Author Archives: Kevin Northup

The province has rejected Halifax's updated regional plan. Halifax council voted to submit the updated plan for growth in June. In a letter to Mayor Andy Fillmore, Municipal Affairs minister John Lohr...

A 21-year-old man is dead after a crash on the Cabot Trail. Inverness RCMP say it happened Sunday afternoon in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The Victoria County man was on a motorcycle and ...

The number of Canadians travelling to the U.S. continues to decline. According to StatsCan, 1.7 million Canadians made a return trip by car in July, that's down from 2.6 million in the same month last...

A Nova Scotian doctor wants us to be mindful of measles. An outbreak in the Northern Zone had 44 cases as of last week, with a child hospitalized in Halifax. Dr. Joel Cox, general paediatrician in Yar...

It's going to be a hot week. Nova Scotia and Cape Breton are under a heat warning, not including Yarmouth, Shelburne and Digby counties. Until Wednesday, daytime highs could reach 29 to 33 degrees, wi...

Three people were rescued from waters off Shelburne County. Around 8 p.m. Friday, a person was out for a walk near Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island. They heard people calling for help, and called 91...

You'll soon have more access to flights between Maritime cities. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI announced a partnership with PAL airlines that will see daily flights connecting Halifax, Sydney, Mo...

If you're in the military, you're getting a bigger paycheque. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the biggest pay increase in a generation for Canadian Armed Forces members. The Prime Minister says w...

A new star in Canadian tennis. 18-year-old Vicky Mboko won the National Bank Open in Montreal. She defeated former world number 1 Naomi Osaka in three-sets Thursday night. It caps a remarkable tournam...

The Nova Scotia SPCA has cancelled contracts with eight of 16 municipalities. It includes by-law enforcement in Yarmouth County, Clare, Wolfville, East Hants, Pictou County and Stewiacke. Chief of ani...