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Fifteen firefighters from Kings, Annapolis, and Digby counties finished an intensive Level 1 training course hosted by the Annapolis County Fire Services Association over a number of months. Their graduation was held Dec. 9 at the Bridgetown Volunteer Fire Department hall.

Firefighters across the region graduate from Level 1 training program ...

Sisters Arionna Pinch, four, Haley, eight and Kayla, six all check their Waterville mailbox each day from Dec. 1 to 21 to see if their magical Christmas elf has left little gifts or notes for them. “It’s not about the gifts or bows. It’s about making them happy to be together,” said their mother Linda Pinch.

‘It’s about making them happy’: Magic Christmas elf sparks joy for ...

Mike and Lynda Carter of Canning and Capt. Kelly Fifield of the Kentville Salvation Army with toy donations at the Angel Tree in the County Fair Mall in New Minas.

Canning couple keep Angel Tree tradition alive at County Fair Mall in ...

COLUMN: Some ponderings on Christmas and kindness

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.

Transition committee kicks off consolidation for Windsor, West Hants

While Wi-Fi cameras can be easier to install, the pros say they come with tradeoffs that suffer in comparison to a full-fledged security camera system that’s wired via ethernet cables to a dedicated hard drive or network video recorder. - Getty Images/iStockphoto

Tethered safety: Wi-Fi cameras come with tradeoffs

Ruth MacLeod’s Grade Primary and Grade 1 class at Gaspereau Valley Elementary School answers, “How is Santa so quiet as he leaves presents around the house?”

ASK THE KIDS: Gaspereau Valley answers ‘How is Santa so quiet?’

The fishing dragger Angela O steams into port at the Dennis Point wharf on Nov. 14 with the crew of the Atlantic Sapphire aboard

Atlantic Sapphire crew rescued from sinking boat: UPDATED

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Basketball coaching legend Gail MacDougall of Antigonish reaches 900-win milestone

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Be sure to read the Hants Journal to keep up with all of the latest news and sports at Avon View High School.

Lloy, Rafuse providing strong offence for Avon View Avalanche this season

Published Dec 15, 2018 at 8:43 p.m.

Ben Eaton and Justin Noakes of New Minas have both achieved the qualifying time for the Nova Scotia 2019 Canada Games short track speed skating team but they also have a shot at qualifying for the long track team.

LIVING THE DREAM: New Minas speed skaters on track to represent Nova Scotia at 2019 Canada Games

Published Dec 13, 2018 at 4:25 p.m.

The team from PEI (yellow/orange) took on a team from New Brunswick (blue) in the final game of the Time Hortons-Spitfire Arms Cashspiel.

Windsor Curling Club hosts high-calibre women’s teams during weekend tournament

Published Dec 02, 2018 at 3:12 p.m.

Steve Rex, left, of Kentville, and Fred Ansems, from Steam Mill Village, are heading to Chicago on Dec. 15 to participate in the World Axe Throwing Championship, which will be broadcasted on ESPN.

Two Annapolis Valley axe throwers heading to Chicago for world championships

Colin Chisholm
Published Dec 02, 2018 at 2:42 p.m.

Their gaze, steely. Grip, precise. The axe, sharpened and honed. The wooden target has been freshly misted to prevent fractures. ...

Windsor Royals out of slump, sitting in fourth spot in NSRJHL

Dan Boyd
Updated Dec 01, 2018 at 3:04 p.m.

WINDSOR, N.S. — After losing seven consecutive games, the Windsor Royals appear to have turned the corner, winning three of their past four games. ...

Lauren Lowther of the Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals soars for a rebound Friday afternoon in the opening game of the Mabel Arsenault Memorial Robertson Electrical Classic girls' basketball tournament at the Regional gym in Antigonish. The host Royals won 61-57. Corey LeBlanc

Royals edge Avalanche in opener of Mabel Arsenault Memorial Robertson Electrical Classic in Antigonish

Corey LeBlanc
Published Nov 30, 2018 at 5:04 p.m.

The host Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals edged the Avon View Avalanche of Windsor 61-57 Friday afternoon in the opening game of the Mabel Arsenault Memorial Robertson Electrical Classic girls' basketball tourament in Antigonish. The ...

Siblings Drake and Mae Batherson are continually upping their game as esteemed hockey players hailing from the Annapolis Valley. Drake now plays for the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and Mae, a former King’s-Edgehill School student, has landed a full scholarship to play for Syracuse University.

New Minas's Mae Batherson commits to Syracuse University hockey team

Ashley Thompson
Updated Dec 03, 2018 at 9:26 a.m.

NEW MINAS, N.S. - The good news keeps coming for the Bathersons. The hockey family hailing from New Minas received word that 20-year-old Drake Batherson was called up to the Ottawa Senators Nov. 11 and now Mae Batherson, his younger sister, has ...

Bridgetown Area Sports Hall of Fame chair Tim Jackson speaks at the ninth annual induction ceremony held at the Bridgetown Legion on Nov. 17.

