Author Archives: Evan Taylor

The 26th annual Sandcastle Competition is taking place this Saturday at Rissers Beach, inviting participants of all ages to show off their best beachside creations. Organized by the Municipality of th...

A new statue honouring the legacy of Captain Angus Walters now stands at the Bluenose Golf Club in Lunenburg. The life-size wooden sculpture was created by DaVinci In Wood, a Nova Scotia-based artist ...

Two Nova Scotia communities are among 27 across Canada receiving new funding to expand tree canopies and improve local well-being. The Town of Antigonish and the Municipality of East Hants are include...

Northern Pulp will begin selling off its assets following the collapse of plans to build a new bioproducts mill in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. The company says it could not reach the 14 percent return on ...

A new national poll shows Quebecers report the highest levels of happiness in the country. The Leger Happiness Index surveyed nearly 40,000 Canadians earlier this year to understand how people feel ab...

An adult male from Bridgewater has died after drowning in the LaHave River near King Street Court. Deputy Chief Danny MacPhee says the man had been swimming when he "lost some kind of ability to conti...

Canada's Sarah Mitton placed third in the women's shot put at the Diamond League meet in Monaco, continuing a strong run of results on the international stage. Mitton, who is from Brooklyn, Nova Scoti...

Travellers using Halifax Stanfield International Airport this summer will notice several changes. The airport has officially opened its new International Connections Facility (ICF), which allows passe...

The Royal Canadian Air Force has a new leader - and for the first time in its 100-year history, that leader is a woman. Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet assumed command of the RCAF during a f...

Nova Scotia's family doctor waitlist has dipped slightly, with nearly 2,000 people coming off the list in June. As of July 1, there are 89,455 people on the Need a Family Practice Registry, according ...