The Hants Journal

Acadia University engineering professor and water quality expert Jennie Rand presented at the ‘Water on the Farm: Back to Basics’ summit in Waterville and says water quality is a complicated subject, but one Annapolis Valley farmers are paying attention to. She says several have even opted into a voluntary and non-mandated water monitoring program, which shows her “there’s a lot of action” on ensuring the quality is where it should be.

‘There is a lot of action’: Acadia prof, Annapolis Valley farmer say ...

John Wilson, a long-time volunteer and president of the West Hants Historical Society, recently handed the reins of the organization over to Kel Hancock.

West Hants Historical Society celebrates Windsor man’s devotion to ...

O’Neal Blackman, son of Ishmael and Shelly Blackman of Wolfville, is being remembered for his infectious spirit and tenacious devotion to raising awareness of accessibility issues around his stomping grounds. Here, he is pictured with his best friend and brother, Keaton.

Wolfville’s O’Neal Blackman remembered for generosity, tenacity

Mike LaPierre, the Windsor Royals’ head coach for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons, has left the organization and is hoping to be granted approval to start a new Junior C team in Chester. Pictured here with LaPierre (far right), are, from left, trainer Craig Sanford, assistant coach Carter MacMullin, and hockey players Alex Carr and Kyle Armsworthy.

Windsor Royals’ head coach parts ways with organization, hopes to ...

CAO Louis Coutinho

Windsor’s CAO planning to retire ahead of consolidation with West Hants

Grade 12 student Shannon O’Keefe created a larger-than-life portrait of King Tut at Hants West Rural High School in 1994. It took her six weeks to create. Pictured admiring her work is teacher Martha Wheaton.

Hants History: March 5-18, 2019 edition

Shirley Newcomb, of Windsor, has been taking ImmPower and Metatrol — a processed mushroom and a fermented wheat germ — in order to help combat acute leukemia.

Retired Windsor nurse battles leukemia using traditional, alternative ...

Firefighters battled a commercial blaze that broke out inside the former Milne’s Garage Ltd. Building located near the Milne Court Petro-Canada service station in New Minas Tuesday afternoon. The building currently houses Funtastic Frenchy’s.

UPDATED: Commercial fire breaks out near New Minas gas station

['Mountain Lea Lodge in Bridgetown is struggling with various issues but a plan is in place.']

Concerned citizens plan pharmacy contract protest in Bridgetown

Sherlock Holmes (seated, centre) and Dr. John Watson (standing) listen as Dr. James Mortimer tells the tale of the Baskerville curse.

Quick As A Wink Theatre’s latest production sets Sherlock Holmes on ...

Sherlock Holmes (seated, centre) and Dr. John Watson (standing) listen as Dr. James Mortimer tells the tale of the Baskerville curse.

Quick As A Wink Theatre’s latest production sets Sherlock Holmes on the hunt for a murderer

Updated 14 hours ago

L’nu Kamakn instructors Jacob Collins, left, Cruzer Meuse and Jesse Meuse enjoy hitting the slopes at Ski Martock.

LIVING THE DREAM: L’nu Kamakn helping to bring more First Nation youth out on the slopes

Updated Mar 17, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Firefighters battled a commercial blaze that broke out inside the former Milne’s Garage Ltd. Building located near the Milne Court Petro-Canada service station in New Minas Tuesday afternoon. The building currently houses Funtastic Frenchy’s.

UPDATED: Commercial fire breaks out near New Minas gas station

Updated 8 hours ago

['Mountain Lea Lodge in Bridgetown is struggling with various issues but a plan is in place.']

Concerned citizens plan pharmacy contract protest in Bridgetown

Updated 13 hours ago

News

Firefighters battled a commercial blaze that broke out inside the former Milne’s Garage Ltd. Building located near the Milne Court Petro-Canada service station in New Minas Tuesday afternoon. The building currently houses Funtastic Frenchy’s.

