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Lockview rugby player Marley Raycroft paid surprise visit by Rugby Canada players FALL RIVER: Marley Raycroft eats, breathes, and lives rugby, so it’s no wonder that the sport she has a passion for...

WINDSOR JUNCTION: It was a team effort of community minded volunteers as they collected, sorted, and then packed the food boxes for the Lions Christmas Express last month. The effort ensured that close...

Lakeview couple handing over the reigns to community food drive after 25 years LAKEVIEW: A couple from Lakeview are passing on the community’s food drive torch onto a new family, 25 years after...

FLETCHERS LAKE: Two alleged assaults in the Beaver Bank area were among the crimes police were investigating during the week of Dec. 4-11, according Halifax Regional Police/RCMP’s Crime Mapping interactive website. Police are investigating an...

FALL RIVER: A young Middle Sackville girl is proof that no donation is too small, and has just the same impact if not more than large ones do. Kaylee Bowes and her mom Lori make...

FALL RIVER: Despite the cold weather, hundreds came out for Christmas on the Canal in Fall River on Dec. 1, celebrating the kick off of the holiday season. The Lions Christmas Express...

WELLINGTON: Recently, The Laker sat down with the local Station Chiefs of volunteer fire departments in Waverley; Fall River; Wellington/Grand Lake; and Goffs. The sitdown chat inside the Fall River Tim Hortons was done to...

WMES Grade 2 students pen Christmas letters for Armed Forces members WAVERLEY: Grade 2 students at Waverley Memorial School want to ensure Canadian Armed Forces personnel who are away from family during the...

WAVERLEY: A Waverley teen is thinking about others first this holiday season. Jake Boudreau, a student at Lockview High, operates The Jacob Project, an initiative he started some five years ago to help those in...

FALL RIVER: A Fall River contractor has received accolades from the Canadian Home Builders Association (N.S.) for a project it built at a local school. Gerald Mitchell Contracting received the Most Outstanding Special Project honour...