Category Archives: News

Suspect at-large after Bedford gas station robbery
Halifax Regional Police are looking for a man who robbed a Bedford gas station late Saturday. Police say a man came into the Petro-Canada Service Station, at 1611 Bedford Highway, around 10:00 p.m. Th...
B. Jack Morse Oct 24, 2021

Tech giant IBM partners with Mi’kmaq communities, NSCC to prepare Indigenous youth for STEM jobs.
A new technology education program is putting Indigenous students on the fast track to jobs in the growing industries of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The “Unama’ki Pat...
Anastasia Payne Oct 24, 2021

Dr. Strang getting Honorary NSCC Diploma
The province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health is being recognized for all the work he’s done through the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Robert Strang is being awarded the Honorary Diploma for 202...
B. Jack Morse Oct 23, 2021

Quarter of Canadians have bad reactions to food
If you have a food allergy you’re not alone. A new report out of Dalhousie University has found millions of Canadians do. Food Professor Sylvain Charlebois with the Agri-Food Analytics Lab tells...
Skye Bryden-Blom Oct 23, 2021

Mi'kmaw Chiefs welcome Alton cancellation
The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs are welcoming news the controversial Alton Natural Gas Storage Project has been scrapped. The plan was to store natural gas in caverns beneath the comm...
B. Jack Morse Oct 23, 2021

Province Introduces Online Tool For Working On Remembrance Day
You’re now able to double check if you or your business have the day off on Remembrance Day. The province has developed the Remembrance Day Act assessment tool. The questionnaire asks about your...
Jakob Postlewaite Oct 23, 2021

23 new cases, 160 active infections
There are 23 new COVID-19 cases Friday. Most are in the Halifax area. No new cases have been identified in the outbreak at the Valley Regional Hospital in Kentville. Five people have tested positive t...
B. Jack Morse Oct 22, 2021

Controversial Alton Gas Project scrapped
After years of push-back, legal and regulatory hurdles, and delays the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project has been scrapped. AltaGas, the company responsible for the project, made the announcement in a...
B. Jack Morse Oct 22, 2021

CAT Ferry To Sail For Training And Certification
The CAT ferry is returning to the water, but not for passengers just yet. Between October 23 and 27, the ferry will return to Bar Harbor, Maine, then Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, for regulatory certificatio...
Jakob Postlewaite Oct 22, 2021

UPT: Three charged in killing of Truro man
UPDATE: Oct. 23, 2021 – 9:00 a.m. The Truro Police Service charged Cameron James Prosper, 20, from Pictou Landing First Nation for murder. He remains in police custody. ———R...
B. Jack Morse Oct 22, 2021





