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• Firemen douse ProDesign Cresting in mosquito...
  TRURO – The Bible Hill Firemen doubled ProDesign Cresting 10-5 Tuesday in the Bible Hill Truro Mosquito Baseball League. After both teams scored ...
• Bible Hill/Valley bikeway idea comes with some issues
  The concept was conjured up by Colchester County staff as a means to provide cyclists and others (i.e., skate boarders) in the growing ...
• Missing Colchester County girl found
  BIBLE HILL – A missing Colchester County girl has been found safe and unharmed and is back home with her family. The 15-year-old Upper Economy ...
• Driver charged with stunting in Wentworth after...
  The RCMP Northern Traffic Services said the man was stopped Saturday afternoon while driving along Highway 4 in Wentworth. Police said the ...
• Love at first sight
  However, let’s start at the beginning. Doug Havill was born in Buffalo, N. Y., on Aug. ...
• Nova Scotia teachers concerned about cuts to...
  “Because of the loss of $65 million to public school funding and subsequent budget cuts to school boards, we are continuing to see a loss of ...
• Set-back distance key issue in Lower...
  In an effort to be both open and transparent, we live 1.6 km from the proposed wind turbine site in Lower Harmony/Greenfield, ...
• RECC parking issue an obvious oversight
  The only practical point that true costs could have been used to decide whether to proceed or not was prior to initial construction. Once ...
• NDP not committed to protecting classrooms
  During the primetime television news hour the education minister attempted to defend her department by quoting misinformation herself. For ...
• Names important to those who own them
  We made a significant investment in this facility for this very reason – a community centre that could be used by the community at large. ...
• TRURO WINE COLUMN – It’s a matter of taste
  I encourage you to take a formal wine tasting course so that you can get a better appreciation for fermented grapes but the basics are included ...
• Father’s Day Pace set for Truro Raceway Sunday
  There are plenty of strong family ties in the Father’s Day celebration and the raceway is pleased to pay tribute not only to the fathers who ...
• The story is the message
  Unfortunately, I have to write this before the event, so I cannot relate his latest thinking. Nor can I report on Alayda Faber’s talks about ...
• What price politicians in Colchester?
  Like most Nova Scotians, the majority of Colchester County residents don't give a hoot about municipal politics. That's evident by the lousy ...
• June meet opens at Truro Raceway on Sunday
  Race 10 features the top class of the afternoon with seven horses carded. Regulars garnering early fan attention include David MacDonald’s Toad ...
• All invited to enjoy natural resources at DNR Open...
  Come and enjoy activities and displays for the whole family. There is plenty to see and hands-on things to do. The grounds and buildings will be ...
• Suspicious device in Millbrook disposed
  UPDATED 4:15 P.M. By Monique Chiasson and Sherry Martell TRURO DAILY NEWS MILLBROOK – No one was injured in what appeared to be a bomb scare in ...
• Stopping Truro tree vandals no easy fix
  Any needless destruction of trees is upsetting, but these acts of vandalism are particularly infuriating, not to mention a little embarrassing ...
• Harper tries to turn scandal into ‘distraction'
  He called the Senate expense scandal a “distraction.” It’s a choice of a word that should come back to haunt the prime minister and it neatly ...
• Colchester County road riddled with potholes,...
  “We drive on the shoulder, we drive slowly, we do what we need to do,” Locke said. “It’s like playing Russian Roulette with your car.” The ...
• New wine column in Truro Daily News
  Column by Al Begin As background, I have been an active member of the Grape Growers Association of Nova Scotia (GGANS) since 2011. In my spare ...
• Fracking decision for Colchester County Council...
  Reaching a decision certainly won't be easy for committee members Tom Taggart, Christine Blair, Wade Parker, Doug MacInnes and Mike Cooper. On ...
• Liberal byelection win offers few clues
  Monday's byelection, which was won by the Liberals, may have been Justin Trudeau's first test as Liberal leader but Labrador is anything but ...
• MS awareness month underway
  May is MS Awareness Month and doctors in the province commend the important work of those caring for individuals with MS in Nova Scotia. MS is ...
• MLA allowances provides reason to vent
  This is not right. Make the MLAs drive the hour to work and put the money for housing allowances back in the system. Oh yeah, I forgot. ...
• Not happy with 'jailhouse romance' story
  I would like to state that I’m no expert on this matter, but have lived a few years (75), read a few books and watched a lot of documentaries. ...
• Turning our backs on Bay of Fundy
  Would you support a new waste management site on the famous Table Mountain of South Africa? Perhaps these things are too far away to have meaning ...
• Fracking waste decision concerns Maine groups
  We are writing to express our concerns with the proposed disposal of ‘treated’ fracking waste into the Debert sewage system. We understand that ...
• TRURO TOWN COUNCIL – Crosswalk work to be done...
  During a Truro town council meeting on Monday, Coun. Raymond Tynes said he’s “gotten calls” about residents who are concerned about the ...
• TRURO TOWN COUNCIL – Pet snakes in downtown...
  Coun. Tom Chisholm told town council on Monday that an eight-foot snake has been seen out “for a walk” in the downtown core with its owner on a ...