Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Rhyah Stewart is heading to the Maritime Junior Hockey League. She has signed with the West Kent Steamers, based in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. Stewart helped Team Canada's U18 women's team win a bronz...

Pallet shelters are opening soon in three communities. Acting community services minister Jill Balser says the shelters can help the homeless get on a path to permanent housing. The shelter village in...

Canada's para-athletes are ready to go for gold. The Paralympics open up in Paris on Wednesday. Canada is sending a contingent of 126 to the games, they'll take part in 18 different sports. Our countr...

A 35-year-old Halifax man is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Kings County. It happened on Highway 101 near Berwick around 4 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle rolled and ended up in the ditch. Another occu...

The province's fisheries minister is demanding action on illegal lobster fishing. Kent Smith wrote a three-page letter to federal minister Diane Lebouthillier, asking for enforcement in southwest Nova...

Inflation is at its slowest pace in over three years. StatsCan says the Consumer Price Index rose 2.5 percent on a year-over-year basis in July. That's down from a 2.7 percent gain in June. They say l...

The prime minister and his cabinet ministers are Halifax for meetings. The three day retreat starts Sunday. In a release, Justin Trudeau says it will focus on their work to strengthen the middle class...

A gold medal on the track at Day 14 of the Paris Olympics. The men's 4-by-100 metre relay team, led by Andre De Grasse took first place this afternoon. It's De Grasse's seventh Olympic medal, tying hi...

'Debby' is going to bring rain to some of the Maritimes. Environment Canada predicting the post-tropical storm will track through Quebec and northwest New Brunswick tomorrow into Saturday. Meteorologi...

Canada now has 21 medals at the Paris Olympics. Skylar Park just won a bronze in women's taekwondo. Earlier, Maude Charron won a silver medal in women's weightlifting. Charron was one of Canada's flag...