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Check out the lights from your area and around Atlantic Canada below! - 123RF photo

Nova Scotia 2019 Christmas lights map

‘Colours in Winter,’ a children’s book written and illustrated by artist Joy Snihur Wyatt Laking, has just been published. The picture book tells the story of a child’s magical adventure with colours.

Portapique artist’s first children’s book is an adventure in colour

Zac Ellis recently received a gold medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music. He achieved the highest score in Level 7 in Atlantic Canada.

Truro teen receives Royal Conservatory of Music gold medal

Paisley McCallum and Gem were at the MacMillan Centre, on the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition grounds recently to take part in a Yann Candele clinic. The event was hosted by Opportunity Farm.

Riders hone their skills at Bible Hill clinic

Stephanie Atwood is founder and executive director of ElevateHER Mental Health Services Canada. The mission of the organization is to provide mental health support services to people who identify as female, and their families.

ElevateHer providing mental health support to females in Nova Scotia

Paramedic Kate Messer had her hands full receiving toy donations from the Truro public despite Saturday’s snowy weather. Here, she took toys from Andrew Rahberg and his kids.

Paramedics hold annual toy drive in Truro

Allison Helfrich has collected cash, gift cards and warm clothing for the Truro Homeless Outreach Society.

Central Onslow girl collects Christmas donations for local homeless

Climate strikers brave the cold in Truro: Video

en Collins recently opened Yoga East in the former Body Solace studio. She’s been doing yoga for about 20 years and it’s helped her both physically and emotionally.

Yoga East offers fitness and flexibility in Truro

Carelessly discarded sharps are a painful and frustrating workplace hazard for employees at the municipal recycling facility in Kemptown.

Needle pokes a workplace hazard at Kemptown recycling facility

Regional Business

Halifax-based DHX Media says it has received an unsolicited merger proposal from Sakthi Global Holdings Ltd., but it wants to know more about deal and Sakthi Global before commenting in detail.

DHX Media to voluntarily delist from Nasdaq exchange

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Harvey's to close in Sydney and reopen in new location

Updated Nov 24, 2019 at 2:04 p.m.

Target Marketing and Communications staff on Signal Hill in St. John's.

Target Marketing and Communications of St. John's named Canada's small agency of the year

Published Nov 20, 2019 at 10:55 a.m.

Crate Escape Doggy Daycare manager Marissa Lewis spends a quiet moment with Taylor Swift, her bichon cavalier, in front of the nine-month-old Keltic Drive business that has been given the go-ahead to expand its operations to include overnight kennel boarding.

UPDATED: Cape Breton doggy daycare given approval to operate overnight kennel service

Updated Nov 20, 2019 at 6:26 p.m.

Beware the 'bezzle': Three likely sources of illusory wealth in the markets today

Tom Bradley
Updated Nov 29, 2019 at 8:32 p.m.

I was reminded recently of the term “bezzle.” Economist John Kenneth Galbraith used it to describe a form of theft that comes with a time lag. In other words, you don’t know you’ve been robbed until much later. In his classic ...

Tina Comeau 2018 year end scrapbook. The fishing vessel Sea Quiz steams out from Pinkney's Point wharf in Yarmouth County on the opening day of the lobster fishery. Dumping Day took place on Saturday, Dec. 1 – a six-day delay due to the weather. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

‘Tis the season: Gearing up for the lobster season opening in western Nova Scotia

Tina Comeau
Updated Nov 23, 2019 at 10:17 a.m.

Another lobster season is set to get underway and along with the lobster traps and gear that fishermen will head out to sea with, they’ll also be bringing along high hopes. High hopes for good catches and for good prices. The ...

Oxford Frozen Foods has grown since its first processing plant opened 50 years ago. The company has expanded a couple of times including an $8.4-million expansion in 1998. - Oxford Frozen Foods photo

Oxford Frozen Foods using immigration pilot program to bring in nine families

Darrell Cole
Updated Nov 20, 2019 at 7:20 a.m.

Oxford Frozen Foods is thinking outside the box, and Canada’s borders, to solve a labour shortage at the world’s largest process of frozen blueberries. The company is bringing nine new families to Oxford from Vietnam and South Korea ...

The darker patches indicate synthetic-based drilling mud in ribbon-like patterns on the seabed about 165 metres from the exploratory oil
and gas well Aspy D-11's wellhead, after a spill in 2018. - Canada Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board

Failed drilling equipment caused synthetic mud spill, Nova Scotia’s offshore regulator says

Brett Bundale
Updated Nov 18, 2019 at 6:49 p.m.

Nova Scotia’s offshore regulator has issued BP Canada a non-compliance notice, after an investigation found faulty drilling equipment caused thousands of litres of synthetic mud to spill into the Atlantic Ocean. In a report released Monday, ...

The removal of the 2.6 million dead Atlantic salmon in Fortune Bay.

Death of 2.6 million salmon in Newfoundland reignites debate over fish farming

Brett Bundale
Updated Nov 20, 2019 at 1:30 p.m.

Fishing captain Gary Snooks pulls his boat alongside a fish cage in Fortune Bay off the southern coast of Newfoundland. A chunky, pink plume covers the water. Aboard the Sara Ann, sounder equipment measures decaying fish nine fathoms deep ...

Health and pharmaceutical company with Cape Breton location acquired by American group

Truro News

Published Nov 15, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

The Canada-based Cornerstone Research Group has been acquired by Eversana, a provider of commercial services to the life science industry. Cornerstone, which has its headquarters in Burlington, Ont. and an additional location in Cape Breton, ...

Nova Scotia pilot program to help export businesses attract investment

Truro News

Updated Nov 15, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

Helping companies looking to grow through outside investment is the objective of the Pitch Prep program Nova Scotia Business Inc. is launching. The pilot program supports businesses hoping to attract investment for the purpose of growth and ...

Adam Gillis, right, took home top prize at the Idea Mentoring session at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre on July 23. He’s shown receiving his $500 prize from Bob Pelley, regional manager for Innovacorp. The next mentoring sessions will be Nov. 21 in St. Peter's.

Idea Mentoring bringing new entrepreneurs forward in Cape Breton

Greg McNeil
Published Nov 15, 2019 at 3:20 p.m.

Imagine a nicer version of the Dragon’s Den and you’re pretty close to understanding the notion of the Idea Mentoring that’s been underway across the province under the guidance of Innovocorp. While the popular television program ...

A CTMA ferry that travels between Îles de la Madeleine and Souris, P.E.I. is seen in this promotional photo from the company.

Seafarers union sues Ottawa over use of foreign crew on P.E.I. to Magdalen Islands ferry

Andrea Gunn
Updated Nov 15, 2019 at 9:47 a.m.

A union representing sailors across Canada has filed a series of lawsuits challenging Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for allowing a ferry company to hire temporary foreign workers for jobs they claim could have gone to ...

Brian Titus, co-founder and president of Garrison Brewing, shows off an old Century movie projector once used at the Oxford Theatre during a sneak peek of the brewery's new taproom, the Oxford, in Halifax on Thursday. TIM KROCHAK - The Chronicle Herald

Garrison Brewing opens Halifax taproom inspired by Oxford Theatre

Tim Arsenault
Updated Nov 15, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

Garrison Brewing is ready to raise the curtain on a new initiative. Halifax’s new taproom, the Oxford, premieres Friday on Quinpool Road near Oxford Street in a former hair salon, steps away from the entrance to the beloved single-screen ...