The Spectator

Mary Jane Rodger has planted 500,000 trees in her lifetime. She knows people who have planted more than a million. So when the journal ‘Science’ came out with a report July 5 about how many trees could be planted around the globe to bring ...

One day Sue Skipton was putting up a new mailbox at the edge of the narrow gravel road by her house. She was so focused on the job she didn’t notice the big black bear shuffling up behind her. When she looked up it was right there. She could ...

The Joint Task Force Atlantic (JTFA) has confirmed that three people are dead and four more are missing following a floatplane crash Mistastin Lake in northern Labrador. Yesterday morning, a Canadian Armed Forces CH-149 Cormorant helicopter ...

Canning and New Minas volunteer firefighters worked in concert to rescue two people aboard a small boat that was adrift in the Minas Basin July 15. ...

When Sam London was determined to do something, there was no stopping him. Stories shared during London’s funeral Monday in Lawrencetown paid tribute to a quiet, always-smiling man who was determined to be the best husband, dad, brother, ...

A 27-year-old Victoria County man has been charged in connection with a hit and run that claimed the life of a 10-year-old girl. Talia Neveah Forrest of North Sydney was killed July 11 as she rode her bicycle along Black Rock Road on Boularderie ...

Eight swimmers with the Greenwood Dolphins Swim Club travelled to Halifax to compete in the 2019 Swim Nova Scotia Ken Dunn Provincial Championships, held at Dalplex Pool. Oliver Cadrain, Bailey Dowell, Callie Dowell, Brandon Puttick, Grace Smith, ...

Planting trees goes hand in hand with Extinction Rebellion Forest Protectors’ goal of halting deforestation in the midst of a climate emergency, said XR member Nina Newington. She’s just worried that the peak carbon dioxide sequestering ...

We’re in the prime of summer. The days continue to get hotter, and back-to-school shopping still lies far ahead, but it’s not too early to start planning your Labour Day Weekend. Mark your calendars, because on Aug. 31st and Sept. 1, ...

A large turnout of firefighters, family and friends is expected for the funeral of Sam London this afternoon in Lawrencetown. London, 37, died in a family swimming accident last Tuesday at Drysdale Falls in Colchester County. The former Halifax ...