Truro News

Cow runs through Bible Hill and Valley on Valentine's Day

Colchester: Music, history, celebration & a found cat

Bill Elliott, of Bass River, has been nominated for an East Coast Music Award for jazz recording of the year.

Bass River musician Bill Elliott nominated for an ECMA

Jeanette Paris was a high-schooler in Boston when Martin Luther King was shot on April 4, 1968. Today she lives in Truro.

Truro woman remembers the day Martin Luther King was shot

Henry Glover was one of a handful of black officers in the New York Police Department in the late 1960s and early ’70s.

Truro man remembers being an NYPD officer in the 1960s

Margaret Mulrooney, curator at the Colchester Historeum, adjusts the lighting over one of the units in ‘A Taste of Science.’ The exhibit is on the third floor and will remain in Truro until late April.

Heritage Day being celebrated at the Colchester Historeum

Penny Lighthall recently hooked images of her animal spirit guides. During an upcoming workshop, she will be helping others identify their own guides and create a hooked work of art.

Truro woman ready to help people meet and hook their animal spirit ...

Second Truro 1985 video features Willow St.

Trevor MacDonald of the Hub Grub in Truro plans to offer up a gouda cheese burger with red onion and a tasty BBQ sauce as his signature offering for Burger Week, which runs from Feb. 17-23. Ten different restaurants are participating this year with $2 from every burger/fries order going to the Truro Homeless Outreach Society.

Gouda cheese and Portuguese coffee sauce featured in Truro’s Burger ...

Taya Kehler's work is on display at NovelTea Bookstore Café. The pieces at the café are geometric designs

Dal AC student’s art is on display at NovelTea

Baseball

Cougars take second straight provincial crown

Published Oct 25, 2018 at 4:54 p.m.

Milford’s David Watson will be leaned upon heavily by the Colchester Royals at the Canadian U19 men’s fastpitch tournament in Napanee, Ont. The right-hander has big-game experience as a member of the national junior men’s team that finished fourth at the world championship in July in Prince Albert, Sask.

Colchester Royals primed to do well at Canadian championships this week

Published Aug 15, 2018 at 9:56 a.m.

Truro Bearcats pitcher Darsey Pratt fires to first after fielding a ground ball during action at a midget A baseball tournament last weekend in Truro.

Bearcats run the table to win tournament title

Updated Aug 02, 2018 at 10:55 a.m.

Tyler Mabey of the U18 A Truro Bearcats hustles down the line during recent action at the Stadium Diamond.

Truro rep teams showcasing their skills at the provincial level

Published Aug 01, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.

Bible Hill-Truro Minor Baseball Association

Plenty of baseball action this weekend in Truro

Truro News
Updated Jul 26, 2018 at 5:15 p.m.

TRURO, N.S. – Truro baseball fans looking to get their fix this weekend will have plenty of diamond action to choose from. The Stadium 1 field in Truro will be the site of a four-team U18 (midget) A tournament, which gets underway Friday and ...

The Truro Bearcats are going to the Canadian U18 baseball championship in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Bearcats won the Nova Scotia elimination tournament to earn a spot at the national event Aug. 16 to 19. Members of the team are, front row, from left, Lucas Watson, Mackie Marquis, Connor Anger, Zack Betts, Nate Stone and Mats Stone; second row, assistant coach Dean Angers, assistant coach Curtis Briggs, Parker Spencer, Kenzee Rushton, Tanner Greatorex, Luke Smith, Tyler O'Leary, Connor Irwin, Dawson Briggs, Chad Russell, Brady Rushton and head coach Greg Marquis.

U18 Bearcats earn berth at national baseball championship

Truro News
Published Jul 19, 2018 at 4:24 p.m.

TRURO, N.S. – The Truro Bearcats under-18 AAA baseball team will play for a national title. The Bearcats will represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian championship Aug. 16 to 19 in Fort McMurray, Alta., after winning the seven-team Nova Scotia ...

John Smith will coach the Truro Bearcats senior men's baseball team this season. Smith, a fiery competitor during his own playing days, takes the reins from John Chapman.

Coach Smith confident Bearcats can claim final playoff spot

Joey Smith
Updated Jul 19, 2018 at 12:26 p.m.

TRURO, N.S. – It hasn’t been the type of season John Smith had envisioned. The first-year head coach of the Truro Bearcats had high hopes for his team and felt the group he assembled in May was capable of achieving success in the Nova ...

Truro Bearcats of the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League.

Bearcats hosting Sooners for senior baseball doubleheader on Sunday

Truro News
Updated Jul 18, 2018 at 6:04 p.m.

TRURO, N.S. – The Truro Bearcats return to the diamond this weekend for a pair of home games in the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League. The Bearcats host the Sydney Sooners on Sunday for a doubleheader at the TAAC Grounds at 1 and 4 ...

D&D Bookkeeping intermediate Bearcats earn split with Jays

Truro News
Updated Jul 16, 2018 at 6:26 p.m.

TRURO, N.S. – The D&D Bookkeeping Truro Bearcats jumped on the Noel Road Jays early and went on to a 7-4 win in Game 2 of a Nova Scotia Intermediate Baseball League doubleheader on Sunday. The Bearcats scored four runs in the home half ...

The Kentville Wildcats hosted the Truro Bearcats July 15 at Memorial Park, splitting the afternoon double header. - Chris Saulnier

Senior Wildcats split double header, positive for future games

Truro News
Published Jul 16, 2018 at 4:36 p.m.

Wildcats split weekend double header with Truro Bearcats ...

Jason Smith delivered a clutch RBI single on Sunday in Kentville to lift the Bearcats to a big senior baseball win over the Wildcats.

Bearcats earn doubleheader split with Wildcats

Truro News
Updated Jul 16, 2018 at 12:25 p.m.

KENTVILLE, N.S. – A three-run ninth-inning lifted the Truro Bearcats to a 4-1 victory over the Kentville Wildcats and a split of their Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League doubleheader on Sunday. It was a big win for the Bearcats, who dropped ...

Stuart Kia U13 Bearcats hosting baseball games

Truro News
Published Jul 05, 2018 at 11:22 a.m.

TRURO, N.S. – The Truro Stuart Kia Bearcats have a busy weekend on tap in under-13 AAA baseball action. The Bearcats play three home games at Stanfield’s Diamond. On Friday, July 6, Truro hosts the Dartmouth Arrows for a 6:15 p.m. ...

Royals pitchers strong in Truro minor baseball win over Pirates

Truro News
Updated Jul 05, 2018 at 11:05 a.m.

TRURO, N.S. – A trio of pitchers for the Royals had their good stuff working and combined to strike out 15 batters in an 11-5 win over the Pirates in recent peewee/bantam division action in the Bible Hill-Truro Minor Baseball Association. Liam ...

Scott Baillie, left, and Joe MacPherson have known each other most of their lives. They became close friends about 15 years ago, and are now teammates with the D&D Bookkeeping Truro Bearcats intermediate baseball team.

Truro intermediate baseball players share special friendship

Joey Smith
Updated Feb 11, 2019 at 10:40 a.m.

TRURO, N.S. – Scott Baillie knew his buddy was hurting inside and wanted to help. His longtime friend and baseball teammate, Joe MacPherson, was going through a tough time in his life following the passing of his father Jim, who died of ...