PHOTOS: The Great Big Crunch at Holland Road School
FLETCHERS LAKE: Crunch. Crunch. Crunch. If residents from Holland Road in Fletchers Lake heard that sound coming from the school on the hill shortly before 10 a.m. on Friday morning,…
Local athletes earn Mount Mystics Best of the Blue awards
BEDFORD: A slew of local Mount Mystics have picked up Best of the Blue hardware for their efforts during their 2022-2023 competition season. The winners from the Fall River/Windsor Junction/Beaver…
COLUMN: Understanding duration and your portfolio
This column is from: Duration and Your Portfolio All specialties have their own unique terms that probably come across as incomprehensible to those who don’t spend their days immersed in…
Hurricanes add offensive lineman from LHS Dragons
FALL RIVER: A Lockview High football player has committed to a team in the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA). Chris Bennett was announced by the Holland College Hurricanes recently as…
Pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by school bus
FALL RIVER: An 88-year-old Fall River man sustained serious injuries following a school bus-pedestrian collision on the morning of March 31, police said. Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay with Halifax District RCMP…
N.S. author releases book Overseas Adventures
HALIFAX: The following is a Q&A release sent out to The Laker News by N.S. author Arthur Shears on his recent release Overseas Adventures – From Afghanistan to Zambia and…
Payzant Building Products acquire Windsor furniture, Home Hardware
LOWER SACKVILLE: Payzant Building Products Ltd announced the addition of WindsorHome Hardware and Windsor Home Furniture to the Payzant team of home stores in a release on March 30. Payzant…
Carruthers sisters, Lewis, Gaudry nab Indoor track & field medals
BEAVER BANK: It was a golden performance for a pair of Beaver Bank track athletes at the recently held Athletics Canada Indoor Track and Field Championships. Four local athletes were…
Cuban, Spanish music fills Fall River air at SJUC fundraiser
FALL RIVER: Supporters of the ham supper at St John’s United Church got to dance off their meal with some Spanish and Cuban dance music. Marcel Amores and Plan Ashe…
Rent cap forcing rental property owners out, IPOANS survey says
DARTMOUTH: The Nova Scotia government’s rent cap is the number one reason property owners are selling their rental units. That’s one of the major findings of a new survey conducted…