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Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Wanda Robson, Viola Desmond’s sister, unveiled on March 8, 2018 the new $10 bill honouring Desmond as a human rights activist. - Eric Wynne / File

Viola Desmond $10 bill named world’s best banknote

Crushers name Mike Danton head coach

Keltie Butler lifts the covers. In this field over saturation isn't such a problem, but lack of sunlight has been a concern.

"Volatility in the weather is nothing new, but I don’t want to be ...

This home on Temperance Street in Westville was badly damaged by fire on Good Friday.

Westville fire displaces one

Courtney MacDonald, a red seal chef at Sobeys, helped cook up some pancakes for a Pictou County Helpers Fundraiser on Saturday, April 20. Assisting her was Cindy Ross-Miller, fundraising director for Pictou County Helpers.

Pictou County Helpers holds successful pancake fundraiser

Woman charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated assault has plea ...

Pictou County road named one of worst in Atlantic Canada: survey

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Kent Bailey, the chair of the Tampa Sierra Group speaks on behalf of a small group of protesters from Florida outside the the Emera Inc. annual meeting at Halifax Convention Centre Wednesday. The community advocates travelled from Florida. They were protesting continued use of carbon-based fuels by Emera subsidiary TECO Energy, based in Tampa, in its Big Bend Power Station.

Halifax-based energy conglomerate Emera promises better diversity on board

Updated May 16, 2019 at 12:55 p.m.

Nova Scotia coffee co-op Just Us Coffee looks to the past to cut its carbon footprint
- Updated May 16, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.
Plastic straws phased out at IKEA
- Published May 14, 2019 at 7:16 p.m.
Dramatic turnaround in population growth
- Published May 14, 2019 at 7:13 p.m.
N.S. gold show coming to Halifax
- Updated May 15, 2019 at 8:12 a.m.
WhatsApp security breach may have targeted human rights groups
- Updated May 14, 2019 at 7:25 p.m.
Annapolis Royal's Lawries acquire Home Hardware locations in Bridgetown, Middleton, Greenwood
- Published May 09, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

The Barking Bean co-owner Glenn Deering with two of his rescue dogs Shay left and Timo. The location is still under construction, but they’re hoping to open their doors in early June.

Hantsport’s Main Street going to the dogs - in a good way

Updated May 10, 2019 at 11:54 a.m.

A new consignment shop opened in Middleton May 1 that hopes to provide its employees with the necessary skills to work for real wages. The staff consists of volunteers and people labelled with disabilities. Inclusive Opportunities Association opened the store at 159 Commercial Street across from Foodland.

Inclusive Opportunities - New consignment shop opens to rave reviews by scores of shoppers in Middleton

Updated May 02, 2019 at midnight

Demolition work at the former DSME Trenton property is now complete and Nova Scotia Lands is looking at options for the future.

NS Lands open to offers for former DSME Trenton property

Updated May 02, 2019 at 11:18 a.m.

Nova Scotia Spirit Co. president and founder Alex Rice shows where the blue lobsters get canned.

'100 cars a-day off the highway for 100 days' Nova Scotia Spirit Co. gets set for a big summer

Brendan Ahern
Updated Apr 24, 2019 at 2:47 p.m.

In 2015 Alex Rice arrived at his newly purchased building just outside of Trenton “and there was a job ad on the front door.” In 2017 Rice’s company would be ranked 13th on the Startup 50 list of Canada’s ...

West Nova MP Colin Fraser, Annapolis Royal Deputy Mayor Pat Power, and Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil announced funds April 23 for a $350,000 that will put a roof on the farm market and convert an old bus garage into public washrooms and a retail space.

$350,000 project includes roof for Annapolis Royal’s Farmers and Traders Market

Lawrence Powell
Updated Apr 24, 2019 at 11:25 a.m.

Annapolis Royal’s Farmers and Traders Market is getting a roof, and a former bus garage just across the street is being refurbished into public washrooms and a retail space. Federal and provincial funds were announced Tuesday by West Nova MP ...

32 fishing boats line the floating docks at Lismore Wharf one week ahead of setting day on April 29.

Historically high landings and uncertain prices bring a mixed bag ahead of 2019 lobster season

Brendan Ahern
Updated Apr 25, 2019 at 3:20 p.m.

The springtime lobster season in district 26a is getting ready to launch. “They’re getting the traps ready and bringing them down to the wharf,” said Wright, supervisor at the fish plant at Lismore wharf in Pictou County. ...

Karen Montgomery, Jaymee-Lynne Dowell, and Eileen Prosser are going on a new adventure. Dowell is taking a leave of absence from her job to help launch a consignment store in Middleton that will employ local residents labeled with a disability, pay them real wages, and prepare them for the workforce.

Labels are for clothes - Consignment shop aims to secure real wages for people labelled with a disability

Lawrence Powell
Updated Apr 23, 2019 at 7:15 a.m.

They’ve adopted a stretch of highway for cleanup, they have a Relay for Life team, they volunteered for Art Battle, they made Christmas cards for seniors – and they’re opening a consignment shop in Middleton. They’re local ...

The Tandus Centiva carpet plant in Truro is shutting down in July with operations being shifted to the United States.

Truro Tandus employees surprised by news of carpet plant closing

Harry Sullivan
Updated Apr 17, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

Employees at the Tandus Carpets manufacturing facility in Truro were completely caught off guard when informed Tuesday afternoon that their work is being shifted to the United States, a union spokesperson says "The news of the closure comes ...

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

Harry Sullivan
Updated Apr 17, 2019 at 2:31 p.m.

One of Truro’s oldest operating manufacturers is relocating to the United States, eliminating approximately 240 local jobs. “It was a little bit of a kick in the gut,” Truro Mayor Bill Mills said, of his reaction to receiving the ...

The staff of Headz Up Hair Studio with their recycling receptacles. Left to right are: Vanessa Strong, Diane Adams-Hagerman, Vanessa Mills, Anastasia Slade, Shirley Barrington, Cassondra Cooper and Renee Smith.

Hair today, re-used tomorrow: Clarenville salon joins the ‘Green Circle’ club

Jonathan Parsons
Updated Apr 12, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.

“We make people beautiful every day — we might as well make the planet beautiful.” Diane Adams-Hagerman, owner operator of Headz Up hair salon in Clarenville, says giving back to the environment and taking steps to recycle, ...

The Guardian's editorial/opinion editor Bill McGuire retired Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, after nearly 45 years in the industry and penning countless editorials.

Transcontinental says SaltWire Network in breach of contract after 2017 sale of media assets

Ryan Ross
Updated Apr 12, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

Transcontinental Inc. says it is considering filing a counter lawsuit in a legal battle related to the sale of its media assets in Atlantic Canada. SaltWire Network announced Wednesday it had filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against ...

SaltWire Network sues Transcontinental over sale of newspapers

Ryan Ross
Updated Apr 11, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

A deal that saw the creation of the largest newspaper chain in Atlantic Canada is going to court. SaltWire Network filed the multimillion-dollar lawsuit Wednesday against Transcontinental Inc., the company that sold its media assets in Atlantic ...

The Union Electric Building in Port Union could soon be the home of a new microbrewery.

Environmental assessment registered for Port Union microbrewery

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Updated Apr 01, 2019 at 1:15 p.m.

An aspiring brewery has filed for an environmental assessment with the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment. Union Electric Brewing Co. Inc. is the proponent of the assessment, looking to establish a microbrewery in Port ...