VIDEO: Pat learns to be a goalie- sort of
FALL RIVER: On Friday Aug. 3, Reporter Pat Healey strapped on the goalie pads--and all the gear that comes with it--to learn a bit about being a goalie from Lucy Phillips.
Phillips is a goalie...
Waverley Legion getting ventilation upgrades
WAVERLEY: Liberal MLA Bill Horne, the representative for Waverley-Fall River- Beaver Bank, has announced $10,000 in funding for the Waverley Legion.
The funding is administered through the government’s Legion Capital Assistance Program.
“I’m proud to be...
VIDEO: Showing appreciation to our volunteer firefighters
The HRM Parks & Rec youth group at the Snow Centre held a BBQ for volunteer firefighters in Wellington, Grand Lake, Waverley, and Fall River on July 17 before training. They even washed the...
Moncton, Dartmouth Highs capture Bill Dompierre hoops titles
FALLL RIVER: Twelve teams came to the annual Bill Dompierre Memorial Tournament looking to have fun and raising money for a good cause—plus winning the boys and girls championship.
PHOTOS: Reporter Pat Healey's top 45...
PC leader would consider equipping police with body cameras
ENFIELD: If he were to become Premier of Nova Scotia, Tim Houston said he would take careful consideration as to implementing body cameras across the province’s police force.
During an interview with The Laker News...
COVID19: Fifteen new cases identified Dec. 3
HRM: As of today, Dec. 4, Nova Scotia has 117 active cases of COVID-19. Fifteen new cases were identified Thursday, Dec. 3.
Eleven of the new cases are in Central Zone, including the case connected...
Pan Am championships coming to Lake Banook
LAKE BANOOK: Canoe Kayak Canada and the Atlantic Division CanoeKayak Canada announced that Lake Banook will host the 2018 Pan American Canoe Sprint Championships in September.
“CKC is delighted to be hosting the 2018 Pan...
LHS girls off to provincials
FALL RIVER: The Lockview High Dragons intermediate girls team has punched their ticket to the provincial championship in Cape Breton.
At the Capital district women’s 5 k championships, the girls took home the banner, advancing...
Better solutions than a ‘ditch tax’, councillors say
FALL RIVER: The two HRM councillors for the Lakes area both feel council made a mistake when they implemented what is better known as the ditch tax some 10 years ago.
Steve Streatch, the representative...
COVID19: N.S. hits 400,000 vaccine doses administered mark
CAPE BRETON/HALIFAX: The province reached 400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in arms today, May 13.
That's a doubling of the amount of vaccinations in less than a month, after celebrating 200,000 doses administered on...