Tina Comeau

2 days ago | saltwire.com | Tina Comeau

Advertisement 1Ceremony held in Yarmouth's Frost Park on June 4 to commemorate a Barb's Bench  •   •  Article contentFor Denenia Dobbin, visiting her mother Barbara Baillie’s gravesite in the cemetery doesn’t hold the same meaning as when she sits on the purple bench displaying her mom’s name. It’s on this bench – Barb’s Bench – where she feels most connected to her mother, who died 35 years ago as the result of domestic violence.

2 days ago | saltwire.com | Tina Comeau

Advertisement 1  •   •  Article contentA wind project in southwestern Nova Scotia is getting a big boost and big support. The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has announced that it and Elemental Energy have reached the financial close on a $97-million loan to support a new wind energy project – Wedgeport Wind – located in the Municipality of Argyle in Yarmouth County.

4 days ago | saltwire.com | Tina Comeau

Advertisement 1  •  Article contentDanielle Mahood gracefully handles the scissor lift with the ease of a knife slicing through soft butter as she glides up and down the side of the 33-foot tall Yarmouth building’s façade armed with a paintbrush and a vision. “It’s not my first rodeo,” she says, as she eases the lift down to the ground. Passing vehicles honk. People wave. Social media is abuzz.

5 days ago | saltwire.com | Tina Comeau

Advertisement 1  •   •  Article contentThe six-month commercial lobster fishery in southwestern Nova Scotia, and along the province’s south shore, drew to a close on May 31. As had been the case for much of the season, the weather didn’t cooperate with the fishery on the final day of the season, leaving crews who still had traps and gear to haul up and bring back to shore on the last day having to contend with rain and wind.

6 days ago | saltwire.com | Tina Comeau

Advertisement 1Dedication of Barb's Bench to take place in Frost Park  •   •  Article contentA special commemoration in memory of women who have lost their lives to domestic violence will take place in Yarmouth on June 4, with the dedication of Barb’s Bench. The June 4 is being held in Frost Park in memory of women both in the Yarmouth area and elsewhere who have lost their lives to domestic violence, and in honour of those who have been, and continue to be, affected by domestic violence.