Author Archives: Evan Taylor
Queens residents to get compensation for prolonged boil water advisory
Queens residents are set to receive compensation following a summer boil water advisory. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board greenlit a request for reimbursement from water customers in the Regio...
Dec 08, 2023
Lunenburg pauses Cornwallis renaming for Inegenous consultation
The Town of Lunenburg is pausing the process of renaming Cornwallis Street to Queen Street which was approved by a 4-3 vote in late November. The original goal of changing Cornwallis Street was to sto...
Dec 07, 2023
Tonnes of elvers poached in 2023, but border agents find no evidence
Baby eels, also known as elvers, command premium prices in Canada when sold to Asian markets for cultivation as food. This lucrative trade has fueled a surge in illegal poaching in Nova Scotia and New...
Dec 07, 2023
Kingsburg Coastal Conservancy urges public objection to proposed rockweed harvesting lease
The Kingsburg Coastal Conservancy (KCC) is rallying Nova Scotians to take immediate action against a proposed 15-year lease for rockweed harvesting along the Lunenburg County coastline. The call to ac...
Dec 06, 2023
Wind farm construction set to begin next spring in Southern Nova Scotia
Developers of a significant wind farm earmarked for southern Nova Scotia have announced that construction is scheduled to kick off next spring following the securing of Crown land near Milton in Queen...
Dec 06, 2023
Bernadette Jordan appointed as Canada's Consul General in Boston
Former Member of Parliament for South Shore-St. Margarets, Bernadette Jordan, has been appointed as Canada's Consul General in Boston, succeeding Rodger Cuzner, a former Nova Scotia Liberal MP who rec...
Dec 05, 2023
Liverpool native appointed as new CEO of top English women's soccer leagues
Nikki Doucet, a former St. Francis Xavier University point guard hailing from Liverpool, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NewCo, an independent organization set to manage Eng...
Dec 04, 2023
Update: First major NS snowfall leaves around 10,000 without power
Update: 2:20 p.m. Power restoration efforts continue to progress, with less than 1,500 impacted around the province. Update 1:40 p.m. The power outage in Hubbards has been resolved, and there are now ...
Dec 04, 2023
No Canada Post Service in Bridgewater
Bridgewater has been placed under a red-service notice by Canada Post for Monday, December 3, due to snowfall. That means no mail will be delivered or picked up within the community until the red serv...
Dec 04, 2023
Over 2,000 without power in Chester area
Nova Scotia Power is reporting a transmission disruption that has caused a power outage impacting around 2,000 homes in the Chester Area. No indication on what caused the transmission disruptio...
Dec 01, 2023
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