The Breeze Brief

Due to a collision, Highway 104 in Stellarton, between Exits 24 and 25 westbound, had to be closed for several hours last night by the RCMP. Police advised of the road closure shortly after 7pm. The section of highway was reopened at about 1:00am. No further details on the collision have been released by the RCMP. G...

​Fire caused extensive damage to Big Al's Convenience Store on N. Provost Street in New Glasgow Wednesday. It broke out about 2:15am and the New Glasgow Fire Department responded with mutual aid from the Linacy, Trenton and Stellarton Fire Departments. There were no injuries in the fire. The cause of the fire has ...

Because of the windy conditions today, Northumberland Ferries has had to cancel some crossings between Caribou and Wood Islands. The 7:00am and 10:00am sailings out of Wood Islands and the 8:30am and 11:45am crossings out of Caribou are all cancelled today. Northumberland Ferries will provide an update later on the d...

Ferry crossings between Nova Scotia and P-E-I are cancelled today. Northumberland Ferries says that due to high winds forecasted in the Northumberland Strait, all sailings between Caribou and Wood Islands have been cancelled today. The company says it is monitoring weather conditions and will provide updates when it c...

With those high winds continuing into this morning in the Northumberland Strait, Northumberland Ferries has cancelled the 7:00am crossing this morning from Wood Islands and the 8:30am sailing from Caribou. Gas and diesel prices both went up overnight in Nova Scotia. The price of regular gasoline went up by 2.4 cents ...

Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont's high-profile jump from the federal Conservatives to the Liberals has sparked chatter across the region. An Acadia University political scientist speculates that Chris d'Entremont's decision to cross the floor was due in part to feeling marginalized by Conservative leader Pierre Poilie...

Prime Minister Mark Carney's first federal budget earmarks billions of dollars for actions to meet U-S trade disruptions. The 406-page fiscal plan includes almost 90-billion dollars in net new spending items over five years. The new spending is aimed squarely at boosting productivity and funding cross-country infrastru...

Northumberland Ferries has cancelled most of its crossings between Caribou and Wood Islands today because of the high winds forecast for the Northumberland Strait. It said last night that the 7:00am sailing from Wood Islands and 8:30am crossing from Caribou would go as scheduled today. However, the 10:00am, 11:45am, ...