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New Minas Firefighters are currently on scene of a vehicle on fire in New Minas at this hour. It appears crews have a good knock on the fire and are mopping up at this time! No reported injuries. Photo sent in via Janelle Adams.
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Southwest Nova District RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) has arrested two people for drug trafficking and weapons offences in New Minas. On January 18, Southwest Nova SCEU, assisted by Kings District RCMP general duty officers and the General Investigation Section, executed a search warrant at a home on Kings Cres. At the residence, officers […]
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Kings District RCMP, with support from the Nova Scotia RCMP Emergency Response Team and RCMP Police Dog Services, arrested one person in New Minas after he threatened people and barricaded himself in a residence. On October 27 at approximately 1:25 p.m., officers learned that a man on Olympic Ave. had threatened employees from a property […]
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⚠️ Update Via RCMP: The 52-year-old man who was reported missing earlier today from New Minas has been found safe. The RCMP thanks Nova Scotians for assisting with missing persons files through social media shares and offering tips. File #: 2025-1431786
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Looking at the sun this morning, it almost looks like it’s begging for rain. Many areas of Nova Scotia have gone several weeks without any form of actual precipitation. Province-wide bans on burning, woods activity and fireworks have been imposed by the government, raising the question on when are we going to have some relief. […]
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Early this morning, New Minas firefighters were dispatched to a house fire with possible entrapment around 441AM. The call was placed by a neighbour who had seen the blaze, unsure if the occupant had escaped. “When we arrived on scene the building was totally involved, the fire was coming through the roof,” stated New Minas […]
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You could see the wall of showers coming in the distance. One side was blue clouds and the other all rain!! It was a good down pour along the 101 in New Minas with a brief rainbow! Taken only moments ago!!! Adrian J.
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Do you know these men? On May 29, at approximately 9:30 p.m., a man was outside a restaurant on Commercial St., in New Minas, when he was assaulted by three unknown men. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to hospital by EHS. A search of the area was not successful in locating the persons […]
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Update: Latest response to odour at Regional Sewer Treatment Plant in New Minas The Municipality of the County of Kings and Regional Sewer Partners wish to update the community on the latest steps taken to resolve the odour at the Regional Sewer Treatment Plant in New Minas. “Municipal Council, municipal staff and Regional Sewer Partners […]
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Foul smelling odours have been the norm in much of the New Minas and Kentville areas this spring, as a result of the wastewater lagoons just east of the New Minas Connector. The odour has been an ongoing problem in the area for the last couple of years. The Municipality of the County of Kings […]
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