The Hants Journal

As their teammates and coaches watch with eager anticipation, Maya Costain and Kayley Jefferson of the Sisters of Science (S.O.S.) team from Kingston put their robot through the paces during the first round of the FIRST LEGO League event at the Acadia University Robot Programming Competitions. - Kirk Starratt

Acadia robot programming competitors learn valuable skills while ...

VIBERT: More long term care beds in Nova Scotia would open bottleneck

Hants Exhibition Arena is located on Wentworth Road in Windsor.

Avalanche fail to advance to semifinals at Red Cup Showcase

Shots fired complaint in Barrington Passage leads to attempted murder ...

West Kings and District High School is gearing up for its 2019 musical, Chicago, in which the lead roles will feature Cassandra McCall cast as Roxie Hart, Noah Bradbury as Billy Flynn, and Sophie MacMillan as Velma Kelly. - LAURYN LEBLANC

‘A show for the ages’: Chicago ready to wow West Kings audience

Members of Team Nova Scotia pose for a group photo following a Canada Winter Games pep rally at Pier 21 on Jan. 26. The first wave of Nova Scotia athletes leave on Thursday morning for the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta. The Opening Ceremony is Friday night. Competition begins on Saturday.

Annapolis Valley athletes representing Team Nova Scotia at Canada Games

Carter Davidson, No. 24 with the Windsor Royals, maintains control of the puck during the Feb. 3 game against the Cumberland Colts.

Windsor Royals advance to second round of NSRJHL playoffs

Heavy rainfall in late January created a lake of floodwaters at the Valley Drive-In in Cambridge, where renovations are now slated for the property and buildings, including its canteen and projection room.

‘Totally upgraded’: Valley Drive-In gets facelift after flooding ...

Valley Maple Leafs officially eliminated from playoff contention

Jackie Sexton, owner of Bumble Bee Child Care in Three Mile Plains, says the close proximity of convicted sex offender Eddie Henshaw, who was recently granted bail based on recent charges stemming from new allegations, has impacted her business.

Three Mile Plains daycare impacted by proximity of convicted sex ...

Sobeys locations throughout Nova Scotia will be hosting a sensory-friendly shopping hour on Feb. 24, 2019. Windsor’s location will be dimming the lights and limiting loud noises from 6-7 p.m.

Nova Scotia’s Sobeys stores offering sensory-friendly shopping to customers this weekend

Updated 5 hours ago

Emilie Townsend is heading to Red Deer for the Canada Winter Games where she will compete in Judo Feb. 27. She’s one of nine Judo Nova Scotia athletes competing.

One of the best - Middleton’s Emilie Townsend part of Team Nova Scotia’s judo crew

Updated 8 hours ago

Hardware Gallery director Sasha Nelson found it difficult to resist emulating the facial expression of Jody Rhodenizer’s “Angler Fish Faux Taxidermy”, one of several pieces by Rhodenizer on display as part of the PRISMS exhibit. - Kirk Starratt

Hardware Gallery supports arts community, enriches Kentville’s cultural tapestry

Published 9 hours ago

Marilyn Francis, Kenny Francis, and Malcolm Francis hold the plaque honouring Victor Francis, who in 1972 won a human rights discrimination suit against the Town of Annapolis Royal. The plaque replaces one that disappeared years ago.

Making it right - The courage of Victor Francis recognized at Annapolis Royal town hall

Updated 9 hours ago

News

Sobeys locations throughout Nova Scotia will be hosting a sensory-friendly shopping hour on Feb. 24, 2019. Windsor’s location will be dimming the lights and limiting loud noises from 6-7 p.m.

Nova Scotia’s Sobeys stores offering sensory-friendly shopping to customers this weekend

Updated 5 hours ago

Artistic renderings showing Lindsay Construction’s proposal for the West Hants Sports Complex.

