By Tina Comeau Transcontinental Media NovaNewsNow.com A spokesperson for the regional school board has said the school board has not seen a major increase in illness in its schools. The school board's H1N1 plans and how it should respond to the pandemic will be the topic of a school advisory council workshop Monday at St...

The Lady Mariners are out of gold medal contention after suffering an opening game loss in the provincial Division 3 championships. A full report is not available, but the senior boys also lost in their game Friday night in Antigonish, playing under the lights at St...

A Digby man is facing charges after members of he Digby RCMP and the street crime unit located a marijuana growing operation in a garage at Haines Lake. Police said 47 mature plants were seized in the early hours of Nov...

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Children dressed in Halloween costumes, played games, colored and had a snack during the school readiness program put on by Digby County Family Resource Centre on Oct...

Friday's scheduled Junior C hockey game between Clare Lions and the Valley Fuelers from Digby has been cancelled by the flu. The match had been set for 9:30 p.m...

Nova Scotia continues to experience an increase of H1N1 activity across the province...

South West Health has added a second day for a flu shot clinic at the Digby Curling Centre. Clinics for priority high-risk groups will now be held Monday and Tuesday from 12 p.m...

With increased numbers of people exhibiting flu-like symptoms, South West Health is asking the public to limit the number of visitors to hospitals to just two per patient. ?It is especially important to limit visitors to our maternal child unit at the Yarmouth Hospital, where babies and new mothers are a high-risk group for catching H1N1 flu,? says spokesperson Fraser Mooney. People who are sick ...

Flu shot clinics for priority, high risk groups will be held Monday at the Digby Curling Centre and tomorrow, Nov...

The federal government's study into transportation needs of southwestern Nova Scotia?including the Digby-Saint John ferry service?will hold public consultations in the area starting Monday. The South West Nova Scotia Transportation Study was announced as part of the package deal to extend the Bay of Fundy service operated by Bay Ferries. CPCS, a consultants' group under contract to the Atlantic ...

By Karla Kelly FOR THE DIGBY COURIER NovaNewsNow.com Weymouth will be getting a state-of-the-art fire pumper sometime in early July, 2010. A special village meeting Oct...

By Karla Kelly FOR THE DIGBY COURIER NovaNewsNow.com Eight local ladies dressed up as witches to serve a special brew and lunch to afternoon guests Oct...

South West Health announced Sunday that vaccine will be available for the three high-risk groups at community clinics this week, only one of which is in Digby County. The three groups are pregnant women and women up to four weeks postpartum, children aged six months to 59 months, and people living in First Nations communities. The clinic will be held Thursday in the Royal Canadian Legion branch ...

As darkness approached, the lights dimmed in the Digby Community Education Centre and those who dared to enter were greeted with gutted and hanging bodies, gravestones, a murder scene and more. Students at the school transformed the building last Thursday and Friday into a haunted house as a fundraiser for the school. Instructor Maxine MacLean said funds will go towards graduation, school ...

By Karla Kelly FOR THE DIGBY COURIER NovaNewsNow.com There was a buzz at the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission in Weymouth Thursday evening as a crowd gathered to watch store employee April Main get her head shaved for a fundraiser challenge...

A two-on-one rush just 37 seconds into the game Sunday gave Clare Lions what proved to be the winning goal over the Junior C Valley Fuelers. Playing on home ice at the Digby Area Arena and without almost a handful of players including co-captain Eric Cook, the Fuelers ran out of gas early in the second period...

It's that special time of year when children eagerly anticipate dressing up in a costume and bringing lots of candy and goodies for the class Halloween party at school. Students and staff at Weymouth Consolidated School dressed for the occasion and even had a special ?Howl-o-wiener'??Shopsy' the Dachshund?as a guest visitor dressed in a hotdog bun...