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After hosting a record-breaking event, Halifax’s SailGP race will not be returning next season. Organizers released the list of host sites for the 2024-2025 season, and Canada is not included. Fifty-thousand spectators viewed the Halifax race with massive crowds showing up on Halifax and Dartmouth waterfronts, as well as on the water. Leading the event … Read More “High and dry: Halifax snubbed from list of hosts for 2024-2025 SailGP season” »
A fire destroyed a fish processing plant in Petit-Cap, N.B., early Tuesday morning. Cap-Acadie deputy fire chief Yves LeBlanc said they received a call for smoke at Elphege & Norbert Le Blanc Ltd. just after 5 a.m. LeBlanc said the original call was for smoke in the area, but when firefighters arrived it was upgraded … Read More “Early morning fire destroys N.B. fish processing plant” »
SailGP has confirmed Halifax will not be used as a venue next year, despite the record-breaking success of the international sailing competition’s Canadian debut last month in the city’s harbour. A news release from Sail Nova Scotia said Rockwool Canada Sail Grand Prix, or SailGP, has received “unprecedented demand from host cities” and that “it unfortunately wasn’t … Read More “SailGP not returning to Halifax next year, Sail N.S. hopeful for 2026” »
A 27-year-old man is dead after an ATV crash in Cape Breton on Sunday. According to a Cape Breton Regional Police news release, officers responded to a reported ATV collision on Derby Point Road in Grand Narrows around 1:30 p.m. The driver from Whycocomagh suffered serious injuries and died. The incident is under investigation. Anyone … Read More “27-year-old man dead after ATV crash in Cape Breton” »
Heat warnings continue to blanket most of the Maritimes for the second day in a row. Temperatures Tuesday are expected to hit around 31 C, with humidex making it feel more like 34 to 39 C. For the overnight hours in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, little relief is expected with lows around 19 C … Read More “Heat warnings continue for most of the Maritimes for second day in a row” »
39 minutes ago News Duration 3:42 The Knaut-Rhuland House in Lunenburg, N.S. is undergoing a multi-year restoration that is expected to cost over $1 million. As CBCs Luke Ettinger learned archaeologists are collecting artifacts that tell a tale of life on the site during foundation repairs. Adblock test (Why?)
With a little help from the warming Gulf Stream, Nova Scotia beachgoers are encountering a strange creature with a balloon-like body whose sting packs a bigger punch than that of jellyfish. Last week, a Portuguese man-of-war appeared at a surfing hot spot on Lawrencetown Beach near Dartmouth, N.S. The animal, a species of siphonophore — … Read More “‘Otherworldly’ Portuguese man-of-war becoming more common on Nova Scotia’s inshore” »
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says numerous Silk and Great Value brand plant-based refrigerated beverages are being recalled due to Listeria concerns. The agency’s recall applies to Silk brand almond milk, coconut milk, almond-coconut milk and oat milk, as well as Great Value brand almond milk. It says the recall was triggered by an investigation … Read More “CFIA recalls brands of almond, cashew, coconut and oat milk due to Listeria concerns” »
The Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia is expressing concern over a Halifax Regional Municipal Council agenda item that could demolish the old memorial library on Spring Garden Road. A motion for council recommends they direct the chief administrative officer prepare a plan for the Halifax Memorial Library site, which includes “substantial and/or full removal of … Read More “N.S. Heritage Trust asks Halifax council not to demolish old memorial library” »
Two Mi’kmaw fishermen who were dropped off in the middle of nowhere in rural Nova Scotia in their sock feet on a cold and rainy March night, their cellphones seized by federal fisheries officers, hope an external investigation will shed some light on the actions of the officers that night. “Even though I went out and did what … Read More “Fisheries minister announces external review of Mi’kmaw fishermen’s case” »
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