Kids enjoy getting wet at waterski competition
FALL RIVER: Youth from the Fall River and area community donned their wet suits and were ready to get wet during a recreation tournament on Lake Fletcher in Fall River on Aug. 26.
The competitors...
Getting a head start on reading
WINDSOR JUNCTION: Children in the Windsor Junction area will be getting a head start on their reading thanks to their local federal Liberal MP.
MP Darrell Samson and wife Faye presented reading material from Samson’s...
WEB ONLY: Keloose 2017 a success, say organizers
WINDSOR JUNCTION: Organizers say not even Mother Nature could dampen the excitement and success of the 40th anniversary of Keloose.
Nick Yeomans, chairman of the committee behind the weekend full of activities at the Windsor...
LWFRA presents grants program cheques
FALL RIVER: The LWF Ratepayers Association presented three cheques from their grants program to recipients recently.
Among those receiving cheques were Keloose; the Windsor Junction Community Centre; and Dragons Football, who received $10,000 towards their...
“It’s fun to blow things up.”
WINDSOR JUNCTION: Ever wonder how a fireworks show is put together and who does it?
The Laker’s Pat Healey was invited behind the taped off area where explosives were as the crew—all from the Fall...
Keloose events moved to Sunday
WINDSOR JUNCTION: With soggy weather forecasted for Aug. 19, the Keloose Committee has made the decision to postpone Family Fun Day activities scheduled for Saturday.
Instead, chairman Nick Yeomans says, activities scheduled for Saturday for...
Environment Minister Rankin, MLA Horne join SWEPS for cleanup
FALL RIVER: The Shubenacadie Watershed Environmental Protection Society (SWEPS) held a clean up on July 31 of one of the brook's they recently restored.
Joining them was the clean team from Clean Nova Scotia; Amy...
WFG supports Dragons football new field
FALL RIVER: A ball hockey tournament organized by Stephan MacLellan and sponsored by World Financial Group (WFG), his employer, raised $1,900 towards the new field for Dragons Football on High Road in Fall River.
WFG...
Legion recognizes members at awards night
By Kim Stoodley, Special to The Laker
WAVERLEY: On Friday evening, July 28, the Waverley Legion on Rocky Lake Drive held its service membership awards night. Close to 60 people attended the evening’s festivities.
The event...
Theft of vehicles, break-and-enters keep police on toes
DUTCH SETTLEMENT: Halifax District RCMP were kept busy during the past couple weeks with crimes in the Antrim, Dutch Settlement, Windsor Junction and Beaver Bank areas.
According to RCMP/Halifax Regional Police Partner in Policing’s Crimemapping...