Amherst News

At this time of year, when we pay tribute to fallen members of our armed forces, I find myself thinking about what their workplace must have been like.

Monday, November 9, 2009 1:12 PM It's Mike Duffy vs. Darrell Dexter in N.S. Bill Curry T oday's federal by-election in Nova Scotia is a curious one, given that 69 per cent of voters cast their ballots here for Independent MP Bill Casey in 2008.

The Amherst library will be showing the 1946 drama The Big Sleep, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, at 7 p.m. Holiday Catalogue Sale Phone and in-person orders only.

AMHERST Peter Stoffer is very familiar with the sacrifice of Amherst soldiers who served with the famed North Nova Scotia Highlanders more than a half-century ago.

As a teenager, Mark Hatfield practised the same motto he does today: work harder than everyone else and you will succeed.

That soon escalates into full-blown violent attacks and threatening messages, as the most sinister and most documented poltergeist event in North American history, starts to unfold and the girl's life turns into a living nightmare.

Swine flu flip flop: Go to ER, call 911 if very sick N.S. health officials now tell those with severe symptoms to call 911 or go to ER By KEITH DOUCETTE The Canadian Press Thu.

A GPS system, sunglasses, wallet, purse, cigarettes and change. Those were what was stolen out of a number of vehicles between Saturday night and mid afternoon Monday.

AMHERST With a four-bloom rating, the Town of Amherst was named a finalist earlier this month in the Communities in Bloom competition.

Con Desplanque, 91, co-authored a study in 2004 that warns of the potential consequences of an 18-year tidal peak coinciding with a severe storm.

Police may have found a lead into the recent spray paintings of vehicles and buildings last week.

With the trees wearing their glorious fall colours and the golden marsh grass striking a dramatic contrast to the sky and the sea, this last weekend proved to be a perfect time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Art Across the Marsh Studio Tour.

Director Greg Kramer, on the set of Inherit the Wind at the Segal Centre theatre, says the play is less about creationism than it is about intellectual freedom.

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Nine jobs in Truro will be eliminated as Aliant reorganizes its customer contact centres in Atlantic Canada.

Dr. Willard S. Boyle, Canadian Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2009. AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan Canada has a new Nobel Prize winner, Dr.

A Nova Scotia native is sharing this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for work he did 40 years ago.

A McGill graduate who invented a device that's now the eye of the camcorder has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics along with two American scientists.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Willard Boyle and his wife, Betty, in Halifax yesterday.

Willard S. Boyle, shown in 2006, is one of three scientists sharing in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics.