Russell Stevenson

After a lengthy stay at Hope for Wildlife in Nova Scotia, a golden eagle flew the coop on Thursday. The eagle, which was found on the ground and unwilling to fly in Prince Edward Island, came to Hope for Wildlife in Seaforth last November. “On arrival, he looked really strong, alert, everything seemed quite normal,” said Hope Swinimer, founder of Hope for Wildlife. “We did blood work. We really couldn’t find anything […]

Warning: Some readers might find the content disturbing Nova Scotia’s deputy chief medical examiner testified Thursday about conducting an autopsy on the body of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed outside the Halifax Shopping Centre last year. Dr. Erik Mont said, before producing his report, he was told Ahmad Al Marrach was punched and kicked during an altercation with at least one other person and suffered a fatal stab […]

HALIFAX — A threat by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian products could cost thousands of jobs in Nova Scotia, Premier Tim Houston warned Thursday. Houston said the proposed tariffs would threaten jobs in the agriculture and fishery sectors as well as in the manufacturing of products such as tires. “A tariff at that level could impact thousands of Nova Scotia jobs,” he told […]

The Transition House Association of Nova Scotia is making an urgent plea to the provincial government to address intimate partner violence. The association called for “immediate action” to be taken at a press conference in Dartmouth on Thursday. “We are here because Nova Scotians are deeply mourning the recent intimate partner homicides in our province, which have left families, friends and entire communities grieving unimaginable losses,” says Ann de Ste Croix, the […]

In the wake of a devastating fire that claimed the lives of three young children in Lower Sackville, N.S., community members are coming together to support the grieving family. Local business owners and residents have launched initiatives to raise money for the Steiger-Loppie family, hoping to provide comfort during a time of unimaginable loss. The fire broke out in the family’s home on Riverside Drive around 3:10 a.m. Saturday. Siblings five-year-old […]

Maggie St. Laurent has a steady career plan and she’s only in Grade 11. Maggie just completed a co-op course by spending one day a week at the Wolfville Fire Hall. The 16-year-old spent a workday this past term, or a total of 80 hours, to learn what firefighting is all about in the junior program. “I loved it, it felt like a part-time job.” - she said. Maggie started […]

A building steeped in Hantsport history was reduced to rubble earlier this month. The two-storey building, located at 35 William St., was built in the late 1850s and served a variety of functions in the former town. Originally a factory during the age of sail, it later was transformed into a community hall, post office, movie theatre, dance hall, scientific laboratory, food bank and convenience store – to name a […]

An online fundraiser for the family said Tuesday that a boy and girl had died after 'fighting for their lives' Two more children have died following a duplex fire early Saturday morning in Lower Sackville, N.S., according to a GoFundMe page set up by a family friend to support the family. On Tuesday, Alyssa Porter wrote that a five-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl had died after "fighting for their […]

A West Dalhousie man is facing more than 60 charges after police searched a Bridgetown home. Police searched the Morse Road home on Jan. 9 as part of an ongoing drug investigation. They seized the man’s vehicle, four shotguns, four rifles, five conducted energy weapons, a crossbow, a knife, a switchblade, brass knuckles, quantities of suspected cocaine, methamphetamine and psilocybin, drug paraphernalia and an undisclosed amount of cash. Ryan Laviolette, […]