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Lunenburg Town Council voted in favour of paying for an assessment of roof repairs needed at the Lunenburg Academy which will cost just shy of $110,000. However, reaching that decision took some time as the council initially voted down the motion to fund the assessment work. When the motion was first raised town staff ...

MacLeod Cares has opened its new Mahone Bay Nursing Home which is replacing its old 65-bed facility. "Today is an exciting day as we open this new facility that's been built to the current standard and will provide safe, quality care for seniors for years to come," said MacLeod Care CEO Ramsay Duff. "The...

The preliminary hearing for the murder case of Barry (Arthur) Mosher was pushed back into August following a court session in Annapolis Royal. The three accused- Derrick Robar, Kris Buttar, and Alan Rankin appeared in court on July 15, where preliminary inquiry details were ironed out. The court determined that the th...

Mahone Bay's new nursing home is about to officially open. The province is holding an event at the new facility on Main Street tomorrow morning. Lunenburg MLA Susan Corkum-Greek will be there, along with the CEO of MacLeod Cares and other guests. The new long-term care facility is replacing the former Mahone Bay home.

A section of Highway 103 has re-opened after a crash outside of Bridgewater. It shut down just before 9 p.m. on Saturday. Police say the highway opened around 9:40 p.m. but no other details were released.

Nova Scotia is set to experience its third heatwave of the summer starting Friday. Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for mainland Nova Scotia excluding Digby, Yarmouth, and Shelburne Counties. High temperatures and humidity are expected to begin Friday morning and last until Wednesday. During that period dayt...

Queens Home Care recently notified the Nova Scotia Department of Seniors that they would be ceasing their in-home care services in January. They have been providing services like personal care, mobility assistance and meal prep for the elderly for over 40 years. Currently, they serve about 170 clients in Queens and Lun...

Organizers with the Lunenburg Dog Park are alerting its users that an osprey has been spotted swooping at small dogs attempting to pick them up. An Osprey nest has been situated near the park for years, and while typically there are no issues with the dog park things have changed recently. In a post on social media, th...

The second of three vessels being removed from the LaHave River has left Bridgewater after being dismantled on land. Earlier this summer the Canadian Coast Guard began overseeing the dismantling of three derelict ships that had been sitting on a wharf along the LaHave River for years. The three ships are being dismantl...

The Town of Shelburne's office is moving. They're going from their current location on Water Street to the post office building on Mowatt Street. Mayor Harold Locke says they'll be upstairs. "It requires accessibility, so we had to install an elevator, and it's almost complete. Then the staff will start to move in...

According to officials with the town, the Centennial Trail Bridge in Bridgewater will not reopen until at least the fall. It was lit on fire in late June by a youth, however, thanks to a quick response from local firefighters most of it was able to be saved. It did still sustain serious structural damage and engineers ...

A second person is facing charges in a murder case dating back to 2022 in southwestern Nova Scotia. Police arrested 33-year-old Dillon Burton Deveau of Yarmouth on Tuesday. He is the latest suspect charged with second-degree murder in the death of 64-year-old Vernon Doucet. Deveau was already in custody and is facing a...

The Lunenburg Academy Foundation (LAF) is calling on school alumni for art submissions as they look to feature their work in a gallery. Anyone who attended the Academy before 2012 is invited to submit visual artwork of any type for consideration. All of the submissions will be catalogued for archives, and some will th...

More healthcare workers are now practicing in Shelburne County. The province says six professionals have joined the family practice team over the last year. Three new family doctors are among the new recruits. Health Services Manager in Primary Health Care for Nova Scotia Health Melanie Mooney says it means more access...

Bridgewater's Mayor is addressing concerns from residents surrounding a relatively new drop-in clinic for the homeless in the town's downtown core. The drop-in centre called Cedar House is located on the corner of King Street and Dominion Street and is run by the John Howard Society. It began operating earlier this yea...

The Big Ex is concerned about what not having a local livestock veterinarian will mean for them in the future. In June, South Shore Veterinary Hospital announced they'd be ceasing large animal services in the fall, and suspending equine services as of August 16. Once they stop offering those services the next nearest v...

Lunenburg will have its second contested mayoral race in a little over one year. The former editor-in-chief and co-founder of the Lunenburg Barnacle Jesse Ward announced he would be running for mayor on social media Monday morning. In Ward's post, he outlined three key campaign platforms including affordable housing, i...

The re-opening of Digby General Hospital's emergency department has been delayed a little bit longer. Nova Scotia Health says the ER will now re-open at 12 p.m. on Monday, not 8 a.m. as previously announced. Call 911 if you experience a medical emergency. For general health advice and information call 811. Virtual urge...

Western Nova Scotia and the Annapolis Valley could be in for some heavy rain this weekend. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Hants, Annapolis, Kings, and Digby counties. Rain at times heavy is expected from early Saturday morning until the afternoon, and then again Saturday night. Between 30...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has postponed its trail maintenance at the Gaff Point Nature Reserve. They planned to lead volunteers on a day of trail clean up around Gaff Point, clearing debris and overgrown trees and other general trail maintenance. Originally scheduled for on Saturday, July 6 the event organ...