West Hants council moves forward with $14.6 million arena concept, selects Lindsay Construction for build

Updated 13 hours ago

John Scoville, chief superintendent of Nova Scotia's adult correctional facilities, and security risk officer Paul Menard give a demonstration of a new body scanner at the Central Nova Correctional Facility on Wednesday. - Ryan Taplin

Burnside jail’s new body scanners have already intercepted contraband

Updated a day ago

More flooding arrived Feb. 16 at the Valley Drive-In in Cambridge after heavy rainfall in late January created a lake of floodwaters at the site where renovations are slated for the property and its canteen and projection room. - IAN SWINAMER

Valley Drive-In renos still planned despite 'torrential' second flood

Updated Feb 19, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

Sports

Emilie Townsend is heading to Red Deer for the Canada Winter Games where she will compete in Judo Feb. 27. She’s one of nine Judo Nova Scotia athletes competing.

One of the best - Middleton’s Emilie Townsend part of Team Nova Scotia’s judo crew

Updated 8 hours ago

Members of Team Nova Scotia pose for a group photo following a Canada Winter Games pep rally at Pier 21 on Jan. 26. The first wave of Nova Scotia athletes leave on Thursday morning for the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer, Alta. The Opening Ceremony is Friday night. Competition begins on Saturday.

Annapolis Valley athletes representing Team Nova Scotia at Canada Games

Updated Feb 15, 2019 at 3:37 p.m.

Carter Davidson, No. 24 with the Windsor Royals, maintains control of the puck during the Feb. 3 game against the Cumberland Colts.

Windsor Royals advance to second round of NSRJHL playoffs

Updated Feb 15, 2019 at 1:53 p.m.

Valley Maple Leafs officially eliminated from playoff contention

Updated Feb 15, 2019 at 1:39 p.m.

Business

Volunteers with Matthew 25 Windsor and District Food Bank accepted a sizable donation of menstruation products from Meander River Farm & Brewery.

Meander River Farm & Brewery donates pads, tampons to help end period poverty

Published 19 hours ago

The packaging for the Legacy Series coffee VictoriUS! featuring William Hall VC is unveiled at a launch ceremony at Acadia University. - Kirk Starratt

Legacy Series fair-trade coffee brand to feature stories of historically significant African Nova Scotians

Updated 11 hours ago

Allison Brann had a secure job in the insurance business but was in a rut professionally and it was impacting her mental health, so she decided to take a big risk and open her own business. She’s happy she did.

Mount Uniacke woman leaves secure job to pursue dream, opens bakery

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at 7:33 a.m.

The price of gasoline in Nova Scotia is likely to increase by about two cents a litre mid-February, due to a proposed change in how the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board calculates the price.

Price of gas likely to rise about 2 cents a litre under UARB plan

Updated Feb 05, 2019 at 12:39 p.m.

Living

Hardware Gallery director Sasha Nelson found it difficult to resist emulating the facial expression of Jody Rhodenizer’s “Angler Fish Faux Taxidermy”, one of several pieces by Rhodenizer on display as part of the PRISMS exhibit. - Kirk Starratt

Hardware Gallery supports arts community, enriches Kentville’s cultural tapestry

Published 9 hours ago

As their teammates and coaches watch with eager anticipation, Maya Costain and Kayley Jefferson of the Sisters of Science (S.O.S.) team from Kingston put their robot through the paces during the first round of the FIRST LEGO League event at the Acadia University Robot Programming Competitions. - Kirk Starratt

Acadia robot programming competitors learn valuable skills while making friends, having fun

Updated Feb 18, 2019 at 8:41 a.m.

Evergreen Theatre is offering up a long list of concerts this year that manager David O’Leary hopes will bring good crowds up the mountain to East Margaretsville throughout the spring, summer, and fall. The first show is Joel Plaskett, followed by Lennie Gallant, and then Old Man Luedeke.

Margaretsville’s Evergreen Theatre offers great line-up for the year ahead

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 1:04 p.m.

Walt and Phyllis Chaffey are most content in each other’s arms. It’s where they spend almost all their time.

Seventy years of love: Musgravetown’s Walt and Phyllis Chaffey a picture of togetherness

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 2:42 p.m.

Opinion

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Public accounts not worthy of name

Updated 14 hours ago

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: More long term care beds in Nova Scotia would open bottleneck

Published Feb 16, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Grits go for old-school political tactics

Published Feb 15, 2019 at 6 a.m.

