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Kings District RCMP media spokesperson Cst. Jeff Wilson confirmed six pigs escaped a trailer on Highway 101 near Berwick around 9 a.m. Oct. 18. Five pigs were quickly corralled by their owners and police, but one remained missing in North Berwick until it was found at 11:30 a.m. - photo credit: Ty Walsh.

UPDATED: Pigs located after escaping trailer on Highway 101 near ...

Birders travelled to Centreville, Cape Sable Island to see an American white pelican in mid-October. - Ervin Olsen Photo

Cape Sable Island white pelican causing flurry among birders

Three-year-old Aiden Andrews of Kingston was excited to check out the pumpkins at the fifth annual Kentville Pumpkin Walk held at Miner’s Marsh Oct. 17.

SLIDESHOW Spectacular gourds: Kentville’s fifth annual Pumpkin Walk ...

Cornwallis Park resident Alex Morrison has been selected to represent the Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment of Canada, as part of Canada’s official delegation at Mons, Belgium to help celebrate the centenary of the end of the First World War. The war ended at Mons on Nov. 11, 1918.

‘I am humbly honoured’ - Annapolis County man part of Canadian ...

How will legal cannabis change our society?

We asked Atlantic Canadians their thoughts on legal cannabis

Skateboarder Vernon Grant catches some air at the new park in Kentville. - Photo by DYLAN POWELL

‘One of the best’: Activity ramping up at new Kentville skate park

The roof of the Gill family’s bungalow was blown off when the Dunrobin tornado tore through their neighbourhood, leaving a path of destruction behind.

Coldbrook native recounts Ottawa-area tornado hitting her Dunrobin home

Kings South MLA Keith Irving gives remarks at the Oct. 14 announcement of $99,072 in provincial funding toward a joint project for water management in New Minas and Kings County. - COMMUNICATIONS NOVA SCOTIA

New Minas water system assessment gets provincial funding

Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation employee Dave MacPherson stands at the entrance to Cape Breton Island’s first and only cannabis store. The shop, which will open Oct. 17 when recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada, is located inside the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission’s Sydney River outlet. The Crown corporation showed off its new store on Tuesday when local news media toured the facility that in two weeks will be legally dispensing recreational cannabis.

Cannabis rules: what to expect in Nova Scotia

It’s been 12 years, but Leah and Lacey Conrad continue advocating for their mother, Leslie Conrad, whose body was found buried in a shallow grave in Lower Wolfville on Nov. 22, 2006. Her murder case remains unsolved, and the RCMP investigation is ongoing.

Leslie Conrad’s daughters want justice for Lower Wolfville woman's ...

This year, a number of new tourism experiences were rolled out, including Beer and Wine Tours of Nova Scotia, Yarmouth Harbour Tours, Savour the Sea - Wharfside Lobster Suppers, and Yarmouth Walking Tours.

Tourism on the rise in Yarmouth & Acadian Shores

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The NSLC has placed its first order of cannabis in preparation for Oct. 17 legalization date.

NSLC releases cannabis prices

Updated Oct 17, 2018 at 1:53 p.m.

A new provincial program offers to help first-time homebuyers with their down payment.

First-time Island buyers rejoice

Published Oct 15, 2018 at 1:26 p.m.

Wise investments

Published Oct 15, 2018 at 1:14 p.m.

The Cat ferry docked on the Yarmouth waterfront. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Bay Ferries sees 21 per cent increase over last year during Cat ferry's 2018 season with 50,185 passengers

Tina Comeau
Updated Oct 12, 2018 at 6:52 p.m.

YARMOUTH, N.S. – A total of 50,185 passengers were carried back and forth between Portland and Yarmouth on The Cat ferry this year, which Bay Ferries says is an increase of 21 per cent from the year before. The last sailing of the season was ...

Crystal Butler of Crystal’s Pantry has launched a line of fall-inspired treats.

Canning entrepreneur launches line of fall-inspired tasty treats with support of CAPRE

Kirk Starratt
Published Oct 05, 2018 at 1:37 p.m.

