins season six of MasterChef Canada

Pickleballers Jim Rose, right, and John McManaman take the golden prize for Men’s 50+ Doubles at the Pickleball Nova Scotia Provincial Championships. CONTRIBUTED

Interest in pickleball is quickly rising in the Valley

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Greenwood Outdoor Adventure Park camps are currently offered as an extension of Winsome Blue Stables in Meadowvale, but co-owner Greg Porter hopes to be able to build on the many ideas he has for the site.

Outdoor adventure park in the works for Meadowvale

Published Jun 07, 2019 at 3:09 p.m.

Colin Robar, standing next to his Chevrolet Bolt, said that the more people experience and drive electric vehicles, the more likely they’ll go with an EV for their next vehicle.

VIDEO: Annapolis Valley instructor Colin Robar hopes to inspire new generation of electric vehicle drivers

Published May 28, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Elaine Robertson, a branch manager with East Coast Credit Union, offers viewers financial advice on the newly-launched web-series Your Two Cents. Television star Jonathan Torrens created the show.

New web-series from Jonathan Torrens offers financial advice for 20-somethings

Updated May 27, 2019 at 9 a.m.

Kent Bailey, the chair of the Tampa Sierra Group speaks on behalf of a small group of protesters from Florida outside the the Emera Inc. annual meeting at Halifax Convention Centre Wednesday. The community advocates travelled from Florida. They were protesting continued use of carbon-based fuels by Emera subsidiary TECO Energy, based in Tampa, in its Big Bend Power Station.

Halifax-based energy conglomerate Emera promises better diversity on board

Updated May 16, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

A pallet of sacks filled with coffee beans is hoisted from the cargo hold of Avontuur, a two-masted schooner docked in Halifax. The cargo for Just Us Coffee Cooperative in Grand Pré was unloaded Wednesday by members of the Halifax Longshoremen’s Association Local 269, who volunteered their time.

Nova Scotia coffee co-op Just Us Coffee looks to the past to cut its carbon footprint

Peter Ziobrowski
Updated May 16, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

There is a saying that everything old is new again. On Tuesday, the German schooner Avontuur arrived at Pier 25 in Halifax, but unlike most tall ships that call on Halifax these days, this one was carrying cargo. Just Us Coffee found ...

Plastic straws phased out at IKEA

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Published May 14, 2019 at 7:16 p.m.

IKEA Canada has stopped selling single-use plastic straws in Canada. ...

Dramatic turnaround in population growth

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Published May 14, 2019 at 7:13 p.m.

The population of the three Maritime provinces is growing at its fastest pace in decades while Newfoundland and Labrador’s population has resumed its ...

Senior geologist Bruce Mitchell examines core samples brought up by Anaconda Mining Inc. gold exploration drilling in Goldboro in 2017. - File

N.S. gold show coming to Halifax

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Updated May 15, 2019 at 8:12 a.m.

The Mining Association of Nova Scotia will be holding the first ever Nova Scotia Gold Show in October. ...

WhatsApp security breach may have targeted human rights groups

Reuters Inc.
Updated May 14, 2019 at 7:25 p.m.

By Steven Scheer and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - WhatsApp said on Tuesday a security breach on its messaging app had signs of coming from a government using surveillance technology developed by a private company and may have targeted ...

Skateboarding enthusiast makes dream reality with opening of Kentville shop

Kirk Starratt
Updated May 23, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.

For a long-time skateboarding enthusiast who turned a dream of owning his own shop into reality, all roads – and skate parks – lead to Kentville. ...

Rob and Joanne Lawrie of Annapolis Royal Home Hardware Building Centre and Meteghan Home Hardware Building Centre have added four more retail locations to their portfolio, including Bridgetown Home Hardware Building Centre, Middleton Home Hardware, Middleton Home Furniture, and Greenwood Home Hardware. - Dan Froese

Annapolis Royal's Lawries acquire Home Hardware locations in Bridgetown, Middleton, Greenwood

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Published May 09, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

Home Hardware retail locations in Middleton, Bridgetown, and Greenwood have new owners. Rob and Joanne Lawrie of Annapolis Royal said May 6 that they have added four more retail locations to their portfolio, including Bridgetown Home Hardware ...

The Barking Bean co-owner Glenn Deering with two of his rescue dogs Shay left and Timo. The location is still under construction, but they’re hoping to open their doors in early June.

Hantsport’s Main Street going to the dogs - in a good way

Colin Chisholm
Updated May 10, 2019 at 11:54 a.m.

After the closure of a Tim Hortons franchise, grabbing a cup of coffee in Hantsport has been a tricky chore. But not for much longer. ...

A new consignment shop opened in Middleton May 1 that hopes to provide its employees with the necessary skills to work for real wages. The staff consists of volunteers and people labelled with disabilities. Inclusive Opportunities Association opened the store at 159 Commercial Street across from Foodland.

Inclusive Opportunities - New consignment shop opens to rave reviews by scores of shoppers in Middleton

Lawrence Powell
Updated May 02, 2019 at midnight

Jaymee-Lynne Dowell thought she was ready, but the rush of shoppers May 1 at the new shop in Middleton was maybe more than she anticipated. It was busy! More Than A Label Consignment will help people labeled with disabilities an opportunity to ...