Nova Scotia

Kay Wheaton opened the first Wheaton's store in her family's barn in Berwick, N.S., in 1990. Since then, it has grown to become a popular furniture and home ...

In the mid-90s, Wheaton's began to expand and a second store was opened in Moncton, N.B. "She could be seen pulling weeds, filling shelves and decorating Christmas trees," the release said. "She was still in the stores and working for the entire 32 years of the business right up until the last few weeks," he said. They opened the barn as the first Wheaton's store in 1990. She started out making handmade crafts and decorating fresh wreaths to sell out of her family home in Berwick, N.S. "She was very well-known," said David Bradford, Wheaton's operations manager.

Housing costs continue to climb in Nova Scotia and some say encouraging smaller homes is part of the solution.

And though moving to a smaller home has involved downsizing, she said being able to choose a house that's the right size for her budget has been worth it. He said while small dwellings aren't for everyone — he encourages potential buyers to come check out his tiny home and shipping container dwellings to see if they think it will work for them— they could help some people for whom the average house is out of reach. I would not have been able to sustain myself." As housing costs continue to climb in Nova Scotia, officials and service providers hope smaller homes could be part of the solution. As cities look to fit more people onto existing parcels of land, Green said downsizing might be the answer. "[Tiny homes] are less intensive use of the land. With housing costs as they currently stand, Mullins worries about the impact on families. So we really want to shift that and use that land more efficiently." They also changed rules so that mobile homes, including tiny homes, could be considered single-family dwellings which allows them to be put in more places. Two recent bylaw amendments in the HRM aim to encourage this shift, Green said. Mullins did some research and purchased a mini-home in Hubbards west of Halifax for $180,000, sight unseen. Mullins grew up in Halifax, but spent the bulk of her life in Montreal.

Lt. Commander Len Hickey says two Canadian Coast Guard ships — the Cape Roger and Clarks Harbour — and a Hercules aircraft were on the water looking for the man ...

"It's a tradition," said Eddie Nickerson, warden with the Municipality of Barrington, which includes Cape Sable Island. "They do have a pattern where their search expands based on sea and wind," Hickey said. A plane from PAL Airlines flew in to help the CCGS Cape Roger keep up the search overnight. The file will be handed over to the RCMP to be treated as a missing person case, he said. Andrew Joyce said the fisherman is presumed drowned. Commander Len Hickey said that despite a robust search effort that carried on overnight Monday and into Tuesday morning, rescue crews were unable to locate the missing man.

It will be handed off to the RCMP as a missing persons case. The man went overboard from a 12-metre fishing vessel — the Little Weasel Too — while fishing for ...

But as temperatures began dropping, the search shifted toward a recovery effort. Hickey said Halifax's JRCC received a mayday call at around 8:21 a.m. There were three people on board the boat.

In a large greenhouse not far from Lunenburg, N.S., hundreds of unusual plants of all shapes and sizes are getting used to their new life in Nova Scotia.

These are fruits that the executive director of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association said she hasn't found at other plant nurseries in the province. Her very first exotic plant was a pawpaw, a species native to eastern North America that's about the size of a mango. She transformed her hobby farm on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast, located north of Vancouver, into one of the area's few exotic nurseries. "You don't have to bring things in from far away so you can grow it locally, which is great, right?" "It cuts down on the carbon footprint, too." Clarke hopes to show Nova Scotians that even the most unusual plants can find a home here.

Fisherman lost at sea after going overboard morning of Dec. 26 during fishing trip; official search called off Dec. 27 at noon.

The entire fishing industry have you all in our thoughts,” it wrote in a Facebook post. Fish Safe NS said its team was preparing to make grief counselling services available in the Clark’s Harbour and Barrington area. These services will be open to all those that wish to access them and will be available at no cost. “On behalf of the staff and board of directors of Fish Safe NS, we wish to send our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and fellow crew members of Christian Atwood, who was tragically lost from the F/V Little Weasel II. To everyone who assisted in the search, thank you. Sea states were described on the morning of Dec. In addition to those Coast Guard vessels, a Cormorant rescue helicopter and a Canadian Forces Hercules fixed-wing aircraft from 413 Squadron in Greenwood were also part of the search. 27 as two-to-three metres, with winds 30-35 knots out of the southwest. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends during this difficult time.— HfxJRCC_CCCOS (@hfxjrcc) An extensive search was conducted throughout the day on Monday and continued Tuesday morning, until being officially called off around noon time on Dec. A community is broken," writes Coldwater Lobster Association in a Facebook post. 26th, 2022, the lobster industry lost one of their own.

Popeyes Lousiana Kitchen's arrival in the city marked the international chain's first restaurant in Atlantic Canada, and people in the city were, to put it ...

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Some believe that the Knights Templar play a major role in the mysterious Oak Island legend.

The legend states that Sinclair was a secret member of the Knights Templar. If Sinclair did make it to Nova Scotia and was a member of the Knights Templar, some have suggested he was the man behind the Oak Island Money Pit. Continuing further down the rabbit hole, the story of Sinclair is also intertwined with the medieval military and religious order known as the Knights Templar. The rock was left as a memorial to the fallen knight. Situated in Westford, Massachusetts, a mysterious rock adds further intrigue to the Sinclair story. Now, there’s another persisting legend about the arrival of Europeans in North America that continues to be discussed.