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Nicole MacLeod took her son Wesley along to the polling station, even though he is a little too young to vote.

Truro-area mom takes her child to his first federal election

Maia Zann-Roland, centre, is off to the Caribbean next year, thanks to the Children’s Wish Foundation. FRAM DINSHAW/TRURO NEWS

Local cancer survivor joins march for Children’s Wish Foundation in ...

Jol Hunter, left, enjoyed a chance to speak with former client Nathan Legere.

Colchester Community Workshops Foundation launches fundraising drive ...

Jace Bernard must practise regularly on the archery range in Millbrook.

Millbrook youths headed for North American Indigenous Games

Colchester: Eating, answering and hopping

Anne Churchill eliminated foods containing gluten from her diet years ago because she has celiac disease. Eating something with even a small amount of gluten makes her feel unwell.

Truro-area women adjust their diet to avoid pain

Voters will head to the polls on Monday to determine who will govern the country for the next federal term.

Council of Canadians poses questions to federal candidates

Chantalle Twohig and her Rhodesian ridgeback Drake (Trumphill's Unchartered Journey) took part in the Cobequid Dog Club show in Bible Hill on the weekend. Drake shows in classes for spayed/neutered dogs and is now a champion.

Drake shows his stuff at Bible Hill competition

Stellarton Fire Chief Dwight Campbell has passed away.

Stellarton mourns loss of Chief Dwight Campbell

["The men's club championship at Truro Golf Club turned serious last week when a player collapsed. Fellow golfers came to the aid of the man and performed CPR before first responders arrived at the scene."]

Teens charged after carts taken from Truro Golf Club

Business

Truro Cannabis Company in the Truro Business Park

Budding Truro Cannabis Company approved for distribution

Updated Oct 10, 2019 at 11:23 a.m.

Cherie Swift opened GRÁ, a restaurant offering a daily fixed six-course menu out of her home at a farm in Ross Ferry, Victoria County. After moving to Cape Breton from Ontario two years ago, she finally opened the seasonal restaurant, which offers an intimate dining experience for a total of 20 guests at any one sitting.

Victoria County restaurant offers unique dining experience with locally sourced food, fixed six-course menu

Updated Oct 17, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

The Valley Drive-In Theatre has entertained audiences for the past 20 seasons.

Nova Scotia’s Valley Drive-In celebrating 20 seasons of movies under the stars

Published Oct 03, 2019 at 8:23 a.m.

Keith Gillis and his staff regularly dismantle, inspect and repair desktop computer components at their Truro headquarters.

Truro IT expert reflects on 18 years of sacrifice in building his business

Updated Sep 04, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

Local Business

Relatively new to farming, Mhari Lamarque and her husband Chris Pyke, shown in this file photo, own Sweet Fern Farm near Pleasantville. A recent study indicates that women farmers manage risks differently than men and will also see the market multi-dimensionally, which often means food businesses founded by women deliver higher revenue. Tim Krochak/The Chronicle Herald

CHARLEBOIS: We would be better off with more women agrifood entrepreneurs

Updated 7 hours ago

Tommy Harris, a business analyst with Quorum Information Technologies Inc., discusses the company's XSellerator software platform with Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O’Regan at the company's offices in St. John's Tuesday.

ACOA loan to aid Quorum with data hub project

Updated Jul 16, 2019 at 8:51 a.m.

Lorraine Crowe is the creator of Rain Natural Skincare. She makes her products, from plant-based ingredients, at her studio in Truro.

Truro woman creates line of skincare products

Updated Jul 10, 2019 at 9:18 a.m.

Alex Dyas takes water from the Annapolis Basin and extracts the sea salt, creating a flavourful addition to the Annapolis Royal Farmers and Traders Market each Saturday morning. Dyas grew up on the Annapolis Basin and hopes his Salt & Light Sea Salt Co. based in Karsdale will be the thing to allow him to move home from Montreal.

A dream with flavour - Annapolis County ex-pat creates sea salt business so he can return home to the place he loves

Updated Jul 16, 2019 at 8:51 a.m.

Regional Business

Business news.

Nova Scotia regulator to hear bus and shuttle applications in Sydney area

Published a day ago

Boats in Digby were loaded up prior to the Oct.14 start of the LFA 35 lobster season in Digby. MICHELLE CUMMINGS PHOTO

Fall lobster fishery now underway in Digby and rest of LFA 35 district

Published Oct 15, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

The scaffolding that once covered a property on Main Street in Wolfville is now down. The town will soon have a couple more high-end places for visitors to rent in the downtown core.

Updated downtown Wolfville building to offer luxury rental suites

Updated Oct 12, 2019 at 10:18 a.m.

Todd Mercer, left, owner and general manager of Mercer Fuels, stands with the owners of Mercer’s Service Centre on the Esplanade in Sydney that include, continuing from the left, his father David and David’s siblings Brenda Mercer and Gary Mercer. The property is one of numerous pieces of land the province has acquired for the building of the new Nova Scotia Community College Marconi Campus. Oct. 15 will mark the last day of Mercer’s Service Centre before closing for good. Todd said he’ll carry the Mercer legacy on with the separate family business Mercer Fuels Ltd., a home heating business.

Cape Breton's Mercer family 'take one for the team' with station closure

Updated Oct 12, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

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As the win starts to sink in, Kody Blois poses for a photo with his grandmother, Bernice Bailey, mother Shelley Blois and partner Kimberly MacLachlan.

UPDATE: Liberal Kody Blois wins Kings-Hants election race

FEDERAL ELECTION 2019

Cumberland-Colchester results: updates coming throughout election night

Nicole MacLeod took her son Wesley along to the polling station, even though he is a little too young to vote.

Truro-area mom takes her child to his first federal election

WW2 Veteran Eileen Appleton, 99, voted in Canada's 43rd Federal election in her home riding of Central Nova.

99-year-old, Second World War veteran casts her ballot in Central Nova

Halifax Mooseheads captain Bo Groulx mixes it up with Cape Breton Eagles defenceman Adam McCormick during Saturday's QMJHL game at the Scotiabank Centre. (Ryan Taplin/The Chronicle Herald)

Mooseheads' Groulx a born and raised leader

A group of sperm whales underwater, Azores islands, Atlantic ocean

COMMENTARY: We need to understand the culture of whales so we can save them

The Yarmouth Regional Hospital.

Options being pursued with suspension of cancer care traveling clinics to Yarmouth and New Glasgow

Potkin Spice Tarts

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Activity was steady at the polling station at Heartz Hall at Trinity-St. Stephen's United Church in Amherst on Monday. Voting continues until 8:30 p.m.

Voter turnout steady as polls open in Cumberland-Colchester

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party leader Elizabeth May take part in the the Federal leaders French language debate.

SCOTT TAYLOR: Parties ignored foreign policy during campaign

Wounded Hearts: Memories of the Halifax Protestant Orphans’ Home by Lois Legge.

THE BOOK SHELF: Digging deep, author discovers Wounded Hearts

Halifax police spokesman Const. John MacLeod talks to reporters Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 about an incident that ended with a motorist's fatal fall from the Macdonald bridge early that morning.

UPDATED: Man fleeing from police dies in fall from Macdonald bridge