The Liberal Party of Canada seems to have returned to its traditional modus operandi. —

EDITORIAL: Liberal sleight of hand

Updated 14 hours ago

Community

Marilyn Francis, Kenny Francis, and Malcolm Francis hold the plaque honouring Victor Francis, who in 1972 won a human rights discrimination suit against the Town of Annapolis Royal. The plaque replaces one that disappeared years ago.

Making it right - The courage of Victor Francis recognized at Annapolis Royal town hall

Updated 9 hours ago

The Mark Riley Project will play at the Soul Gala event celebrating Africentricity in the Annapolis Valley Regional Education Centre and area as a whole on March 2 at the Old Orchard Inn in Greenwich. - Grend Pré Winery

Celebrating black excellence: African Heritage Month heritage celebration rebranded as Soul Gala

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 3:23 p.m.

Geraldine Browning, left, spoke about growing up in Nova Scotia as a black person during ‘An Afternoon with Geraldine Browning’ Feb. 7 at the Macdonald Museum in Middleton. With her was her son Scott and in the audience was Middleton’s Catherine Tolbart.

‘I went home and I cried.’ Geraldine Browning talks about the struggles of growing up black in Nova Scotia

Updated Feb 14, 2019 at 11:08 a.m.

Geoff Keymer works with a couple of youngsters at the Innovation Lab at the Community Hub in Annapolis Royal. The hub houses the library, the lab, and a music room at The Academy. The hub’s grand opening is Feb. 15 at 11 a.m.

Inventing the future - Annapolis Royal’s Innovation Lab a high-tech maker space for young and old alike

Updated Feb 12, 2019 at 11:10 a.m.

Recent Stories

Sobeys locations throughout Nova Scotia will be hosting a sensory-friendly shopping hour on Feb. 24, 2019. Windsor’s location will be dimming the lights and limiting loud noises from 6-7 p.m.

Nova Scotia’s Sobeys stores offering sensory-friendly shopping to customers this weekend

Yarmouth Justice Centre. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Court appearances held for four people facing charges in connection with assault on Yarmouth teenager

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

Annapolis District RCMP respond to break-ins, thefts, and potholes

Emilie Townsend is heading to Red Deer for the Canada Winter Games where she will compete in Judo Feb. 27. She’s one of nine Judo Nova Scotia athletes competing.

One of the best - Middleton’s Emilie Townsend part of Team Nova Scotia’s judo crew

Hardware Gallery director Sasha Nelson found it difficult to resist emulating the facial expression of Jody Rhodenizer’s “Angler Fish Faux Taxidermy”, one of several pieces by Rhodenizer on display as part of the PRISMS exhibit. - Kirk Starratt

Hardware Gallery supports arts community, enriches Kentville’s cultural tapestry

Marilyn Francis, Kenny Francis, and Malcolm Francis hold the plaque honouring Victor Francis, who in 1972 won a human rights discrimination suit against the Town of Annapolis Royal. The plaque replaces one that disappeared years ago.

Making it right - The courage of Victor Francis recognized at Annapolis Royal town hall

Kings District RCMP have released the following images relating to an alleged incident involving two men stealing a defibrillator from the Beveridge Arts Centre at Acadia University.

Lower Sackville man sentenced to jail time for stealing defibrillator from Acadia University

The Kentville law courts. - File

Kings and West Hants Court Report, Feb. 21

Volunteers with Matthew 25 Windsor and District Food Bank accepted a sizable donation of menstruation products from Meander River Farm & Brewery.

Meander River Farm & Brewery donates pads, tampons to help end period poverty

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Public accounts not worthy of name

The Barho children, clockwise from top left: Abdullah, four-months-old, Rana, 2, Hala, 3, Ahmad, 14, Mohamad, 9, Rola, 12, and Ola, 8.

Children killed in Spryfield fire embraced Canada: family friend

Certified orthotist Jenna Holz has opened Brackish Biomechanical Bracing in Kentville, where she designs and builds custom orthotic devices, called orthoses, for each patient.

Kentville bracing for new orthotics clinic that aims to benefit humanity