The Hants Journal

Scott Burgess has served with the Windsor Fire Department for 30 years, 10 of them as its chief. Due to added work responsibilities, he's preparing to leave his role as the fire chief on Dec. 1, 2018.

Windsor fire chief to hang up hat in December

Tom Thompson is worried about the fate of a Stevens family plot located in the Riverbank Cemetery in Hantsport. The land is located near the bank, which is eroding due to saltwater tides now entering the Halfway River twice a day.

Hantsport gravestones at risk of being disturbed as Halfway River ...

CINDY DAY: Memories of Christmas on the farm

West Hants Coun. Tanya Leopold

West Hants councillor encouraging thoughtful discourse as ...

West Hants councillor Jennifer Daniels takes questions during a town hall at the Southwest Hants Fire Station on what consolidation could mean.

Councillors attempt to ease anti-consolidation tensions at town halls

Reporter Colin Chisholm weighs in on the latest games and devices available for purchase this holiday season.

Got a gamer on your Christmas shopping list? Here’s some tips on what ...

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No funding fix: Town of Yarmouth says it will lay off fire dispatchers ...

From left, Jennifer Dill, Donna Eldridge, and Kathy Riley try to stay warm inside a makeshift tent. They spend the night inside it each year to bring attention and awareness of the plight of homeless and displaced people.

Harvest House volunteers raise awareness of homelessness in Windsor ...

EveryBody’s, on the left, closed their doors at the end of October and Panda Print opened their third location at the beginning of November.

New businesses on the move in downtown Windsor, West Hants

Firefighters from Brooklyn, Hantsport, Windsor and Wolfville helped extinguish a fire inside the Canadian Keyes Fibre (CKF Inc.) plant Nov. 18.

Hants County firefighters respond to machinery fire at CKF

Firefighters from Brooklyn, Hantsport, Windsor and Wolfville helped extinguish a fire inside the Canadian Keyes Fibre (CKF Inc.) plant Nov. 18.

Hants County firefighters respond to machinery fire at CKF

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Cindy Day

CINDY DAY: Memories of Christmas on the farm

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Chronicle Herald -- Tidings -- Christmas -- Bucket list photo

Pre-Christmas and post-Christmas bucket list

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Warm up with chowder and stews

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News

Firefighters from Brooklyn, Hantsport, Windsor and Wolfville helped extinguish a fire inside the Canadian Keyes Fibre (CKF Inc.) plant Nov. 18.

Hants County firefighters respond to machinery fire at CKF

Updated 1 hour ago

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

Ransacked home, stolen whiskey, burning bus keep Annapolis District RCMP busy

Updated Nov 16, 2018 at 11:07 a.m.

Kings District RCMP report a motorcyclist from Coldbrook died as a result of an Aug. 27 collision in Auburn.

RCMP issue warning about social media extortion scam targeting Kings County girls

Updated Nov 16, 2018 at 7:33 a.m.

Kathy and John are pictured together as children. The photo was given to her by relatives who she connected with by sending in her DNA to be tested on a genealogical site.

Pictou-born sister seeks to reunite with brother after more than 50 years apart

Updated Nov 16, 2018 at 10:57 a.m.

Sports

Drake Batherson, of IIHF World Junior and Valley Wildcats fame, will play his first NHL game on the Ottawa Senators’ starting lineup Nov. 15.

‘A knack for the net’: Drake Batherson set for NHL debut with Senators

Updated Nov 16, 2018 at 8:43 a.m.

<p>The Avon View Avalanche and Sackville Kingfishers played to a 5-5 tie Nov. 10 to open the 25th annual Birthplace of Hockey High School Tournament.</p>
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Avon View’s annual boys’ Birthplace of Hockey Tournament starts Thursday

Published Nov 07, 2018 at 9:10 p.m.

Halifax Mooseheads defenceman Justin Barron gets his stick up on Val-d'Or Foreurs forward Julien Tessier during Saturday's QMJHL game at the Scotiabank Centre. (TIM KROCHAK/CHRONICLE HERALD)

Quick strikes propel Moose to home win

Updated Nov 03, 2018 at 10:45 p.m.

This West Hants Middle School team was dubbed the western region junior high/middle school girls champions after going undefeated in their battles for the banner at the Middleton Regional High School Oct. 30.
Back row, left to right: Coach Jody Isenor, Sophie Forbes, Emma Greenslade, Carly Richard, Heidi Harvie, Lily Frost, Autumn Fletcher, Sarah Leopold, Rylee Fletcher, Fiona MacDonald and Reagan Whitehead.
Front row, left to right: Emily Hart, Jadian Eisenhauer, Olivia McKenzie, Elizabeth Tremblay, Erika Swinamer, Tenaya Sparks and Ava Shearer.

