COLUMN: Wellness Within: Setting Up a Home Workout Space
This column is written by Deborah Peddle-Hann from Journey 2 Wellness
We know we need to ‘stay the blazes home’, and with the second wave starting, we are doing our best to keep ourselves, our...
COLUMN: Nursing home workers at catastrophic levels of burnout and trauma
By Carole Estabrooks and Yuting Song
It’s been almost a year since nursing home workers began fighting on the front lines of COVID-19. They’ve witnessed and experienced extreme trauma. They’ve seen seniors they care for...
COLUMN: MP’s News & Views with Darrell Samson
The following is the monthly column from Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook MP Darrell Samson.
EASTER
I would like to wish everyone in the riding a very Happy Easter!
HEALTHCARE
I was delighted to join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deliver...
COLUMN: Stress bucket-COVID19: Is our bucket overflowing and what can we do if it...
"Opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the columnist and not necessarily those of The Laker News Inc."
By Marybeth Fleming, OT Health
Beginning on March 22, 2020, when the provincial government instituted its...
My interview with Pat Healey, Super Community Reporter
By Sam Lirette
Learning Centre student at G.P. Vanier
FALL RIVER:
Last week I met Pat Healey for an interview. I wanted to interview a
reporter because I want to be a reporter. I shared my...
LETTER: Questions about development unanswered
To the Editor:
In response to Brian Hayes’ piece in The Chronicle Herald of September 3, 2018: “Fall River senior living proposal gets support." To establish the proposed 360-unit, five-building seniors complex at the Baker/Carr...
COLUMN: Wealth advice from Jennifer Rideout, Assante Capital
What to Expect When You’re Investing
Depending on your level of investment knowledge, you may be wondering just what you can expect from your portfolio. There’s good news and bad news on this front. The...
New doctor coming to Beaver Bank
BEAVER BANK: A new family doctor will soon be serving residents of Beaver Bank, the local MLA said.
In his speech to those at the Beaver Bank Kinsac Community Centre’s volunteer board’s annual general meeting...
#Election2019 Candidate Profile: Get to know People’s Party of Canada’s Sybil Hogg
Hogg is running for PPC in Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook
Name: Sybil Hogg
Community: Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook
Family:
Growing up, all four of my parents served in the Canadian Armed Forces.
Two of them are currently serving in Ottawa. My paternal...
EDITORIAL: Sign wars – a nice distraction from the gloom
It all started in East Hants with a sign at McNeill’s Shell that said “Who wants to go tow to tow. Big Dog Sign Wars.”
The last line refers to the Truro radio station, Big...