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RCMP looking to identify robbery suspect in Elmsdale
Mum’s the word on major Annapolis County announcement Dec. 8
Brickton Highway 1 crash claims life of Lawrencetown woman
Mount Uniacke rings in holiday season with tree lighting
Wolfville church members craft baby quilts destined for the Canadian ...
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Developer’s interest in vacant Annapolis County schools leads council to Scotland
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Highly rated international private boarding school franchise coming to Annapolis County
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Bigger loans, faster turn-around time, by loan board to help N.S. fishing industry and younger fishermen
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Following weather delay lobster fishery will get underway on Saturday, Dec. 1
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Hantsport Scotiabank branch to shut its doors in 2019, move accounts to Windsor
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Tusket Island Tours wins 2018 Parks Canada Sustainable Tourism Award
Open house Nov. 30 at new medical clinic in renovated Yarmouth courthouse
YARMOUTH - A year-long renovation project that’s resulted in the transformation of Yarmouth’s old courthouse (built in 1933) into a health clinic is nearly complete. The couple who own it will hold an open house Nov. 30 from 5 to ...
Mid-week decision will be made on a Friday or Saturday start to the lobster fishery in southwest Nova Scotia
YARMOUTH, N.S. – The start of the lobster season that had been delayed for Monday now won’t happen until Friday or Saturday in southwestern Nova Scotia and along the province’s south shore. During a Monday morning 8 a.m. ...
Kentville Etsy shops lose business due to postal strike
KENTVILLE, N.S. - An owner of an online shop based in Kentville says she noted a 20 per cent decrease in Canadian orders this November, and she believes it’s due to the rotating strikes impacting Canada Post. Anita Bezanson runs Rhubarb ...
LOBSTER OUTLOOK: Hungry crews filling up on locally prepared grub in southwest Nova
YARMOUTH COUNTY - When the sea’s a-heaving and the boat’s a’rollin so hard you can’t even boil a pot of water on the stove, the crew still needs to be fed. That job has become easier for many, thanks to ...
Ciders earn medals for Bear River business
It has been a good year for Casa Nova Fine Beverages of Bear River East, which was among the medalllists at the recent Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards. The business, which has launched four ciders this year, won silver and bronze in the Atlantic ...
First launch from a boat shop on Water Street, Yarmouth, in many decades
YARMOUTH - When building space for a big project became available this spring in Yarmouth, a young captain took advantage of it. Calvin McNicol, 27, already owns a fishing boat - Classy Lady - that he bought four years ago. “She came ...
LOBSTER OUTLOOK: Study documents lobster fishermen’s concerns with finfish aquaculture
YARMOUTH, N.S. – While there were no real surprises in the findings, for the first time lobster fishermen’s concerns about the impact of finfish aquaculture on the lobster fishery have been documented in a scientific manner. Released ...
LOBSTER OUTLOOK: A.F. Theriault and Son Ltd. has diversified its products but lobster boats remain at the core of the business
METEGHAN RIVER, N.S. – As fishermen have been working in yards and on wharfs preparing gear for the upcoming lobster season, the region’s largest family-run private boat yard has been marking its 80th anniversary in ...
LOBSTER OUTLOOK: Market conditions prime for Canadian lobster
SOUTHWESTERN NS – Market conditions for live lobster exports appear to be prime heading into the season opening for LFAs 33 and 34. Export markets to Europe and China are strong, as is the U.S. economy. Add to that stable exchange rates and ...
LOBSTER OUTLOOK: Testing the Nova Scotia waters with ropeless gear
HALIFAX, NS – Fisheries innovation was being put to the test earlier this month in southwestern Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy with the start of a pilot study on the effectiveness and practicality of ropeless fishing gear technology for the ...
