Clare Lions edged New Waterford Jets 3-2 in a Junior C game last night in Cape Breton, and conclude their Central Division road trip with game this afternoon in Parrsboro against the Fundy Phantoms. The Lions got goals Saturday night from Mario Blinn, Marc Lombard and Maxime Wilson to squeeze past the Jets, while Nick Comeau got the win in goal, facing just 17 shots. Neil Rozee took the loss as ...

Fire early Friday morning on Old Post Road in Marshalltown left a mother and her son homeless. The initial alarm came in as a forest fire and the Digby fire department responded with three trucks to the fire, which started around 5:30 a.m. ?The house is destroyed, the family is homeless,? said deputy fire chief Ben Cleveland...

The Olympic torch drew crowds Thursday in Bear River First Nation as children and adults alike walked with torch carrier Cruzer Meuse to the Heritage and Cultural Centre where a blessing of the torch was held...

Firefighters and ambulance personnel were called to this single-vehicle accident this morning on Lighthouse Road, but the lone woman driver was not trapped in the car as first feared...

Freeport postmaster Lorraine Gillis first thought it was a prank when a phone call this week announced she had won a trip to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. But Canada Post is one of the sponsors for the Games and about a month ago Gillis entered a competition which required entrants to submit a hockey team and answer a question...

Nova Scotia's H1N1 vaccination campaign has been expanded to include all Nova Scotians, Dr...

Nova Scotia's gift of a Christmas tree to Boston took the ferry from Digby this week for the first time. Local officials and civic leaders were on hand Tuesday at the Bay Ferries terminal to wish bon voyage to the tree on its way to Saint John, and onwards to Boston...

By Tina Comeau Transcontinental Media NovaNewsNow.com The province's chief medical health officer said Wednesday the province has been seeing some decrease in H1N1 activity, although he cautioned that it is still important for people to get immunized. ?While we may be starting to see some decrease of H1N1 activity, I do need to emphasis the importance to Nova Scotians to immunize...

By Karla Kelly FOR THE DIGBY COURIER NovaNewsNow.com St...

By Karla Kelly FOR THE DIGBY COURIER NovaNewsNow.com Preparations are underway for the third annual Festival of Trees at Sissiboo Landing in Weymouth. Coordinator Jeanne Nesbit said the festival runs from Nov...

Property owners involved with the wind turbine project in Gulliver's Cove have liens on their property because SkyPower Corp...

Residents of Digby Neck and Islands are still waiting for a provincial health department decision on the loss of Islands Health Clinic nurse practitioner Karen Snider. Since her departure early last month, residents have held public meetings, written numerous letters to government and held a demonstration in Halifax to make it known they want Snider back. Municipality of Digby warden Jim Thurber ...