Toonie Winner Nets a Grand Prize Toonie Winner Nets a Grand Prize Staff Reporter / Thursday, January 31, 2019 0 1694 Article rating: No rating Rashneet Kaul is nearly a thousand dollars wealthier today by winning the weekly Toonie Draw in Pugwash. Read more
Youth Arrested in Gas Station Robbery Youth Arrested in Gas Station Robbery Staff Reporter / Wednesday, January 30, 2019 0 1664 Article rating: No rating RCMP have arrested a 17-year-old man in connection with a robbery in Springhill last Saturday. Read more
Followers Say Farewell to Local Church Followers Say Farewell to Local Church Ruthie Patriquin / Tuesday, January 29, 2019 2 2216 Article rating: 3.3 When you travel Route 6 from Amherst to Pugwash, you pass Calvary United Church in Port Howe, the home of a faith community since 1897. Read more
No News in Pugwash Water System Update No News in Pugwash Water System Update Staff Reporter / Tuesday, January 29, 2019 0 1370 Article rating: No rating The Municipality of Cumberland has released a statement on the status of the long-overdue Pugwash Water System. Unfortunately, it does not answer the questions being asked in the community. Read more
Cumberland Wrestles with Cost of Waste Management Cumberland Wrestles with Cost of Waste Management Bill Martin / Wednesday, January 23, 2019 0 1882 Article rating: 4.3 County Council spent a large part of last night’s meeting discussing cost-cutting measures for waste management. Councillors are facing a number of proposals, but none are very popular with the decision makers. Read more
Toonie Jackpot Climbs Again Toonie Jackpot Climbs Again Staff Reporter / Wednesday, January 23, 2019 0 1695 Article rating: No rating There was no winner in tonight’s Pugwash Fire Department Toonie Draw. Read more
NS Power Postpones Pugwash Repair NS Power Postpones Pugwash Repair Bill Martin / Wednesday, January 23, 2019 0 2878 Article rating: 4.2 Nova Scotia Power has postponed repairs at the Pugwash sub-station, the source of a power interruption yesterday. Read more
Pugwash Area Power Outage Explained Pugwash Area Power Outage Explained Staff Reporter / Wednesday, January 23, 2019 0 1733 Article rating: 5.0 Over 14 hundred customers went without power for nearly seven hours yesterday in the Pugwash area. Read more
Oxford to Consider Replacing RCMP Service Oxford to Consider Replacing RCMP Service Bill Martin / Tuesday, January 22, 2019 1 3356 Article rating: 4.4 Oxford will consider a proposal from the Town of Amherst to replace the RCMP with an expanded force from the town’s police service. Read more
Firefighters Award Biggest Toonie Jackpot Firefighters Award Biggest Toonie Jackpot Staff Reporter / Thursday, January 17, 2019 0 1491 Article rating: No rating Pugwash Fire Department awarded the largest prize ever won in its Toonie Draw last night. Read more
Praise for Pugwash Sidewalk Snow Clearing Praise for Pugwash Sidewalk Snow Clearing Staff Reporter / Monday, January 14, 2019 0 2164 Article rating: 3.7 The Vice-Chair of the Pugwash Village Commission closed out tonight’s Commission meeting with a pat on the back for the fine work being done with the new sidewalk ploughing equipment. Read more
No Launch in Sight for Pugwash Water No Launch in Sight for Pugwash Water Staff Reporter / Monday, January 14, 2019 0 1726 Article rating: 4.8 What’s happening with the Pugwash water system? That’s the question asked tonight at the Village Commission meeting… but nobody had an answer. Read more
Pugwash Emergency Service Now Available Pugwash Emergency Service Now Available Staff Reporter / Friday, January 11, 2019 2 2109 Article rating: 5.0 For the first time in many, many months, the emergency department at the Pugwash Hospital will be open more than it’s closed. Read more
Toonie Draw to Hit Biggest Jackpot Yet Toonie Draw to Hit Biggest Jackpot Yet Staff Reporter / Thursday, January 10, 2019 0 1710 Article rating: 5.0 Another jackpot has slipped through the fingers of a player in the Pugwash Fire Department Toonie Draw. Read more