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Meetings on wind development in Nova Scotia are happening this week in Yarmouth and Shelburne. The Regional Assessment Agency will hold open-house sessions at the Mariners Centre from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and at the Shelburne Community Centre from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. These events will focus di...

The emergency department at Roseway Hospital in Shelburne will be closed at the start of the week. Nova Scotia Health says the ER closure will be from 7 a.m. Monday until 8 a.m. Wednesday. Anyone with urgent medical needs should call 911. For general health advice and information call 811 to speak to an experienced reg...

The emergency department at Queens General will be closing Saturday afternoon at 1:30. It won't reopen until Monday, May 13 at 8:00 a.m., resuming normal hours for the remainder of next week. During the closure, anyone needing emergency medical care should call 911. Anyone in need of non-urgent medical care can call 81...

A new fisheries simulator is coming to NSCC in Shelburne. It's the first of its kind in the country. The province says it will allow students to practice operating a fishing vessel on land. It will have navigation for both fishing and aquaculture, and help students in trainign and support. NSCC President Don Bureaux sa...

The emergency department at Roseway Hospital in Shelburne is reopening Friday morning but later than expected. In an update, Nova Scotia Health said it will open at 8:45 a.m. and not 8 a.m., as previously communicated. Roseway's emergency department will also close at 4 p.m. Friday, reopening Saturday morning at 8. It ...

Bridgewater's Luke Woodworth is a QMJHL champion. The 19-year-old captained the Drummondville Voltigeurs to their first title since 2009. The Volts swept the top-ranked Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the league final. He says it was incredible, and a long-time coming. "You get flashbacks to all the hard times over the las...

Nova Scotia Power is advising residents around the South Shore of a planned power outage that will take place early Friday morning. The outage is the result of repair work being undertaken at the Auburndale substation and will take place between 4:00-6:00 a.m. It is expected to impact the following communities: Bridgew...

The Lunenburg Pride Festival will take place this year from July 7 to July 13. This year's festival will feature over 15 taking place at various locations around Lunenburg County. Full event details are expected to be released closer to the festival. Organizers have confirmed they are planning to put on another parade ...

Lunenburg County Wheels (LCW) is now serving the entire western half of Lunenburg County thanks to adding four new accessible vans to their fleet. The new vans have been active since the start of April and LCW Board President Jerome Tanner they are already seeing an uptick in usage. "Our client list has been growi...

A new report from the West Hants Emergency Management office revealed that emergency alerts related to last summer's flooding were delayed almost three hours. In West Hants the flooding was deadly, claiming the lives of three children and one adult last year. It started the morning of July 22, with the first calls comi...