With a little bit of help and support, a born entrepreneur from Canning living with Cerebral Palsy gets to spend her days doing what she loves. ...

Bad Apple Brewhouse owners Kari and Jeff Saunders stand with Wolfville employees Kelsey Smith, Cody Myers and Cameron Cook. The couple contacted L’Arche and offered Cameron a job at their new Wolfville location, where he will be part of the company’s payroll alongside his new co-workers.

Bad Apple Brewhouse expands with new Wolfville location

Sara Ericsson
Updated Oct 04, 2018 at 12:16 p.m.

Wolfville may be small, but its craft beer scene is growing – and it just grew a bit bigger with the addition of Bad Apple Brewhouse’s new location. ...

Take the time to plan before taking the step to home ownership.

Preparing for homeownership

Terrence McEachern
Published Oct 01, 2018 at 3:47 p.m.

The affordability of rental units and new homes can be a challenge for many in Atlantic Canada, especially in areas where the costs of both is on the rise. Even so, there comes a point where renters leave that market and move into ...

The lowdown on down payments

Chris Shannon
Published Oct 01, 2018 at 3:41 p.m.

The time it could take millennials today to raise the minimum down payment required, on average, for a home in some major markets is downright scary. That’s according to a recent nationwide survey by real estate website Point2Homes, ...

The new Great Canadian Dollar Store location along Bridge Street in Kingston is slated to open later this month.

Great Canadian Dollar Store opening soon in Kingston

Ashley Thompson
Published Oct 01, 2018 at 2:19 p.m.

KINGSTON, N.S. - The Great Canadian Dollar Store is setting up a new shop in Kings County. Work is underway to have a Kingston location open later this month. “We just have a tentative date right now and the tentative date is Oct. ...

Thousands of people showed up for the annual open house at Hope For Wildlife at Seaforth, Nova Scotia Sunday. The wildlife rehabilitation and education centre located was founded by Hope Swinimer in 1997. The facility provides rehabilitation to injured and orphaned animals before releasing them back into the wild. The centre is also seen a rise in its popularity thanks to Hope For Wildlife television program, now on Knowledge Network.

Hope for Wildlife founder excited for solar energy project

Stuart Peddle
Updated Sep 28, 2018 at 9:51 a.m.

Hope for Wildlife director Hope Swinimer is excited that the wildlife rehab centre can begin work on a solar power project. ...

CEO Tareq Hadhad’s chocolate company, Peace by Chocolate, has been recognized by Google through its Grow with Google campaign.

Peace by Chocolate founder recognized by Google

Brendan Ahern
Updated Sep 28, 2018 at 3:20 p.m.

Google has spoken. Peace by Chocolate is officially the National Hero Case in the multinational tech-giant’s Grow with Google program. ...

Neil LeBlanc holds a handful of alfalfa meal, one of a dozen organic additions to Kryptonite, a specially formulated growing soil for marijuana.

Wedgeport company’s new super soil designed for cannabis growers

Carla Allen
Updated Oct 12, 2018 at 2:10 p.m.

WEDGEPORT, YARMOUTH COUNTY, NS - If you’re looking forward to growing cannabis plants of your own, but have never planted them before, a Wedgeport, Yarmouth County, company has developed a “super soil” for newbies . ...

A CNSOPB map of Nova Scotia’s offshore petroleum exploration activities. An application for seismic activity is pending for Exploration Licences (EL) 2435 and 2436 (purple); ELs 2423, 2424, 2425, 2426 2429 and 2430 (yellow) belong to Shell Canada, while Els 2431, 2432, 2433 and 2434 (green) is where BP Canada hopes to drill as many as seven exploratory wells by 2022.

‘Huge implications for everyone’: Fishermen urged to take notice, action on offshore petroleum exploration issues

Kathy Johnson
Updated Sep 25, 2018 at 9:21 a.m.

SOUTHWESTERN NS – Changes in federal legislation, two industrial accidents at offshore drilling sites within the last two years and pending seismic activity near Georges Bank and the North Atlantic right whale critical habitat in Roseway Basin ...