HRM Fire begins firefighter recruitment drive
HRM: Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) is launching its career firefighter recruitment drive. Do you want to make a difference in your community? HRFE is inviting applications for the…
Staying the blazes home: Gaudry chooses Dal track team over others
WINDSOR JUNCTION: If it wasn’t for Georges P. Vanier Junior High gym teacher Sean Hanlon, one highly-coveted Windsor Junction track and field athlete may not have found her way to…
RCMP warning about new drug seized in N.S.
DARTMOUTH/EAST HANTS: On November 26, 2020, Cumberland District SCEU seized drugs from a motor vehicle entering Nova Scotia from New Brunswick. Among the drugs seized was a small quantity of…
Government adding more than 230 LTC beds; replacing hundreds more
HALIFAX: The provincial government announced Jan. 29 that it is making a major investment in new long-term care beds and facilities to better serve residents, their families and staff. Under…
‘Cozy Campaign’ a “tremendous” success
FALL RIVER: COVID19 closures in late November 2020 may have caused a hiccup to a campaign aimed at raising money to help children of less fortunate families attend music classes…
X-women rugby scoops up Waverley’s Brooklyn Peyton
WAVERLEY: Despite missing two years of rugby due to knee surgery, Brooklyn Peyton’s hard work and determination upon returning to the pitch was enough for the St. Francis Xavier X-Women…
COLUMN: When should you see a lawyer
I get a lot of people who have decided to separate from their spouse that ask me, “Barb, when is the right time to come and see a lawyer?” My…
Pet of the Week – Jan. 29, 2021
Here is our Pet of the Week for Jan. 29, 2021 as selected by a random computerized draw: The other pets that were submitted will be included in the draw…
One-on-One with Premier McNeil
ENFIELD: As his time as Premier of Nova Scotia is nearing its end, Stephen McNeil sat down for a one-on-one interview with The Laker News’ Pat Healey via zoom. The…
Fire investigators seek cause of blaze that destroyed abandoned home
FALL RIVER: Fire investigators are seeking a cause into a conflagrant that destroyed an abandoned home shortly after supper time on Jan. 27. Firefighters from Station 45 Fall River; Station…