East Hants & Districts Chamber of Commerce round up – week of July 27
Covid-19 Update for Businesses.Starting Friday the 31st, masks will now be mandatory in designated public indoor spaces.The indoor spaces are as follows:
Retail businesses.Shopping centres.Personal services businesses, such as hair and nail salons, spas, body...
UPDATED: Local lifeguards taking part in fundraiser for Brigadoon Village
DOLLAR LAKE: A lifeguard from Milford is looking for the communities support as she looks to raise a lot of money for Brigadoon Village during next month's BrigaSwim.
Grace Heukshorst is one of the many...
Blois pleased to see shootings get full public inquiry
EAST HANTS: Kings-Hants MP Kody Blois issued this statement after the announcement that the federal and provincial government will now hold a public inquiry into the mass shootings that took place in April.
"The Nova...
Statement from Mark Furey, Minister of Justice and Attorney General
HALIFAX: Here is a statement from Minister of Justice and Attorney General for N.S., Mark Furey as issued on July 28:
"I have heard from family members and many Nova Scotians who are opposed to...
Ending #PeriodPoverty: Elmsdale man takes action to help women
ELMSDALE: A young gentleman from Elmsdale is receiving applause from women in the area for stepping outside what would be many others comfort zone to ensure local women have what they need.
Scott Ellis held...
Policing services gets helping hand from officers across Canada
EAST HANTS/COLCHESTER CO.: Since the devastating incidents of April 18 and 19, Nova Scotia RCMP welcomed 92 officers from across the country who have provided front line policing services in communities in and around...
Feed N.S. gets $10k boost from Atlantic Gold’s parent company
MUSQUODOBOIT VALLEY: The parent company of a resource company mining for gold in the Musquodoboit Valley has made a huge donation to assist those in need across N.S.
In a recent tweet, Feed Nova Scotia...
East Hants & Districts Chamber update July 23
Chamber UpdateNewsInternet for Nova Scotia InitiativeEast Hants is actively supporting Develop Nova Scotia on the Internet for Nova Scotia Initiative. Four projects in the East Hants area have been identified under Phase One of the...
Noel Shore native among three chosen for mass shooting Independent Review Panel
NOEL: A well-respected former East Hants resident is one of three chosen to be part of the Independent Review Panel put together by the provincial and federal governments to look into the N.S. mass...
Opposition parties slam province’s decision to do independent review into killings
HALIFAX: In separate releases, both N.S. PC leader Tim Houston and N.S. NDP leader Gray Burrill voiced their disappointment and displeasure that the province and federal governments chose to do an independent review and...