Remarkable accomplishments - Bridgetown Area Sports Hall of Fame honours deserving inductees at gala event

Contributed
Published Nov 29, 2018 at 5:14 p.m.

BRIDGETOWN, N.S. - For the ninth consecutive year, the citizens of Bridgetown came together in the Royal Canadian Legion building to honour their athletes, having honoured BRHS the institution last year. The inductees into the Bridgetown Area ...

15-year-old Hunter Vaughan of Cambridge practices regularly to master the finer points of motocross competition.

Cambridge motocross competitor has sights set on becoming the best in Florida

Kirk Starratt
Published Nov 27, 2018 at 2:26 p.m.

He is no stranger to the motocross track, at home or at venues across the continent. ...

Jordan and Chelsea Apostoleris and Emily and James Martell are now the co-owners of Apple Valley CrossFit in Coldbrook.

LIVING THE DREAM: Work everything out at Apple Valley CrossFit in Coldbrook

Sara Ericsson
Updated Nov 26, 2018 at 3:25 p.m.

There is no one-size fits all approach to fitness, and that’s why these four new gym owners are encouraging everyone to try one that includes it all. ...

Baie-Comeau Drakkar’s Nathan Legare tastes some rubber from a deflected shot in front of Halifax Mooseheads centre Antoine Morand during QMJHL action at the Scotiabank Centre on Satruday. (TIM KROCHAK/STAFF)

Drakkar prevail 2-1 in edgy contest with Mooseheads

Willy Palov
Updated Nov 24, 2018 at 10:44 p.m.

It was a grind Saturday night at the Scotiabank Centre. Two of the QMJHL's top teams went at each other hard in front of 8,630 fans, with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar coming out on top 2-1 over the Halifax Mooseheads. "It was just like a ...

From left, back row: Chris Petropolis, Rob Hendrie, Dan Oleksuk, Al Simm, Doug Clarke, Eric Anthony (player/coach), Jamie Heighton, Bill Oleksuk, and Courtney Morash (bat boy); front row: Robert Landry, Bob Savioli, Rick Messervey, John Conner, Jeff Burgess, Sandy McMullin, Ed Sherman, and Warren Philp.

Nova Scotia Monarchs bring home silver medal from Roy Hobbs World Series competition

Carole Morris-Underhill
Updated Nov 23, 2018 at 8:48 a.m.

WINDSOR, N.S. - Three Hants County baseball players recently had a shot at winning a World Series title. ...

Briar MacDonald, of Antigonish, is being actively recruited by universities across Canada and the U.S. for her basketball skills.

King’s-Edgehill School’s prep basketball team getting the attention of university recruiters

Colin Chisholm
Published Nov 22, 2018 at 1 p.m.

King’s-Edgehill School’s newly minted girls’ prep basketball team is already gaining some attention in their inaugural year. ...

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Firefighters across the region graduate from Level 1 training program ...

‘It’s about making them happy’: Magic Christmas elf sparks joy for ...

Canning couple keep Angel Tree tradition alive at County Fair Mall in ...

COLUMN: Some ponderings on Christmas and kindness

Transition committee kicks off consolidation for Windsor, West Hants

Tethered safety: Wi-Fi cameras come with tradeoffs

ASK THE KIDS: Gaspereau Valley answers ‘How is Santa so quiet?’

Atlantic Sapphire crew rescued from sinking boat: UPDATED

RECIPE: Non-Alcoholic Spiced Wine Sangria

VIBERT: Will McNeil run again?

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Sports

Basketball coaching legend Gail MacDougall of Antigonish reaches 900-win milestone

‘I felt so honoured’: Central Kings basketball player gifted medal by Shelburne sportsman

Make that official! - Danny Frame’s Middleton caber toss sets world record: Guinness

Alumni high school hockey a blast in Middleton on Boxing Day

Windsor Royals on hunt for third place in league, two games remain before Christmas break

Avon View’s boys’ hockey team to wrap up 2018 at home Dec. 22

Moose head into Christmas break on a high

Lloy, Rafuse providing strong offence for Avon View Avalanche this season

LIVING THE DREAM: New Minas speed skaters on track to represent Nova Scotia at 2019 Canada Games

Windsor Curling Club hosts high-calibre women’s teams during weekend tournament

Two Annapolis Valley axe throwers heading to Chicago for world championships

Windsor Royals out of slump, sitting in fourth spot in NSRJHL

Royals edge Avalanche in opener of Mabel Arsenault Memorial Robertson Electrical Classic in Antigonish

New Minas's Mae Batherson commits to Syracuse University hockey team

Remarkable accomplishments - Bridgetown Area Sports Hall of Fame honours deserving inductees at gala event

Cambridge motocross competitor has sights set on becoming the best in Florida

LIVING THE DREAM: Work everything out at Apple Valley CrossFit in Coldbrook

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Nova Scotia Monarchs bring home silver medal from Roy Hobbs World Series competition

King’s-Edgehill School’s prep basketball team getting the attention of university recruiters

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