After volunteering for almost 60 years, Gordie MacKinnon, a resident of Lismore, was awarded the 2024 Volunteer of the Year award by the Municipality of Pictou County (MOPC). “I’m quite humbled by the honour,” said MacKinnon in an interview after the ...

New Glasgow Regional Police are investigating a single motor vehicle collision that occurred on April 16 at approximately 8:00 p.m. in New Glasgow. On Tuesday evening, officers responded to a report of a collision on North Provost Street and St ...

The Municipality of Shelburne has reduced tax rates in its $9,508,377 operating budget for 2024-25. The residential tax rate has been set at $1.26 per $100 of assessment, down from $1.28 last year. The commercial tax rate is $1.82 per $100 of ...

Four people charged in the 2022 killing of Barry Albert, a Bridgewater man whose remains were found in Springfield, Annapolis County, almost two months after he went missing, made brief court appearances Wednesday. Derrick Wayne Charles Robar, 32, of ...

The Nova Scotia government has changed its mind about allowing a spring bear hunt in the province. Citing “careful consideration of feedback from Nova Scotians,” a government news release Wednesday said results of a public consultation from Jan.

Colchester County RCMP are investigating a sudden death in Bass River on Wednesday morning. Police posted to social media just before 8 a.m. asking people to avoid an area near the beach of Wharf Road in the seaside Cobequid Bay community. About an ...

Two Pictou County men are accused of assaulting three people and damaging vehicles during an alleged home invasion in Durham on April 9. Around 11:30 p.m., RCMP officers were called to a reported home invasion on West River Drive where two men ...

With the federal budget tabled, it's time to talk about the big-ticket items, says Nova Scotia Finance Minister Allan MacMaster. They include housing, infrastructure funding, pharmacare, dental care and a national school food program — and MacMaster ...

Barry Albert’s estranged wife had almost given up on seeing someone being held responsible for the death of the father of her three grown sons. Mounties announced Tuesday they’ve charged four people in connection with the 47-year-old Bridgewater ...

Members of the public are invited to help celebrate a milestone anniversary for the Kings County Museum in Kentville. Located at 37 Bridge St., the building turned 120 years old in January. The museum is now open for the season and a birthday party ...