West Hants Middle School girls win western region soccer banner

Published Oct 31, 2018 at 4:37 p.m.

Business

EveryBody’s, on the left, closed their doors at the end of October and Panda Print opened their third location at the beginning of November.

New businesses on the move in downtown Windsor, West Hants

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Shelley Acker is a miniaturist – a creator of tiny things – and has opened a new shop, gallery and studio space at 45 Webster Street in Kentville. Her art creations are made to a one-twelfth scale, meaning something measuring one foot in real life measures one inch in Acker’s world.

A big deal for a mini artist: Freedom Miniatures opens in Kentville

Updated Oct 27, 2018 at 11 a.m.

Stephen Lumsden, of Salmon River, has created a new business called Scotia Gaming and Entertainment. One component of his company is a mobile video gaming bus for hosting birthday parties, which he will take anywhere in the province.

Mobile video gaming bus set to travel anywhere in Nova Scotia

Updated Oct 30, 2018 at 3:13 p.m.

One person walks down hallway past several stores for lease at County Fair Mall in New Minas, where the NSLC store now sells legal cannabis.

County Fair Mall buzzing with NSLC cannabis sales, but other stores not feeling impact

Updated Oct 26, 2018 at 10:45 a.m.

Living

Cindy Day shows off her Bourbon Fruitcake.

Oakridge Boys, lobster and fruitcake, oh my: Cindy Day’s favourite Christmas traditions

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Find the joy in giving meaningful gifts

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Maritimers home for the holidays: Who knows Maritime Christmases better than some of our home-grown favourites?

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Last-minute, thoughtful gift ideas for Christmas

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Opinion

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Premier McNeil’s promises unfulfilled

Updated a day ago

Statistics Canada wants to take a look at your banking information. —

Editorial: Data mining gets personal

Published Nov 09, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Six RONA locations in Newfoundland and Labrador are slated to close Jan. 27, 2019 This one on O’Leary Avenue in St. John’s is one of them.

Russell Wangersky: Feeling the chill

Published Nov 09, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Houston patches Tory leadership wounds

Published Nov 08, 2018 at 6 a.m.

Community

From left, Jennifer Dill, Donna Eldridge, and Kathy Riley try to stay warm inside a makeshift tent. They spend the night inside it each year to bring attention and awareness of the plight of homeless and displaced people.

Harvest House volunteers raise awareness of homelessness in Windsor area

Published 1 hour ago

Hundreds of people crowded into the gymnasium at the Nova Scotia Community College in Middleton Nov. 11 to pay tribute to the men and women who served Canada in wars and conflicts.

Peacemakers and Peacekeepers – Middleton remembers the sacrifice for freedom

Updated Nov 11, 2018 at 3:45 p.m.

Ted Woundy loved music — whether it was listening or playing — and inspired countless locals to pick up an instrument.

An ‘immeasurable’ legacy: Hants County music community mourning loss of inspirational Avon View teacher

Updated Nov 09, 2018 at 7:52 p.m.

Kentville Historical Society board member and historian Louis Comeau and board chairman Erik Deal outside of the former Kentville train station building, which could soon be repurposed as a heritage centre for the town.

Preserving the past: Kentville heritage centre could soon be established in former train station building

Published Nov 09, 2018 at 3:15 p.m.

Recent Stories

From left, Jennifer Dill, Donna Eldridge, and Kathy Riley try to stay warm inside a makeshift tent. They spend the night inside it each year to bring attention and awareness of the plight of homeless and displaced people.

Harvest House volunteers raise awareness of homelessness in Windsor area

EveryBody’s, on the left, closed their doors at the end of October and Panda Print opened their third location at the beginning of November.

New businesses on the move in downtown Windsor, West Hants

Firefighters from Brooklyn, Hantsport, Windsor and Wolfville helped extinguish a fire inside the Canadian Keyes Fibre (CKF Inc.) plant Nov. 18.

Hants County firefighters respond to machinery fire at CKF

Scott Burgess has served with the Windsor Fire Department for 30 years, 10 of them as its chief. Due to added work responsibilities, he's preparing to leave his role as the fire chief on Dec. 1, 2018.

Windsor fire chief to hang up hat in December

Cindy Day shows off her Bourbon Fruitcake.

Oakridge Boys, lobster and fruitcake, oh my: Cindy Day’s favourite Christmas traditions

Cindy Day

CINDY DAY: Memories of Christmas on the farm

Chronicle Herald -- Tidings -- Christmas -- Bucket list photo

Pre-Christmas and post-Christmas bucket list

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Warm up with chowder and stews

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’Tis the season for reading: Snuggle up this winter with a great local book

Herald Holiday Decoration Organizing Oct 6 2018 Gift Wrap Storage

Organizing your holiday decorations

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Give the gift of local spirit ... or beer, wine and cider

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Find the joy in giving meaningful gifts