The death toll from Monday's magnatude 7.9 earthquake in China continues to rise. Rescuers have spent the week pulling hundreds of bodies, some alive and some not, out from underneath piles of rubble.

It looks like the Nova Scotia government will be trying to stretch it's budget to pay for fuel just like most other Nova Scotians. When the government set it's budget in the spring, it forecast that a litre of gas would cost it $1.20.

There was a fire on Gottigen Street overnight and police are calling it arson. Just after 12:30 this morning fire broke out in the 2600 block of Gottigen Street.

Premier Rodney MacDonald's government is secure for at least another year after his budget passed with full support from the Liberal party.

A stash of very high powered weapons have been seized in Halifax. Police and customs officers made the bust Wednesday when they found Uzi and MAC-10 submachine guns and AR-15 assault rifles at two Halifax addresses.

New Glasgow – Officers with the Pictou County Integrated Street Crime Unit thought they had seen it all, until they discovered ecstasy cut with Viagra.

TRENTON – Thieves went on a rampage overnight Thursday, hitting seven vehicles in the span of a few hours.

Everyone Poops – or so says the now popular children's book by the same name. But even after such childhood lessons teach us such bodily functions are natural and necessary, people can be pretty bashful in discussing these matters, or diseases related to the bowel.

When you cruise with booze you lose. Drivers were reminded of this simple message yesterday as red ribbons tied up traffic in Pictou County.

Westville – Out of the corner of his eye Jeff can see red and blue lights flashing in his rear view mirror.

SYDNEY — Most Cape Breton Correctional Centre guards and staff are refusing to report to work and managers are providing emergency staffing after recent tests revealed asbestos in the lining of some pipes at the facility.

INVERNESS — Cape Breton fishermen continued to blockade four New Brunswick fishing boats in the harbour here, Friday in protest of their lack of share in the crab fishery.

SYDNEY — The ongoing mandate review of Enterprise Cape Breton Corp. has many politicians and business people questioning the future direction of the federal Crown corporation, which has been co-ordinating economic development efforts in the region for the last two decades.

SYDNEY — Liberal leader Stephen McNeil says his party voted in favour of the minority government’s budget this week because, while it wasn’t perfect, there was enough in its for it to support.

Cape Breton Post SYDNEY – The ongoing mandate review of Enterprise Cape Breton Corp.

Three people due in court June 24th

Will discuss Granville Street upgrades

Container shipping expected to boom

Minor injury

New registrar & VP recruitment

DEBERT — Elise Richard’s faith in mankind has been restored. After being duped by a man who claimed to be a contractor and who provided shoddy work on a deck she had paid for, another local contractor has come to her aid by offering to fix the problems for free.

TRURO — An RCMP officer who said he was “harassed” into committing fraud has been granted an absolute discharge.

MALAGASH — If you are a yard-sale treasure hunter looking for your next haul of big loot, the Malagash Community Hall is the place to be today.

TRURO — Amanda Campbell supports the International Day of Silence because she has witnessed first-hand how destructive discrimination is.

TRURO — Downtown Truro is expected to be a busy spot this morning with the reopening of the Truro Farmers’ Market.

By Lawrence Powell The Spectator NovaNewsNow.com Firefighters, paramedics, and RCMP say their response times to a fiery motorcycle crash in Wilmot May 12 were good and don't reflect comments by an accident witness reported in the May 14 edition of The Chronicle Herald. ?We were there in nine minutes and the RCMP were right behind us,? said Middleton Fire Chief Chris Barker...

By Lawrence Powell The Spectator NovaNewsNow.com A 24-year-old Greenwood man has been identified as the victim of a fiery crash between a van and motorcycle Monday in Wilmot. Annapolis Valley RCMP Traffic Services is still investigating the collision between a motorcycle and a passenger van that happened on Highway 1 in Wilmot, Annapolis County at approximately 14:30 p.m...

By Heather Killen The Spectator NovaNewsNow.com The RCMP responded to 67 calls for assistance during the week of May 5 through May 12...

Home energy audits that can unlock hundreds of dollars in energy conservation subsidies are now being offered in the western Annapolis Valley by the Clean Annapolis River Project (CARP). The Clean Nova Scotia Foundation is the provider licensed by Natural Resources Canada and Conserve Nova Scotia...

The Annapolis Valley RCMP Traffic Services is investigating a collision between a motorcycle and a passenger van which happened on Highway 1 in Wilmot, Annapolis County at approximately 4:30 p.m...