UPDATED: Commercial fire breaks out near New Minas gas station

Updated 8 hours ago

Four candidates are vying for one council seat in Middleton. They are, from left, John Bartlett, Mark MacFadyen, Dan Smith, and Philip Townsend.

The Candidates: Four in running for vacant council seat in Middleton

Updated Mar 15, 2019 at 2:51 p.m.

The Kentville law courts. - File

Kings and West Hants Court Report, March 14

Published Mar 15, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.

Annapolis RCMP Crime Report looks at the weekly calls for service police answer.

Special delivery to seniors residence in Bridgetown highly unusual

Updated Mar 15, 2019 at 10:20 a.m.

Sports

Gabriel Stoddart is seven and loves speed skating. He says he skated his fastest-ever round at the Mar. 16 Annapolis Valley Speed Skating Club mini-meet in Kingston.

‘It was really, really fast’: Young speed skaters join Team NS on ice in Kingston

Published Mar 16, 2019 at 5:14 p.m.

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'Exceptional’ season comes to an end: Avon View boys lose sudden-death provincial qualifier

Published Mar 08, 2019 at 7:51 p.m.

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Avon View Avalanche girls' hockey team competing at provincials

Updated Mar 08, 2019 at 7:49 p.m.

Douglas Kosciukiewicz of Canaan takes on Sam Scivier of British Columbia in the male individual squash bronze medal match in at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre in Red Deer, Alberta.

Canaan squash player brings home bronze medal, great memories from Canada Winter Games

Updated Mar 07, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Business

Land in the Piedmont Valley which straddles the Pictou and Antigonish county line is being surveyed for it's gold potential.

Gold in them hills?: Company exploring potential in Piedmont Valley

Updated 15 hours ago

Jill Searle, senior program manager with Nova Scotia Power, gives a tour of the Elmsdale substation, the site of the Intelligent Feeder project, which incorporates high tech batteries from Tesla.

VIDEO - Pilot project uses Tesla batteries to enhance grid in East Hants

Updated Mar 04, 2019 at 5:53 p.m.

Alex Greenough hopes aspiring farmers will sign up to take part in a harvest run — not only will they get a license to drive heavy machinery, they’ll get a better understanding of how much work goes into harvesting thousands of acres.

Hants County farmer promotes value in harvest run experience

Published Mar 02, 2019 at 12:32 p.m.

Downtown Yarmouth. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Ferry tone and concern causes investor to back away from Yarmouth

Updated Feb 28, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

Living

Dan Blankenship holds the submarine television camera used to probe a chamber below the bedrock 65-metres deep on Oak Island in 1971. - Shortcliffe / The Chronicle Herald

Oak Island treasure hunter Dan Blankenship dies at 95

Updated 10 hours ago

No filters here! Golden light washed down over Kingston, N.S., and Papa Reg was there to capture its beauty. The "golden hour" at its best!

CINDY DAY: Warm light on a cold night

Published Mar 12, 2019 at 4 a.m.

As a Global Innovation Award nominee, the Sisters of Science robotics team based in Kingston is raising funds for a possible trip to San Jose, California, in June. - Contributed

Kingston’s Sisters of Science seeking financial support as team prepares for international robotics competition

Updated Mar 12, 2019 at 9:45 a.m.

Daylight time was designed to make life more enjoyable based on the premise that we typically spend more awake time in the evenings than in the mornings. - Photo illustration

CINDY DAY: Does daylight saving time put a spring in your step?

Published Mar 09, 2019 at 4 a.m.

Opinion

Wendy Elliott. File

WENDY ELLIOTT: Acadia’s Queer Mummer art exhibit offers glimpse of ‘pure fun’

Updated 18 hours ago

Letter to the Editor

Pharmacy decision an insult to Lycetts and broader community

Updated Mar 05, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Wendy Elliott. File

WENDY ELLIOTT: Community journalism matters

Updated Mar 05, 2019 at 12:41 p.m.

