A second OCEARCH-tagged great white shark, this one a 715-pound male dubbed Tancook, has reached the Jersey Shore on its migration journey. The shark's satellite tag "pinged" at about 11 p.m. Tuesday ...

Tancook Islands residents met Wednesday with provincial officials to talk about the ferry, which shuttles people back and forth from the mainland to the islands. Residents are frustrated the William G ...

The Tancook Island ferry was shut down earlier this week. Nova Scotia's transportation minister says repairs to bring the Tancook Island ferry in line with new Federal regulations should be completed ...

When Rendell Wilson was a teenager, he couldn’t wait to get away from Big Tancook Island, where generations of Wilsons have eked out a meagre living from the soil and the sea. But now as a senior, he ...

The two dozen or so people who live on Little Tancook Island year-round say their wharf has literally reached a breaking point. The deck boards of the 62-year-old wharf bob up and down with the waves ...

A 12-foot, 1,009-pound great white shark has surfaced off the Southwest Florida coast 22 times since Nov. 18, 2025.

A community project that began on Big Tancook Island, N.S., before COVID-19 arrived in the province turned into an unexpected way for people to stay connected and work together during the pandemic.

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For people living on Big Tancook Island, being separated from mainland Nova Scotia has its advantages. It’s roughly 100 full-time residents live an informal, if rugged existence. Many relying on the ...

Elizabeth Sutherland listened all day for the ding of a text message. The principal and only teacher at Big Tancook Elementary School, a one-room schoolhouse on an island a 50-minute ferry ride from ...

WATCH ABOVE: Police found a 47-year-old man dead in a field on Little Tancook Island Tuesday morning. A short time later they found an older man nearby and took him into custody. Brett Ruskin reports ...