PHOTOS: Music festival heats up summer
WAVERLEY: It was a great weather weekend for music, and the tunes that echoed off of the stage at the Waverley Village Green on July 20 and July 21.
The Waverley Music Festival featured five...
Minor baseball, Rugby club among East Hants groups to receive provincial funding investment
ENFIELD: Four community organizations and one business are receiving a total of $111,000 in provincial support to upgrade existing facilities, recreational spaces, and trails.
The funding grants were announced under bright sunny skies at the...
Enfield man stopped for speeding, charged with impaired driving
LANTZ: A 22-year-old Enfield man's day went from bad to worse after he was stopped for speeding on Hwy 2 in Lantz on July 12.
East Hants RCMP Const. Preston Burns said police stopped a...
Water quality advisories lifted at several beaches; including Springfield Beach, Shubie Park Beach
HALIFAX/SACKVILLE; The Halifax Regional Municipality is advising residents that the recreational water quality advisory has been lifted at several beaches.
The advisory were in place at Lake Echo Beach in Lake Echo, Birch Cove, Shubie...
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Amazing pep rally for Olympian Sloan MacKenzie
WAVERLEY: It was a medal-worthy atmosphere at Cheema Aquatic Club on Wednesday afternoon.
The club was holding a pep rally for Olympian Sloan MacKenzie who will compete with Katie Vincent in just days in C-2,...
Helping kittens find their forever home on National Adoption Week a fun part of...
NOTE: Since our story just posted, we have been told that a family friend of The Laker News has adopted Loui. Congrats! So Meisha is the lone one that now needs to find her...
HRM AG: Municipality not prepared for significant disruptions to operations
HALIFAX: The Auditor General for HRM said the municipality is unprepared for significant disruptions to its operations.
Auditor General, Andrew Atherton, said that in his his report released Wednesday July 17.
The audit found business continuity...
Booth ready to hear residents issues after being announced as provincial Liberal candidate
FALL RIVER/BEAVER BANK: An active community volunteer wants to do more at the provincial level for the Waverley-Fall River Beaver Bank community she calls home.
That’s why Elizabeth Booth put her name forward to be...
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Tide Fest celebrates community with summer fun
LANTZ: Summer fun was celebrated with plenty of activities during the three-day East Hants Tide Fest on July 12-14.
The summer festival saw activities take place in Elmsdale; at the ball field in Lantz; and...
Premier Houston asked about pressures put on area schools by growth, development in Fall...
BEAVER BANK/FALL RIVER: The province understands that growth and development in areas such as Fall River and Beaver Bank means an increase in population at area schools.
That’s what Premier Tim Houston said in answering...