The Hants Journal

Vivian Wells holds onto a photo of her brother, Tim Wells, who has been missing since May 2018. She's still grappling with his disappearance as the siblings were quite close.

'Bring Tim home': Search continues for missing Windsor man as family ...

Allan Murphy Sr., of Ardoise, is volunteering his time to independently search for Tim Wells, a Windsor man who was reported missing May 12, 2018.

Ardoise resident independently searching for missing Windsor man

RCMP Corporal Jennifer Clarke says given the potential outcome of speeding, it’s just not worth taking the risk.

Not a victimless crime: First responders say speeding-related ...

About 500 people marched across the Halfway River bridge connecting Hantsport to Mount Denson on Jan. 4 to protest the government’s lack of action on getting the failed aboiteau fixed.

Province commits to temporary fix of Hantsport aboiteau following ...

This satellite image shows the intersection connecting Highway 14 and Highway 215 in Brooklyn. It's a roadway that some motorists find tricky to navigate.

West Hants councillors requesting traffic concerns along Highway 14, ...

Help available for first responders dealing with PTSD

Olympic and World figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond conducting a day-long seminar with young skaters at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth that included on-ice instruction and a Q&A. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

World and Olympic champion figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond spends day ...

2019 Cadillac XT4 Sport. - Cadillac

Cadillac’s resurrection in good hands with XT4

Stop #2 on Lisa’s high-points-of-Halifax outing in the 2019 Subaru Ascent, Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area, is an urban wilderness that, once developed with a trail system, will claim the title of largest urban park in North America.

Taking the high road with Subaru’s 2019 Ascent SUV

The 2019 Subaru Forester at the New York International Auto Show. - The Associated Press

Subaru introduces Driver Focus technology on the 2019 Forester

Allan Murphy Sr., of Ardoise, is volunteering his time to independently search for Tim Wells, a Windsor man who was reported missing May 12, 2018.

Ardoise resident independently searching for missing Windsor man

Updated 9 hours ago

Olympic and World figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond conducting a day-long seminar with young skaters at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth that included on-ice instruction and a Q&A. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

World and Olympic champion figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond spends day with young skaters in Yarmouth

Updated 11 hours ago

2019 Cadillac XT4 Sport. - Cadillac

Cadillac’s resurrection in good hands with XT4

Updated 13 hours ago

Stop #2 on Lisa’s high-points-of-Halifax outing in the 2019 Subaru Ascent, Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area, is an urban wilderness that, once developed with a trail system, will claim the title of largest urban park in North America.

Taking the high road with Subaru’s 2019 Ascent SUV

Updated 12 hours ago

News

Allan Murphy Sr., of Ardoise, is volunteering his time to independently search for Tim Wells, a Windsor man who was reported missing May 12, 2018.

Ardoise resident independently searching for missing Windsor man

Updated 9 hours ago

The number of issued speeding tickets within Terra Nova National Park appears to have gone down since 13 passing lanes were opened in 2017. However, a Glovertown RCMP officer isn’t convinced there’s a connection.

Complaints, citations down since Terra Nova park's passing lanes opened

Updated 13 hours ago

Help available for first responders dealing with PTSD

Updated 13 hours ago

RCMP Corporal Jennifer Clarke says given the potential outcome of speeding, it’s just not worth taking the risk.

Not a victimless crime: First responders say speeding-related accidents affect many lives

Updated 13 hours ago

Sports

Olympic and World figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond conducting a day-long seminar with young skaters at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth that included on-ice instruction and a Q&A. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

World and Olympic champion figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond spends day with young skaters in Yarmouth

Updated 11 hours ago

The Halifax Mooseheads latest acquisitions Maxim Trepanier, left, and Keith Getson, right, are shown in their Hurley Cup jerseys against the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in a QMJHL game on Monday. (Ryan Taplin/ Staff)

Mooseheads roster now a finished project

Published Jan 06, 2019 at 5:14 p.m.

Connor Morse of Harmony has his sights set on the upcoming Stihl Timbersports Rookie World Championship. - Kirk Starratt

Harmony man crowned Stihl Rookie Canadian Champion on his way to world timbersport competition

Updated Jan 07, 2019 at 3:05 p.m.

Horton Griffins #14 Asa Hood dribbles the ball down the court during the championship game of the Horton High New Year’s Classic against Bernice McNaughton High School. - Kirk Starratt

Horton High New Year’s Classic boys’ basketball tournament a competition to the final buzzer

Published Jan 06, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

Business

B.M.C. Seafoods Ltd. in Meteghan, Digby County, is once again growing its operations. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

B.M.C. Seafood Ltd. of Meteghan forging ahead with ambitious expansion plan

Updated 13 hours ago

Comedian Jay Malone performs at K-Town Comedy Club, which is owned and operated by Marc Sauvé in partnership with Paddy’s Irish Brewpub and Rosie’s Restaurant owner Brian FitzGerald.

‘The Wild West of comedy’: Laughter means business at K-Town Comedy Club in Kentville

Published Jan 08, 2019 at 11:49 a.m.

Tamilyn Brown was a sales associate at Leon’s in Coldbrook, and was notified at 10:30 p.m. Jan. 2 that Leon’s locations in Coldbrook and Bridgewater would close Jan. 3.

‘Everybody was crying’: Coldbrook Leon’s employee speaks to impact of store closing

Updated Jan 09, 2019 at 10:36 a.m.

