Recount confirms Horne’s election win
FALL RIVER: A recount of the votes cast during the May 30 provincial election has determined the outcome stays the same in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank.
On election night, Liberal incumbent Bill Horne was declared the...
BILLieving until the end
WAVERLEY: The BILLievers kept believing as they waited for the final poll to come in, confirming that their man, Liberal incumbent Bill Horne, had been re-elected.
Horne and the thin crowd of supporters that remained...
PC Johns elected in Sackville-Beaver Bank
BEAVER BANK: The former councillor for District 14 in HRM has earned election in his attempt at provincial politics.
Brad Johns, who carried the PC banner in Sackville-Beaver Bank, handily defeated Liberal incumbent Stephen Gough,...
And the students say: Green in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
FALL RIVER: If the voting was left up to the students at three schools in Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank, there would be an underdog elected to the N.S. Legislature.
Students at Holland Road School in Fletchers...
Election 17: McNeil passes on stop with Horne; didn’t want to distract
FALL RIVER: A planned whistle stop by Premier Stephen McNeil to support Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank candidate Bill Horne was halted when the leader of the PC Party surprisingly showed up.
Jamie Baillie was scheduled to...
Election 17: NS Green’s Trappenberg campaigns in Fall River
FALL RIVER: Rush-hour motorists and pedestrians along Fall River Road on Thursday afternoon May 25 were greeted by Thomas Trappenberg, Leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia.
Trappenberg was out meeting voters in the...
Election 17: Students excited to see their vote results
FLETCHERS LAKE: StudentVote helps learning the process behind voting and why it’s important. Students at Holland Road Elementary School are learning the democratic process.
The students spoke about getting the opportunity to participate and what...
NDP unveils Environmental Bill of Rights in Miller Lake West
MILLER LAKE WEST: With the location of the proposed Fall River Quarry in the background, NDP Leader Gary Burrill released the party’s plans to protect the environment should they form government on May 30.
Burrill,...
Election 17: Burrill stands with Sanipass on Quarry
MILLER LAKE WEST: NDP Leader Gary Burrill is supporting local candidate Trevor Sanipass and his stance against the Fall River Quarry.
In our question-and-answer sit-down with Sanipass, representing Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank, early on in the...
Election 17: Students eager to cast ballot in StudentVote
FALL RIVER: Two local schools are getting the opportunity to find out what the four local candidates have to offer the riding and province.
Holland Road Elementary School in Fletchers Lake and Georges P. Vanier...