More than half a million trees will be planted this fall on an estimated 300 hectares of land in Shelburne County. For the most part, the planting is being done on woodlands destroyed in the 2023 Barrington Lake wildfire. Bushwhackers...
Ten volunteers from Shelburne, Yarmouth, and Digby counties were among those celebrated at the 52nd annual Provincial Volunteer Awards ceremony on Sept. 28 in Halifax. “Nova Scotia is stronger because of its volunteers,” Dave Ritcey, the...
Elsie Gray of Yarmouth, N.S., says her goal is to find joy in simple pleasures — and she has found a way to do this through painting. Gray primarily creates watercolour paintings, although she sometimes does pastel and acrylic paintings, too.
The Town of Yarmouth is seeking public input on whether to open up more designated town streets to off-highway vehicle (OHV) traffic. Since 2023, Water Street has been a designated road trail for OHV traffic, which also connects two...
