From the Cruiser – Oct. 13-20
This feature is brought to you by: ENFIELD: This week, East Hants RCMP responded to 111 calls for service between Oct. 13 to Oct. 20. Here are some highlighted calls,…
Province announces third mass shooting inquiry commissioner
ENFIELD: The joint public inquiry in response to the April tragedy in Nova Scotia has been established and the commissioners will now begin their work. The Governments of Canada and…
Province renews Treaty Education partnership
MILLBROOK: Nova Scotia, Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey, and Millbrook First Nation have renewed a memorandum of understanding creating a partnership to teach treaty education to children in all Nova Scotia schools. The…
Province invests to protect farm workers
EAST HANTS: Many East Hants farmers, like those across Nova Scotia, have made improvements to health and safety to help protect their workers and prevent the spread of COVID-19. They…
Using cellphones while driving lands two men with charges
MILFORD: Two drivers were charged Oct. 16 with the use of their cellphones while driving after being spotted driving erratically and racing on Highway 104 near the Cobequid Toll Plaza.…
RCMP charge man with impaired driving after crash into power pole
SHUBENACADIE: A single-vehicle crash into a power-pole in the Shubenacadie area turned into more than a simple accident for the driver. East Hants RCMP responded to the collision on Oct.…
Historic first: First Indigenous representative elected to MEH in Shubenacadie
ELMSDALE: In what is thought to be a historic-first, the new council at the Municipality of East Hants will see its first Indigenous councillor. Ian Knockwood defeated four other challengers…
#StudentVote: Deagle-Gammon, Blackburn elected by students in District 1, District 14
Mike Savage narrowly the choice for Mayor over Max Taylor FALL RIVER: If students at three schools in the Fall River area were eligible to cast a ballot they overwhelmingly…
RCMP charge man with assaulting Sipekne’katik Chief
SIPEKNE’KATIK: Meteghan RCMP have laid charges in relation to the assault of Sipekne’katik Chief Michael Sack that occurred on Wednesday October 14, in New Edinburgh. RCMP have charged 46-year-old, Chris…
Local schools partaking in #StudentVote
FALL RIVER: Yesterday, Oct. 15, and today Oct. 16, more than 10,000 elementary and high school students from throughout Nova Scotia will take part in the Student Vote program for…