The call came at 7:30 this evening. A surfer was in distress off Port Howe and Pugwash firefighters were summoned for a water rescue.

Following the sudden announcement this week that the Liberal government will close hospitals in New Waterford and North Sydney, the NDP Caucus is calling on Premier McNeil and the Nova Scotia Health Authority to release the names of any other hospitals currently under review.

Randy Weeks enjoyed a handsome windfall in the weekly Toonie Draw with the Pugwash Fire Department.

A tractor trailer overturned in the ditch early this morning on the Smith Road in Malagash. The mishap pinned the driver in the cab and forced a power interruption to a widespread area.

Pugwash is being dragged into a controversy that has nothing to do with the village.

The County Councillor representing District 5, the Wallace area, has decided to stay on municipal council.

I've just read the article posted on Six Rivers, and feel that I must respond to the current situation. The first thing that I feel the need to straighten out, is that I have resigned from my positions in the Atlantica Party at the end of May, due to a number of factors that I will get to later in this response. 

The newest commissioner was officially sworn-in tonight at a special meeting of the Pugwash Village Commission.

There was no winner in last night’s “Toonie Draw” at the Pugwash Fire Department. Number 835 was drawn but the registered owner of the number had not entered a toonie to be eligible for this week’s prize.

The Director of Finance told Cumberland County Council last night that the municipality faced an embarrassing situation with this year’s property tax bills.

The Councillor for District 5 walked out of tonight’s Cumberland County Council meeting saying she could no longer work in the organization.

Nova Scotia’s Chief Electoral Officer has suspended the Atlantica Party Association of Nova Scotia, effective today.

Tory Rushton is the new MLA in Cumberland South.

The fledgling Atlantica Party faces suspension tomorrow by Elections Nova Scotia. At issue is a loan the party accepted from its former leader and founder.