Author Archives: Kevin Northup
Poilievre visits southwest N.S, talks affordability, d'Entremont
Pierre Poilievre is in southwestern Nova Scotia. The federal Conservative Party leader spoke to over 200 supporters at the Rodd Grand Hotel in Yarmouth Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, he toured a s...
Jan 13, 2026
Prices 'workable,' catches down in southwest N.S. lobster fishery
Catches are down and prices are up from the start of the fall lobster fishery. Six weeks into the season in LFA 33 and 34 in southwestern Nova Scotia, the shore price is around $10 to $10.50 a pound. ...
Jan 13, 2026
Nova Scotia over $20 billion in debt; Auditor General
Nova Scotia is over $20 billion in debt. That's up $1.7 billion from last year, according to Auditor General Kim Adair's 2025 Financial Report. Spending on the Halifax Infirmary project, the Cape Bret...
Jan 13, 2026
Canada to face Sweden for 1st place at U18 Women's World Hockey Championship
Canada is looking to finish first in their group in Cape Breton. The U18 Women's World Hockey Championships are on in Membertou. Team Canada will get top spot with a win over Sweden at 5 p.m. Two Nova...
Jan 13, 2026
Canada opens Women's U18s with win in Cape Breton
Team Canada is off to a great start in Cape Breton. The Women's U18 hockey squad beat Switzerland 9-0 Saturday night in Membertou to open the world championship. Boylston's Kendall Doiron had a goal i...
Jan 11, 2026
Events still on after Scotiabank Centre fire
Hockey is on at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. All events are going ahead as scheduled. This after a fire was quickly put out by Halifax firefighters Thursday afternoon. It was located on the roof of t...
Jan 09, 2026
Section of Hwy 103 closed near Maitland, Lunenburg County
A section of Highway 103 is closed. RCMP say the stretch between Exits 11 and 12 near Maitland will be closed for an extended period of time. It's due to a collision. Drivers can take a detour onto Hi...
Jan 08, 2026
Crews extinguish fire at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax
A fire is out at Scotiabank Centre in downtown Halifax. Halifax firefighters were called to the arena over the noon hour Thursday. The fire was on the roof of a corner of the building on Duke and Brun...
Jan 08, 2026
2 from N.S. on Team Canada at U18 Women's Worlds in Cape Breton
Two Nova Scotians are on Team Canada, in their home province. Jaylee MacKinnon of Clark's Harbour and Kendall Doiron of Boylston are playing in the U18 Women's World hockey championship in Cape Breton...
Jan 08, 2026
NSTU tells province to focus on retaining teachers
Recruiting teachers since the pandemic has been unlike anything seen in Nova Scotia since World War II. That's according to Deputy Education minister Tracey Barbrick, who says the student population h...
Jan 07, 2026
