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Debbie Francis helps get her son’s horse, Jazzmo, ready to take a spin around the track at Saulsbrook Stables just outside Windsor.

Sweets Corner horse breeder taking the reins of Atlantic association

Bear River Volunteer Fire Department held a training session April 13 in Clementsvale at a vacant house donated for a controlled burn.

Bear River department sets up scenarios for live fire training in old ...

The Yarmouth GPK Refrigeration Peewee A Mariners won the Hockey Nova Scotia Peewee A provincial championship at the annual Day of Champions.
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Yarmouth Peewee A Mariners win Hockey Nova Scotia provincial ...

Glooscap Curling Club members Sandra Walker and Uttara Deshpande recently won gold at the Canadian Women’s Stick Curling Championship in Cornwall, P.E.I.

Kentville duo wins gold at national stick curling championships

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

Four pot plants per household is legal, 122 isn’t says Annapolis RCMP

The Milford Maplefest was packed for two sittings April 13 at the community hall as volunteers served up pancakes, ham, baked beans, potato salad, and of course maple syrup. And there was pie, coffee, and tea.

Good taste - Milford Maplefest harkens back to olden days of guides ...

Bill Monk of Granville Ferry stands beside a collage of Appalachian Trail memorabilia created for him as a gift. Monk completed a through-hike of the trail in 2017 and wrote the book ‘Whistler’s Walk: The Appalachian Trail in 142 Days.’ On April 11 he starts the Pacific Crest Trail, 4,270 kilometres from Mexico to British Columbia.

Granville Ferry’s Bill Monk starts 4,270-kilometre walk to Canada

Hantsport firefighters watch as work gets underway to pull the vehicle out of the ditch. The driver had to be extricated and was treated by paramedics for minor injuries April 10.

Hantsport firefighters perform ‘difficult extrication’ after van ...

The Wade’s Wire Traps Yarmouth Bantam AA Mariners will be hosting Hockey Nova Scotia Bantam AA Provincials this week in Yarmouth.
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Yarmouth hosting Hockey Nova Scotia bantam AA provincials April 11-14

Mackenzie Smith poses with her parents Tara Goulden and Kevin Smith.
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Shelburne County's Mackenzie Smith named one of top 24 high school ...

2014 Acadia football Axemen a mix of youth, experience

John Decoste
Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

The 2014 Acadia football Axemen will lack depth this season, but head coach Jeff Cummins is hopeful his team will make up in quality what it might lack in quantity. “There have been an unfortunate rash of injuries over the summer,” Cummins said Aug. ...

Avon View’s football team prepping for competitive season

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Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

Tryouts for Avon View's football team are fast approaching. (File photo)The football program at Avon View High School is entering its eighth season this fall, and the coaching staff has high hopes for the team. With 20 players returning, ...

Alex Hayes of the Valley Fighting Irish drops back for a pass in bantam action against the Valley Red Dogs on the first week of Valley Minor Football's 6-aside spring football program. The two Valley bantam teams are part of an eight-team provincial league. Spring 6-aside football programs in mite, atom, peewee, bantam and midget divisions will continue every weekend into June.

Spring football underway in the Valley

John Decoste
Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

A six-a-side spring football program sponsored by Valley Minor Football kicked off on the April 19 weekend with a game between the two Valley bantam squads: the Fighting Irish and the Red Dogs. Both the Valley bantam teams are part of an eight-team ...

West Kings Wolverines happy with inaugural football season

John Decoste
Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

The West Kings football team came a long way from the season-opening football jamboree at Acadia in late-August. - FileBy John DeCoste jdecoste@kingscountynews.ca KingsCountyNews.ca Despite a 0-8 record, the coaches of the West Kings Wolverines ...

Football Axemen score AUS rookie, offensive lineman of the year awards

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Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

Two football Axemen were big winners at the Atlantic University Sport awards last night. Kentville’s Adam Melanson was named rookie of the year and Jesse St. James - from Pincourt, Que. – was named offensive lineman of the year. Melanson, a defensive ...

Valley high school football update

John Decoste
Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

The Horton High Griffins ran past the West Kings Wolverines to a 49-0 victory in Auburn Oct. 20By John DeCoste jdecoste@kingscountynews.ca www.kingscountynews.ca Horton’s boys’ football team improved its season record to 4-1-1 with a 49-0 win over ...

Football girls: High school players Cornelius, Bell pursue love of the game

John Decoste
Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

Shannon Cornelius (left) of Central Kings and Courtney Bell of West Kings say they have no problem being the only girls on their respective high school football teams. By John DeCoste jdecoste@kingscountynews.ca www.kingscountynews.ca Football ...

Horton has season-opening win

John Decoste
Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

NKEC and Central Kings tangled in NSSAFFL season-opening football action Saturday, Sept. 7 in Canning. The game was closer that the final score of 38-7 in favour of the Gators would suggest. - John DeCoste, www.kingscountynews.caBy John ...

Football kicks off at West Kings

John Decoste
Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

West Kings running back Chris Jamieson looks for yardage during NSSAFFL action against Lockview Sept. 8 in Auburn. In their first-ever high school football game, West Kings dropped a 51-7 decision to the Dragons, with Kyle Gordon scoring the lone ...

An African drumming demonstration was part of the celebrations.

Acadia's Black athletes honoured

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Updated Sep 30, 2017 at 12:45 a.m.

At a special ceremony Feb. 13, Acadia University and the Valley African Nova Scotian Development Association celebrated African History Month with the unveiling of a special banner commemorating all the student-athletes of African descent who have ...