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Colchester: Fitness, bins and cats

Richard Faber enjoys biking with friends, in large groups and by himself. Biking has helped him make major changes to his life.

Biking helps Truro man become healthier and happier

Leanne LeBlanc, of LML Trading, right, had the IWK clothing trailer in Truro recently. Town councillor Cathy Hinton stopped by and dropped off a few items during the day. The trailer will be making regular visits during the summer.

IWK bins replaced with mobile trailer in one area of Truro

Heidi Patterson and John Alan Sperry are the creative forces that make up JAS 3D Visualization, a new 3D art and graphic design business in the area.

Bible Hill man opens 3D visualization firm

Heartland Tour sees record turnout in Truro

This rainbow flag was one of thousands flying high across town during the Truro Pride Parade on Saturday, this one being held aloft by a girl on a float.

Truro man recalls dangers of being gay in the old country

Truro Deputy Mayor Tom Chisholm and Laura Whiteland, a member of the Truro Pride Committee, raised the Pride flag in front of town hall Friday afternoon. Several Pride events are being held around Truro during the next few days.

Pride flag raised at Truro Town Hall

The Truro Farmers' Market is a popular spot on Saturday mornings. The Nourishing Communities pilot project is allowing more people to enjoy what the market has to offer.

Truro Farmers’ Market helping fight food insecurity

Stephanie Jones often helps out on the kitchen floor in her restaurants, prepping burgers and fries for customers.

How a Truro businesswoman rose to the top at McDonald’s

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

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Colchester: Fitness, bins and cats

Published 18 hours ago

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"Spider-Man" trapped by gun wounds and murder charge

Updated a day ago

A boy’s wish came true on Saturday afternoon. Leeland Hill, 9, met his great grandmother, Betty Thorne, 90. Leeland was recently diagnosed with focal pontine/mid-brain high grade glioma, a terminal brain condition. The Children’s Wish Foundation granted him a wish, and his was simple: to meet his great-grandmother. He travelled with his family from Dartmouth, N.S. to throw a “pretty party” for his “Great Granny” at Admiral’s Coast Retirement Centre in Kelligrews. Family and friends gathered at a reception room decorated with balloons and flowers. There was live music, dancing, and plenty of food. Leeland and Thorne embraced when they met, then sat side-by-side while they were greeted by party-goers, many of whom brought gifts. Leeland said he felt excited and happy to finally meet his Great Granny. Thorne smiled and said she felt overwhelmed. “I couldn’t get over it because there are so many things he could wish for,” she said.

Nova Scotia boy with terminal brain condition gets wish to meet great-grandmother in Newfoundland

Updated a day ago

Erin Lynch holds one of the kittens the Sympathetic Ear Animal Rescue Society helped. Because the organization provided care for many high-needs animals, it’s now faced with a high vet bill.

Nova Scotia animal rescue fundraising to cover bills

Updated Jul 09, 2019 at 6:50 a.m.

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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.

Leanne LeBlanc, of LML Trading, right, had the IWK clothing trailer in Truro recently. Town councillor Cathy Hinton stopped by and dropped off a few items during the day. The trailer will be making regular visits during the summer.

IWK bins replaced with mobile trailer in one area of Truro

Updated 19 hours ago

- Herald file

RCMP investigate weekend drive-by shooting in Onslow

Updated 17 hours ago

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Colchester: Bicycles, business and bunnies

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Mary Jane Rodger back in her foreman days hauling boxes of trees to her planters on a cutblock outside Edson, AB in 2014. There are about 250 seedlings in a box. Rodger has planted about 500,000 in her life so far.

A trillion trees - Medway forest co-op manager not scared by the ‘afforestation’ numbers in report

Updated 11 hours ago

Rob Grezel, volunteer coordinator with the Sydney Fortification Society and operator of the Fort Petrie Museum stands next to a pained mural of a Canadian soldier at Fort Petrie in New Victoria on Friday.

Former military site operates as museum showcasing the military history of Cape Breton

Updated 16 hours ago

A GoFundMe page has been set up to support the family of Talia Forrest who was killed when she was hit by a vehicle while riding her bicycle. - GoFundMe

Driver faces charges in crash that killed 10-year-old cyclist in Big Bras d’Or

Updated 18 hours ago

Former Bridgewater police chief John Collyer, left, and his lawyer David Bright walk toward a courtroom in Bridgewater last week. - Josh Healey

Former Bridgewater police chief blames booze for messages, denies sex assault

Updated 18 hours ago

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Annette Duggan snapped this beautiful close-up shot of a bee that found her fragrant Honeysuckle Bush in Pomquet Nova Scotia. She says it was one of many bees that were enjoying the nectar on a warm sunny day.

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The kids loved the challenge of trekking below the Kinzua Sky Walk. (Paul Ferguson)

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Mary Jane Rodger back in her foreman days hauling boxes of trees to her planters on a cutblock outside Edson, AB in 2014. There are about 250 seedlings in a box. Rodger has planted about 500,000 in her life so far.

A trillion trees - Medway forest co-op manager not scared by the ‘afforestation’ numbers in report

RCMP have set up a command post in Merigomish. Police have been present since July 15.

RCMP set up command post in Merigomish as part of ongoing investigation

This solid wood wainscoting installation comes from a kit. Ready-made parts make it much easier for homeowners to do their own installations.

House Works: Wainscoting boosts interior home classiness

- Herald file

Police trying to find cyclist who slapped Halifax driver

A 3D model of the block at Spring Garden Road and Robie Street, showing two proposed developments, created by Dalhousie University architectural student Hadrian Laing.

Halifax OKs changes to allow four apartment towers on city block

Sue Skipton can sit beside her house and watch the bears play in the small field across the narrow gravel road that cuts through her property. Most days she takes photos and videos of the creatures she believes are displaced by forest harvests nearby. She says as many as 20 bears of all ages and sizes frequent her place. SUE SKIPTON

Bear Necessities - Living with the bears no hardship for animal-loving West Dalhousie woman

The Joint Rescue Coordinator Centre (JRCC) in Halifax has confirmed that a floatplane has crashed in Labrador's Mestastin Lake crater.

Floatplane crashes in northern Labrador

Pride Day in Annapolis Royal is about inclusion, sharing, and supporting. This year’s Pride Day is July 27 and starts at 11 a.m. at Market Square with a Pride March up St. George Street to the amphitheatre where there will be speeches, entertainment, conversation, and of course rainbow snow cones.

Against the flow - Annapolis Royal Pride Day July 27 about marching, supporting, sharing experiences

Marine forecast

ATLANTIC MARINE FORECAST: Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Firefighters with the Canning Fire Department helped rescue two people whose boat lost power along the along Blomidon peninsula July 15. They were brought ashore at Houston’s Beach.

Canning, New Minas firefighters rescue boaters along Blomidon peninsula