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Officer James Givens has served with the Cincinnati Police Department for over 26 years, but in all that time he's never had an experience that compares to this one. Givens was sitting in his patrol car in a parking lot when he was accosted by one very unexpected visitor who seemed dead set on getting his attention.

The CEO of the Nova Scotia Health Authority made a whirlwind stop in Pugwash this morning as part of a provincial tour before retiring later this month. Janet Knox was accompanied by the interim Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Tom Marrie.

Youth climate leaders from across Atlantic Canada spent the weekend at Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash where they grappled with the impending catastrophe of climate change.

The annual Soapbox Derby proved it deserved its promotion to a main event at this year’s HarbourFest. The derby moved from a Sunday morning schedule to Saturday evening alongside the main elements on stage at the Harbourfront Centre.

The Recycled Regatta was renamed this year to the “Sinkers Conference” and lived up to its billing on Saturday in front of a huge HarbourFest crowd at Dinghy Beach in Pugwash.