Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Nova Scotia's health minister was asked about the privacy breach at St. Martha's hospital in Antigonish. Nearly 2,700 people had their personal health data inappropriately accessed by an employee. Mic...

A new report on the implementation of the Mass Casualty Commission's recommendations The independent Progress Monitoring Committee is out with a six-month recap. It goes through the recommendations th...

The Cape Breton Eagles need a win to keep their season alive. They visit Baie-Comeau for Game 5 of their third round series Thursday night, trailing 3-1. The Eagles won Game 3 on home ice, but were be...

It's the first 'First Responders Day' in Nova Scotia. May 1 is the first edition of the day, which was created last fall. The province says it's in recognition of the dedication, sacrifices and achiev...

The Cape Breton Eagles are on the ropes in the QMJHL playoffs. They fell 8-2 to the Baie-Comeau Drakkar in Game 4 of their third round series Tuesday in Sydney. It was a rough game, with several game ...

It's wildfire season in Nova Scotia. The Department of Natural Resources and Renewables attended seven fires over the weekend. A burn ban was in effect for most of the province. Jim Rudderham, the dep...

There's money for small craft harbours in the federal budget. Nearly half-a-billion dollars is earmarked for repairs and improvements over the next three years. Parliamentary secretary of fisheries an...

You're not allowed to have a fire in most of Nova Scotia. Burning is banned in all of the mainland, except for Antigonish County as of 2 p.m. Sunday. Conditions have been dry the last few days, and su...

Peggy's Cove Road was closed most of Sunday morning and early afternoon due to a collision. RCMP said earlier in the day that the road would be closed for several hours. No detour was possible, so thi...

A team from Nova Scotia are world senior men's curling champions. Paul Flemming's team beat Team U.S.A. 4-3 in Saturday's championship game in Sweden. It came down to the last shot, as Canada got the ...