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'It all started as a way to inspire the kids' Digby artist's Facebook post goes viral
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PHOTOS: Jerseys for Humboldt receives support from southwestern Nova Scotia
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Loving to Learn - Engaged students plant seeds, make cold frames to help protect the environment
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Mighty Women - School is a place they love, where they can breathe, where they feel valued
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Providing a 'lifeline' - Students at Lawrencetown alternative school a big influence on inclusive education report
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Eggstravaganza - Kids by the hundreds plunder Fort Anne for Easter Bunny loot
Layers Deep - Round Hill map combines geography, heritage, culture, time along Highway 201
ROUND HILL, NS - Local residents crowd around a large map of Round Hill. Highway 201 cuts through Randal Frederick’s cartographical landscape with several dozen photographs of houses printed on each side of the east-west line that represents ...
Lawrencetown volunteer firefighters cap busy year with banquet, awards
LAWRENCETOWN, NS - In 2017, firefighters in Lawrencetown clocked 9,000 hours volunteering to protect local communities. In his Feb. 24 report, Mike Stoddart broke it down: 1,200 answering call, 1,800 training, 2,600 meeting, and 3,400 ...
Good News - Jordan Morgan talks about his health, promise of compassionate care program
LEQUILLE, NS - Jordan Morgan had some good news to share Saturday evening. His chemotherapy appears to be effective and the drug company Eli Lilly may pay for the rest of his treatments. Fingers crossed. Jordan was at Still Fired Distilleries ...
Working the graveyard shift in Freeport, Digby County
FREEPORT, DIGBY COUNTY, N.S. – Robert Thurber and his co-worker Brian Moore both work as engineers on the ferry that transports vehicle traffic from Digby Neck to Long Island. However, the pair share a much more interesting volunteer role ...
Bite me: Shelburne County fisherman raises $5,985 for father battling rare cancer
SHELBURNE COUNTY, N.S. – Cape Sable Island fisherman Todd Newell grimaced in pain on the way in from a lobster fishing trip on Feb. 15. That’ll happen when a lobster clamps down on the side of your hand. And it wasn’t ...
Chilly Plunge - Annapolis Royal firefighters jump off wharf into icy water to raise funds
ANNAPOLIS ROYAL - If you saw a bunch of firefighters jump off the wharf in Annapolis Royal at noon on Saturday, it wasn’t another one of their water rescue operations. They were raising money for the department after a Victoria Beach lobster ...
Digby arm wrestler lending a hand, and an arm, to help a dad battling cancer by organizing fundraiser
DIGBY, N.S. – Jordan Morgan, the Digby-based father who is wrestling with a rare form of cancer, has inspired a new local fundraiser for his cause – and the organizer is prepared to take it in the arm. Ronny Morehouse, an eight-time ...
Payback for a good cause: Live Well Challenge creator starts another fundraiser to support Digby dad battling rare cancer
CAPE SABLE ISLAND. N.S. – Cape Sable Island fisherman Todd Newell says he’s going to make it up to all the people who have said, jokingly, they would have liked to wring his neck after taking the Live Well Challenge in freezing cold ...
Middleton Foodland wins contest, gives money to local causes
MIDDLETON, NS - When staff and customers at Foodland in Middleton sang a song in late November, they raised $5,000 and ended up helping 10 great causes in the area. Sobeys introduced the contest late last year, encouraging participating stores to ...
African Heritage Month launch in Birchtown an 'inspirational celebration'
BIRCHTOWN, SHELBURNE COUNTY, N.S. – The launch of African Heritage Month at the Black Loyalist Heritage Center in Birchtown on Feb. 2 was an ‘inspirational celebration’ that brought together municipal leaders, provincial and federal ...