The Cat ferry passing the Ships Stern Light while leaving Yarmouth harbour, sailing past Cape Forchu, during an August 2018 crossing. ERVIN OLSEN PHOTO

Lease expires between Bay Ferries and Portland as company makes move to Bar Harbor for Cat ferry service

Updated Jan 04, 2019 at 6:59 p.m.

Living

You could stay indoors and hibernate, but Hike Nova Scotia said the better option is to get outside and go snowshoeing. There’s a long list of snowshoe treks in the Annapolis Valley over the next few months.

Don’t hibernate this winter, go snowshoeing in the Valley instead

Updated 13 hours ago

Matt Smith reads the name of the winning ticket holder in the Jan. 2 Chase the Ace draw. The winner was called, selected one of the remaining 12 cards, but missed the ace. He won almost $5,000 anyway. The draw tonight is worth at least $93,000.

Annapolis Royal Fire’s Chase the Ace at $93,000 tonight

Updated Jan 09, 2019 at 1:37 p.m.

Displaced religious icons from the former Bethany House in Antigonish--Kathleen Melanson

'Christianity after religion': How Pictou County churches are dealing with congregational decline

Updated Jan 10, 2019 at 3:11 p.m.

Def Leppard in 2018. - Kevin Nixon via wikimedia.org

Def Leppard coming to Halifax and Moncton in July

Updated Jan 09, 2019 at 1:22 p.m.

Opinion

Stock photo

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Alcohol and altitude — a potentially dangerous cocktail on airplanes

Updated 14 hours ago

Kings-Hants member of parliament and treasury board president Scott Brison holds and later took a sip of white wine from Luckett Vineyards, where he announced nearly $640,000 in federal funding to help Nova Scotia’s wine industry further expand into global markets.

Scott Brison’s open letter to the people of Kings-Hants

Updated Jan 10, 2019 at 2:41 p.m.

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Rule changes render public accounts committee toothless

Updated Jan 10, 2019 at 10:05 a.m.

Making a pot of homemade chicken soup can be good therapy. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Chicken soup as therapy

Published Jan 08, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Community

Matt Smith reads the name of the winning ticket holder in the Jan. 2 Chase the Ace draw. The winner was called, selected one of the remaining 12 cards, but missed the ace. He won almost $5,000 anyway. The draw tonight is worth at least $93,000.

Annapolis Royal Fire’s Chase the Ace at $105,000 on Jan. 23

Updated 13 hours ago

Kentville Historical Society board member and historian Louis Comeau, Town of Kentville chief administrative officer Mark Phillips and society board chairman Erik Deal sign a lease for the former VIA Rail station.

With lease for former train station in hand, Kentville Historical Society soon to establish heritage centre

Published Jan 09, 2019 at 11:34 a.m.

Ebata holds a mockup of what the oven and its shelter will look like within the park.

‘All kinds of benefits’: Woodfire oven project aims to foster community in Wolfville

Updated Jan 09, 2019 at 7:44 a.m.

Judy James of Sydney shows some of the many Christmas gifts she received from strangers this year, including a coat she loves so much she said, “I can’t believe it’s mine.” James said the kindness of others changed Christmas for her this year.

Outpouring of supports changes lives of two lonely Cape Breton seniors

Updated Jan 08, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Recent Stories

Allan Murphy Sr., of Ardoise, is volunteering his time to independently search for Tim Wells, a Windsor man who was reported missing May 12, 2018.

Ardoise resident independently searching for missing Windsor man

Olympic and World figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond conducting a day-long seminar with young skaters at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth that included on-ice instruction and a Q&A. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

World and Olympic champion figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond spends day with young skaters in Yarmouth

2019 Cadillac XT4 Sport. - Cadillac

Cadillac’s resurrection in good hands with XT4

Stop #2 on Lisa’s high-points-of-Halifax outing in the 2019 Subaru Ascent, Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area, is an urban wilderness that, once developed with a trail system, will claim the title of largest urban park in North America.

Taking the high road with Subaru’s 2019 Ascent SUV

The 2019 Subaru Forester at the New York International Auto Show. - The Associated Press

Subaru introduces Driver Focus technology on the 2019 Forester

The Kentville law courts - File photo

Plea date postponed for NKEC teacher accused of sex offences involving teen

The 2019 Ford Ranger isn’t the one you remember

['Telegram file photo<br />Philip Pynn is shown in court.']

Convicted killer Philip Pynn released to Nova Scotia halfway house

Chey and Sarah Swinamer carry signs on the Annapolis Royal causeway Jan. 10 with the tidal power dam facility seen in the background. They led a protest of about a dozen people who believe that the tidal power turbines have been killing fish for decades and nobody has been doing anything about it.

Protestors on Annapolis Royal causeway want end to fish kills

B.M.C. Seafoods Ltd. in Meteghan, Digby County, is once again growing its operations. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

B.M.C. Seafood Ltd. of Meteghan forging ahead with ambitious expansion plan

You could stay indoors and hibernate, but Hike Nova Scotia said the better option is to get outside and go snowshoeing. There’s a long list of snowshoe treks in the Annapolis Valley over the next few months.

Don’t hibernate this winter, go snowshoeing in the Valley instead

Members of the Windsor-West Hants Transition Committee, include, from left: West Hants deputy warden Paul Morton, Windsor Mayor Anna Allen, transition co-ordinator Kevin Latimer, West Hants Warden Abraham Zebian and Windsor deputy mayor Laurie Murley.

Public meetings, survey planned to help determine electoral boundaries for combined Windsor-West Hants region