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• 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 ...
• TRURO TOWN COUNCIL – Trail signage for Victoria...
  Jason Fox, director of the Town of Truro’s planning and planning department, says a signage design has been created and 100 signs will be erected ...
• Large crowd gathers for Blessing of the Bikes held...
  The event, hosted by the Organization of Responsible Bikers, drew about 2,000 participants from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. They gathered in ...
• Colchester fire damages home
  No one was inside the structure when the fire broke out but the owner, who was in the process of moving, had been sleeping in a small guest house ...
• Chignecto-Central Regional Heritage Fair
  Literacy Award – Adam Meehan, Hants North, Grade 8 History of Science /Technology – Matthew Hill, Hants North, Grade 8; Andee Weatherbey, North ...
• HAINES-COLUMN – A matter of evidence
  The two teenagers were pretty, popular and outgoing. They were real pals – best friends who went everywhere together. On the ...
• Lack of proposals for downtown Truro site a...
  It's a sign that someone has confidence in our marketplace, which, in turn, can lead to growth and prosperity. So it comes as a big ...
• Foreign worker program changes prompt debate
  Primary issues include the elimination of a rule that allowed businesses to pay foreign workers up to 15 per cent below median wages and a ...
• Convocation day nears for Dalhousie Agricultural Campus
  The festivities kick off Thursday at 5:30 p.m. with a Baccalaureate service followed by the Graduation Banquet at 6 p.m., where the university ...
• Bible Hill Fire Brigade recognizes three members
  BIBLE HILL – Three members of the Bible Hill Fire Brigade were recognized at the annual awards banquet on April 27 for 25 years of service to the ...
• Embracing the ‘senior season’
  Recently I celebrated (acknowledged?) a birthday (it was on a Friday so I would have celebrated anything, anyway). And this particular birthday ...
• Government fails Canadians by cutting funding
  Further, cutting the Health Council also means the loss of an important tool to monitor the performance of the health-care system. How are ...
• Open letter to PC leader
  On the evening of April 10, I, along with others, had the opportunity to be in the gallery of the provincial legislature for the late debate on ...
• Roadside garbage in Colchester a disgrace
  I phoned Waste Management and they phoned the municipality? I call all of this passing the buck. I cleaned up the roadside almost every time I ...
• Time for municipal leaders in Colchester County to...
  From my vantage point, wind developers are quick to tell the various municipalities that they have full community support for their proposals. In ...
• Unique yoga program in Truro
  TRURO – Nearly 40 people participated in a special yoga initiative held in Truro for the past six weeks. The program was entitled ‘Yoga for ...
• TRURO DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL CARTOON - April 27
• Solar panel dust-up in Truro a doozy
  It started last week when Rainer Geisler, a shareholder and legal counsel for an Austrian solar panel manufacturing company called Hilber Solar, ...
• Colchester County youth named delegates to major 4-H...
  Truro’s Jacob Works and Brookfield’s Rebecca O'Connell are two of the 80 youth from Canada and the United States, ages 18 to 25, who will join ...
• Downtown parking in Truro an issue for reader
  Well, good luck. I'm reminded of the old Johnny Cash song here, 'Don't take your guns to town.' Only, in this case, we could change the words to ...
• Colchester volleyball players strike gold
  Cameron was named all-star libero and Sandeson was named MVP. The Tigers will represent the province at the national championships May 9-12 in ...