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A group is set to protest the closure of the art gallery in Yarmouth. It's happening Saturday at noon in Jim MacLeod Square, next to the building's entrance. Joann Ranson with the Friends of the Art Gallery of N.S. Western Branch says they were blindsided by the closure. "We hope that the community will come out t...

The visiting authors lineup for the 2024 Port Medway Readers Festival has been released, with four authors slated to visit the idyllic seaside village this summer. The event which began in 2002 takes place annually through July and August and provides an opportunity for readers to listen to and meet local and internati...

The Nova Scotia Mobile Clinic will be visiting Shelburne three of the next four Saturdays. Saturday, May 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 1 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The clinic will be setup at Shelburne Family Practice, located at 1606 Lake Road. It's inte...

The chair of the Yarmouth Area Industrial Commission was floored by a recent economic impact study on the Port of Yarmouth. Guy Surette says the board couldn't believe that the area generates $50 million a year for the local economy. "We said wow, in our little corner of the province, that much? It was a huge surp...

A new study shows the Port of Yarmouth generates $50 million a year for the local economy. That includes 280 jobs and hosting over 40 vessels. The port also accounted for $25 million of Nova Scotia's fishing GDP over the last five years. The economic impact study says between 44 and 85 million pounds of lobsters are la...

It's been nearly a year since a devastating fire impacted Shelburne County. Dozens of homes and structures were destroyed in the largest wildfire in our province's history. The 'We Rise Again - Shelburne County' fund was developed through local residents and the Community Foundation of Nova Scotia. The fund was initial...

Shock and sadness. That was Yarmouth Mayor Pam Mood's reaction to the permanent closure of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Western Branch. The board in Halifax announced Friday they would not be re-opening the branch, with money to be allocated for local and provincial programming. Mayor Mood says there's a lot of cultu...

Yarmouth firefighters were busy on another call Sunday night. A barn fire was reported in Arcadia just after 9 p.m. According to Firefighters of Nova Scotia on Facebook, the Yarmouth department along with Lake Vaughan, Wedgeport and Eel Brook were on scene.

Construction at a major Yarmouth intersection is starting this week. It's happening in the Main, Vancouver and Chesnut street area. The initial work includes test pit digging, which will require lane closures and traffic control. Water Street between Cann and Vancouver will be local traffic only. Work is scheduled each...

A major elver seizure in Yarmouth County. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says officers conducted a search warrant at a suspected holding facility on May 1. Three people were arrested violations of the Fisheries Act. In total, over 28 kilograms of elver, along with four large holding tanks and other equipment we...