MP Samson confident gov’t hearing tax changes concerns
OTTAWA, Ont.: MP Darrell Samson feels confident the proposed tax changes for small businesses that are out in the public domain won’t be the final draft that MP’s will vote on.
The Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook representative said...
Teachers need continued support of parents
FALL RIVER: A teacher in Fall River believes the third time won’t be the charm when he and his colleagues vote on a tentative agreement their union reached with the provincial government on Feb....
Scotian Materials withdraws quarry permit rejection appeal
FALL RIVER: Scotian Materials has withdrawn their judicial review of a 2015 decision that saw the industrial permit for their proposed quarry, next to the Aerotech Business Park.
The appeal of the decision by then...
Learning life lessons by giving back
FALL RIVER: On a mild February night, more than 20 people—16 of them youth—gathered to make a difference in the lives of some of those less fortunate served by Beacon House in Lower Sackville.
The...
Volunteer firefighters in HRM get boost
WAVERLEY: Volunteer firefighters will be getting an increase in their honorarium after HRM regional council passed a motion that would up what they receive.
One of the stalwart supporters of increasing the honorarium they get...
COVID19; Province reports one death, 227 new cases on May 7
HALIFAX: On May 7, the Province of Nova Scotia reported one death--a woman in her 70s in the Central Zone--along with 227 new cases of COVID-19.
There have now been 70 COVID-19 related deaths...
RCMP investigating home invasion in Fletchers Lake
FLETCHERS LAKE: RCMP are searching for two unknown men following a home invasion in the early morning hours of Jan. 6 in Fletchers Lake.
Cpl. Dal Hutchinson, spokesman with Halifax District RCMP, said late on...
Province supports city water for Fall River
FALL RIVER: Bringing city water down the Fall River Road inched closer to reality on Sept. 20 as the local MLA and the province announced provincial funding for the water project.
Last month, Prime Minister...
Plea for help from N.S. Health
FALL RIVER: A Fall River woman is urging Nova Scotia Health/MSI to help her get her life back with a procedure they currently don’t cover.
Diann Pick-Robertson had the majority of her pancreas removed in...
Decision to step away “beyond difficult” for LeBlanc
FALL RIVER: Janique LeBlanc has had to make one of the toughest decisions of her young adult life.
The Fall River native, one of the four young women who put the province on the junior...