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No necropsy for beached humpback whale carcass in Harbourville
There will be no necropsy completed on the humpback whale carcass found beached March 18 near Harbourville. ...
Nor’Easter slams Annapolis Valley
The heavy snow was perhaps a little later than expected, but when it arrived, it didn’t hold back. ...
UPDATE: Cheers sound as trapped dolphins freed from Heart's Delight harbour
Loud cheers and sirens sounded as a small pod of white-beaked dolphins swam free this afternoon after days trapped by pack ice in the harbour at Heart's Delight. It is an amazing story of a community coming together supporting and helping out ...
RCMP ask for patience during ‘complex’ investigation
SPRINGHILL - As the first signs of Thursday’s nor’easter began to blow into Springhill it was a subdued scene where two bodies were found during a home fire Tuesday. RCMP moved their roadblock a little closer to the intersection ...
Suspect sought for armed robbery at Sobeys in Greenwood
GREENWOOD – Police are on the lookout for a woman behind an armed robbery that occurred in the pharmacy section of Sobeys in Greenwood March 21. “Last night at approximately 8:10 p.m., a woman entered a grocery store in Greenwood and ...
Middleton CAO Rachel Turner hired to fill Town of Oxford’s top job
MIDDLETON, NS - Middleton’s CAO Rachel Turner has been hired by the Town of Oxford where she will begin as CAO in the Cumberland County town effective May 1. Middleton Mayor Sylvester Atkinson said Turner informed council March 19 that she ...
Ages of Springhill house fire victims released
SPRINGHILL – The ages of two deceased people removed from a home following a house fire on Beatons Lane just outside of Springhill Tuesday afternoon have been released by the RCMP as a 45-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man. The ...
Health authority conducting public survey as part of review of cancer services in western Nova Scotia
YARMOUTH, N.S. – As a review of cancer services continues – that includes an exploration of whether radiation services could and should be located at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital – input from patients, caregivers and the ...
RCMP still not saying much about bodies found in Springhill fire
SPRINGHILL – RCMP are still not saying how two people found inside a Springhill home following a fire Tuesday afternoon died. “I cannot comment on that until the results of the autopsy are determined,” RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dal ...
Owner of Kings County C&D disposal site charged following 2016 fire fined for Environment Act offences
“I’m just glad that it’s over and now we can get on with things,” Derrick Shaffer said at the conclusion of his sentencing hearing. ...