Team effort for Lions Christmas Express
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…
Food drive superheroes
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,…
Assaults, theft from vehicles keep police busy
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…
Young Sackville girl helping fundraise for Zac’s Warriors
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…
PHOTOS: Christmas on the Canal brings spirit of the season to Fall River
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…
A Q & A with volunteer firefighter Station Chiefs on their need
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…
Making Christmas filled with joy for those serving Canada around the world
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…
Hockey for Hope: Jacob Project making donation to Hope Cottage through Bedford minor hockey team
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…
Fall River company wins Peak Award
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…
Icy conditions being blamed for snow plow crash in Fall River
FALL RIVER: A snow plow from Dexter Construction ended up on it’s side on a subdivision in Fall River as it cleared away the ice and snow on Dec. 2.…