Kai Dwyer nabs silver at Indo Pacific ch’ships
NEW ZEALAND: A Fall River gymnast is returning home from the Indo Pacific Trampoline and Tumbling Championships with another medal to add to his vast collection.
Kai Dwyer nabbed silver in the double mini part...
Police investigating theft from vehicles, break-and-enters
FALL RIVER: An assault, theft from vehicles, and break-and-enters have kept RCMP in Halifax District busy during the past week, according to the Crimemapping website.
RCMP received a report of a theft-from-vehicle on Pratt &...
Spreading her happiness on missionary trip
FALL RIVER: Savanna MacLennan has a lot of happiness to spread—so the Fall River woman is going to do just that in Lithuania.
MacLennan is leaving Dec. 3 for the 18-month missionary trip through the...
Downtown Halifax Wi-Fi debate contentious among councillors
FALL RIVER: Getting Wi-Fi in Downtown Halifax created a lot of uncertainty and discussion in council chambers, and both local councillors were unsure what the outcome would be.
Steve Streatch, the councillor representing Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit...
Transit plan to get “sober second look”
FALL RIVER: The ‘Moving Forward Together’ plan is going to have a much needed “sober second look” the local councillor for Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley said.
As part of the initial recommendation from HRM staff is...
Lucie Schmidt “excited” to be NSTT recipient
LAKEVIEW: A Lakeview modern/contemporary dancer is excited and honoured to have been one of three local recipients of scholarships from the Nova Scotia Talent Trust (NSTT).
Lucie Schmidt credited the seven years she had at...
Human remains found in Waverley identified
WAVERLEY: The human remains found by a hunter Saturday night Oct. 1 in Spider Lake in Waverley have been identified by Halifax District RCMP.
Following an investigation by the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner's Office and...
New fire training facility welcomed by rural EH fire departments
NOEL: Firefighters in rural East Hants now have a state-of-the-art facility, as officials termed it, they can use to train for different firefighting scenarios right in their own backyard.
The bonus is that it’s not...
Decision at last: community groups getting HRM money
FLETCHERS LAKE: A pair of community projects selected to receive money from the leftover Fall River/Fletchers Lake sidewalk fund have finally received approval from HRM regional council.
A multi-sports field being built by the Fall...
Armed robbery on Saturday night being investigated
LOWER SACKVILLE: For the second time in as many days, Halifax District RCMP are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a gas station in Lower Sackville.
At approximately 9:15 p.m. Saturday evening, Oct. 29, a woman...