Truro News

Amy Walls and her team are harnessing the healing power of horses to help improve the lives of people with special needs. She and her husband Steve Corkum own Stetson Hill Equestrian Centre, located in Overton, just outside Yarmouth. Perched high ...

Multi-platinum-selling Canadian rock band Big Wreck’s fall tour will have three dates in the Maritimes including a Marquee Ballroom show in Halifax on Thursday, Sept. 26. Currently, the band is weathering the passing of co-founding member, ...

Country music and Christmas collide at Casino Nova Scotia on Dec. 6 when CCMA winners George Canyon and Aaron Pritchett bring their 12 Days of Christmas tour to the Schooner Showroom. Tickets go on sale on Friday, June 21 for this evening of ...

More than a hundred unique vehicles were parked on the grass at Centennial Park and Macdonald Museum June 15. While it was called Middleton Lions Antique Car Show, it included some special interest vehicles as well – and for every entry, ...

Canadian soprano star Measha Brueggergosman is awaiting heart surgery at Calgary’s Foothills Hospital, just days after garnering rave reviews from a unique performance live-streamed around the world. The singer wrote on Facebook this weekend ...

Six years ago, I made what was certainly my biggest home-related blunder. I dared to fall in love with the notion of a two-toned deck: dark stain paired with crisp white paint. I was enamoured with how it looked (so classic!) and stupidly rushed ...

Ready for a little fruit in your life? It’s strawberry time and I couldn’t be more ready. Strawberries are one fruit that almost anyone can grow whether you have a garden or just a hanging basket. They are great at producing fruit in ...

It’s easy to travel through Europe without a car, but there are times when I enjoy the freedom of having my own wheels. I don't drive in big cities, but having a car can be the best — and, sometimes, only — way to get off the ...

The old man mind-walks back to his youth. Like a black-and-white reel nearing the closing credits, one more story yet to unfold. “Well, what was I going to say… 1933 or ’32? I was, of course, going to school then and one ...

Sometimes the drive-thru speaker crackles, but the greeting is always genuine, friendly and familiar. “Welcome to McDonald’s, can I take your order?” Wally Polson is a fixture at this fast-food restaurant on James Street in ...