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Sambro Island lighthouse lens at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

"That light is the biggest light there ever was, before it was replaced by an electric lighthouse light. The lighthouse was lit with coal oil lamps inside. The light house keeper had to climb up the tower every day and light all the lamps. When electricity came in, they didn’t have to do that anymore."

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This senior golfer recently parred one of Nova Scotia's toughest courses. David McDonald, who is 85 years old, shot 72 last month at the Ashburn Golf Club's new course.

u/NovaScotiaTimes — 1 day ago
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One year ago The Ship Hector was launched today in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The original Ship Hector brought many of the first Scottish settlers to Nova Scotia (New Scotland) in 1773! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇨🇦

u/NovaScotiaTimes — 6 days ago
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A team of scientists are looking at eastern red-backed salamanders and their behaviour to study the impacts of an invasive bug and the insecticides we use to fight it.

u/NovaScotiaTimes — 6 days ago
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Today, August 13, 2026, marks 71 years since the official opening of the Canso Causeway on August 13, 1955... a historic day that forever changed the connection between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia.

u/NovaScotiaTimes — 7 days ago
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This Big Blueberry in Oxford Nova Scotia has been the star of many roadtrip family photos over the years. Oxford, Nova Scotia is the blueberry capital of Canada and the center of the large Wild Blueberry growing region of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick & Maine.

u/NovaScotiaTimes — 7 days ago
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A family of hobby farmers who live in a historically Black neighbourhood of Truro, N.S., is pushing back on a proposed development that could go in next door.

u/NovaScotiaTimes — 7 days ago
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The Hastings United Church has been demolished. It was featured in the 1964 acrylic-on-hardboard painting by renowned Canadian realist artist Alex Colville, entitled "Church and Horse" and it stood until just recently.

u/NovaScotiaTimes — 8 days ago