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor: With thanks from Sibley-White Family

Published Mar 02, 2019 at 9:54 a.m.

Community

Sherlock Holmes (seated, centre) and Dr. John Watson (standing) listen as Dr. James Mortimer tells the tale of the Baskerville curse.

Quick As A Wink Theatre’s latest production sets Sherlock Holmes on the hunt for a murderer

Updated 14 hours ago

The topics of addiction, mental health, disability and suicide are being explored through photography, workshops, speakers, film and a community resource fair as part of the upcoming Pull Back the Curtain event that is in the works at the local level. Pictured here, the planning committee gets to work. Keith Dykens photo

Kingstec students plan to Pull Back the Curtain on stigma

Published Mar 05, 2019 at 11:39 a.m.

Sixty members of the Annapolis Valley Pony Club’s Windsor branch went for an old-fashioned sleigh ride in February 1969. When the trip concluded, they attended the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ainsworth for a bean supper.

Hants History: Feb. 19-March 4, 2019 edition

Published Feb 28, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

Brian Sturney receives a certificate from Annapolis County Coun. Martha Roberts for his 25 years of service to the Lawrencetown Volunteer Fire Department. He also received a LVFD 25-year pin, certificates from the provincial and federal governments, a 25-year provincial medal.

Lawrencetown firefighters celebrate their own; busy year of calls, training, and fundraising

Updated Feb 26, 2019 at 5:10 p.m.

Recent Stories

Firefighters battled a commercial blaze that broke out inside the former Milne’s Garage Ltd. Building located near the Milne Court Petro-Canada service station in New Minas Tuesday afternoon. The building currently houses Funtastic Frenchy’s.

UPDATED: Commercial fire breaks out near New Minas gas station

['Mountain Lea Lodge in Bridgetown is struggling with various issues but a plan is in place.']

Concerned citizens plan pharmacy contract protest in Bridgetown

Sherlock Holmes (seated, centre) and Dr. John Watson (standing) listen as Dr. James Mortimer tells the tale of the Baskerville curse.

Quick As A Wink Theatre’s latest production sets Sherlock Holmes on the hunt for a murderer

Dan Blankenship holds the submarine television camera used to probe a chamber below the bedrock 65-metres deep on Oak Island in 1971. - Shortcliffe / The Chronicle Herald

Oak Island treasure hunter Dan Blankenship dies at 95

The Gran Fondo Baie Sainte-Marie is the largest cycling event in Atlantic Canada. CONTRIBUTED

Organizers expect to attract more than 1,000 cycling participants for 2019 Gran Fondo Baie Sainte-Marie

Eastern Passages with Russell Wangersky

SaltWire columnist, cartoonist finalists for National Newspaper Award

Land in the Piedmont Valley which straddles the Pictou and Antigonish county line is being surveyed for it's gold potential.

Gold in them hills?: Company exploring potential in Piedmont Valley

Cindy Cavanaugh from Keep it Simple Dog Training is locally known as a dog whisperer, helping people work with their dogs to correct unwanted behaviours. Here, she helps a four-year-old dog readjust to his new home after he was adopted.

Kings County dog trainer shares tricks of the trade

RCMP

RCMP charge Auburn man for driving with blood alcohol four times legal limit

Acadia University hockey player Kyle Farrell surprised his biggest fan, Karissa Bezanson, at a surprise celebration of her now being cancer-free. Among the items he brought with him for her were Gatorade hockey towels and a water bottle.

Annapolis Valley teen Karissa Bezanson celebrates being cancer-free

Wendy Elliott. File

WENDY ELLIOTT: Acadia’s Queer Mummer art exhibit offers glimpse of ‘pure fun’

Gabriel Stoddart is seven and loves speed skating. He says he skated his fastest-ever round at the Mar. 16 Annapolis Valley Speed Skating Club mini-meet in Kingston.

‘It was really, really fast’: Young speed skaters join Team NS on ice in Kingston