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No change to property taxes in Bible Hill

Ashley Sutherland examines a glittering piece of hematite. Sutherland will have several items from her rock and crystal collection with her for a presentation at the Colchester Historeum on April 25.

Eye-catching rocks and crystals taking centre stage at Colchester ...

Emily Yuill, left, a participant in Truro Boys & Girls Club programs, received support from Lauren McQuaid, a staff member at the centre, as she prepared for an upcoming youth conference in Montreal. A second youth, Allie Steeves, is also taking part in the event.

Truro teens headed to national youth conference

Chris Elgee runs the Great British Grub restaurant in Truro with his wife Jane, a hangout for local Anglophiles.

Truro’s Great British Grub to run St. George’s Day quiz

Work on the new CMHA building is expected to be complete this summer.

Colchester-East Hants CMHA plans to open in new location this summer

The carpet plant in Truro, which has been opened in 1964, is moving its operations to the United States, eliminating approximately 240 jobs.

Truro carpet plant moving operations to U.S., 240 jobs to be lost

Colchester: Youth, taxes, surprised workers and a laid-back dog

Truro Police Chief Dave MacNeil is happy to have people like Candace Chornoby, left, and Erin Adams behind him. The women have been dispatchers with the service for several years.

Working behind the scenes with Truro police

Their cars may be coated in salt now but Cory Lowe, left, and Brandon Taylor will have them shining for the Cruise 4 A Cure in June. They’ve organized a car meet as a way to get together with other car enthusiasts while raising funds for charit

Cruise 4 a Cure being planned for Truro

Truro Zumba event being held to support mental health

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More than a year after her Falmouth home collapsed, Heather Strickey is still fighting with their insurance company for coverage.

Insurance coverage denied in case of Falmouth home lost to sinkhole

Updated 23 hours ago

Darlene Gilbert and Madonna Bernard stand by the main gate of the Alton Gas project work site at the Shubenacadie River estuary earlier this month. The women have filed an injunction against Alton Gas to halt operations while they launch a land claims suit.

Mi’kmaq women file land claim at Alton site

Updated a day ago

Horses behind the gate at Truro Raceway as a race is about to begin.

Truro-area racehorse owners lose civil lawsuit involving pregnant filly

Updated Apr 15, 2019 at 12:47 p.m.

RCMP

Police investigate door-to-door solicitation

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A number of search and rescue rescue workers from Colchester, East Hants and Pictou Counties partook in a major operation based out of Truro on Saturday. They were joined by teams from the Civil Air Search and Rescue, firefighters and RCMP. All told, roughly 50 personnel were involved. Police say only that an investigation is ongoing as of the afternoon of Nov. 3. Here, a rescue worker looks on as a helicopter from the Department of Lands and Forestry lands at back at Stanfield's Ball Field in Truro, near the Salmon River on Saturday.

Man who jumped into Salmon River to evade police has been charged

Updated Nov 08, 2018 at 1:33 p.m.

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Colchester: Youth, taxes, surprised workers and a laid-back dog

Updated a day ago

No change to property taxes in Bible Hill

Published a day ago

Darlene Gilbert and Madonna Bernard stand by the main gate of the Alton Gas project work site at the Shubenacadie River estuary earlier this month. The women have filed an injunction against Alton Gas to halt operations while they launch a land claims suit.

Mi’kmaq women file land claim at Alton site

Updated a day ago

Regional

More than a year after her Falmouth home collapsed, Heather Strickey is still fighting with their insurance company for coverage.

Insurance coverage denied in case of Falmouth home lost to sinkhole

Updated 23 hours ago

Jason Kenney's UCP crushes Rachel Notley's NDP after vitriolic campaign

Updated Apr 17, 2019 at 7:09 a.m.

Construction continues on the site of a contentious development at the corner of Glenwood Avenue and Prince Albert Road in Dartmouth Friday. Monaco Developments initially went to Halifax council to build a 15-storey residential building across from Lake Banook. The developer has since revised the their plan and is now developing the site as a 16-storey hotel. - Eric Wynne

Councillor hopes staff report can stop construction of 16-storey Lake Banook hotel

Updated Apr 17, 2019 at 10:01 a.m.

Members of Extinction Rebellion in the Annapolis Valley took a bus to Halifax April 15 to urge media outlets to focus on climate change and to ask Nova Scotia Power to move more quickly to energy sources other than fossil fuels. They joined other ER groups for a contingent of about 150 people. - Deb Kuzyk

‘Train wreck coming’ - Activists push for more media coverage, more action on climate change

Updated Apr 16, 2019 at 6:10 p.m.

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Police investigate door-to-door solicitation

Cumberland RCMP investigate New Salem arson

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Yarmouth Mariners goalie Tyler Caseley had his second shutout of this Canadian Tire Cup league final series against Campbellton with a 3-0 win in New Brunswick on April 18 in Game 3. TINA COMEAU

3-0 SERIES LEAD: Yarmouth Mariners one win away from claiming MHL league championship title

Cameron Patton, of Bible Hill, is enjoying a great rookie season with the Carleton Place Jr. A Canadians of the Central Canada Hockey League. Photo courtesy of Carleton Place Canadians

Bible Hill’s Patton making big contribution for Canadians

The Tandus Centiva carpet plant in Truro is shutting down in July and relocating to Georgia, U.S. Approximately 240 people are losing their jobs in the process.

Refusal to sign onto cogeneration project was telltale sign for carpet plant’s eventual demise - Truro mayor

More than a year after her Falmouth home collapsed, Heather Strickey is still fighting with their insurance company for coverage.

Insurance coverage denied in case of Falmouth home lost to sinkhole

Submitted photo by Janice Flynn
Here a Yellow-rumped Warbler, one of the first songbirds to arrive, is seen on a twig in Stephenville Crossing.

CALUM MARSH: How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring inspired the first Earth Day — and how hard the powers that be fought to stop it

A procession of fire trucks made its way from Digby to the Brighton-Barton Fire Department fire hall on April 17 in honour of fire chief Cliff Surrett who died earlier in the month. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

ONE LAST RIDE: Firefighters and fire departments honour Digby County fire chief

Karen Lee MacKenzie was last seen Feb. 25, 2018. On April 17, 2019, a man was arrested in Cole Harbour and charged with second-degree murder in her death.

Dartmouth man charged with murder in girlfriend’s 2018 disappearance

Hants County resident Brandon Little is wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant in relation to sexual interference charges.

Hants County man wanted on province-wide warrant

The current Art Gallery of Nova Scotia on Hollis Street will be replaced by a new, expanded gallery and cultural hub on the Halifax waterfront. - Herald file

New multimillion-dollar Art Gallery of Nova Scotia announced for Halifax waterfront