PHOTOS: Revelers enjoy food, music at New Year’s Day Levees
WELLINGTON: The year 2025 kicked off with revelers enjoying festivities, food, and music at many local venues.
Two of those venues that we stopped by were at the Wellington Fletchers Lake Station House and the...
IAFF: Occupational cancer is killing firefighters
January is Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month
From a release sent to The Laker News by the IAFF
OTTAWA, ONT.: Occupational cancer is claiming the lives of more fire fighters than any other cause, including fires...
Lower Sackville man wanted on province-wide arrest warrant
LOWER SACKVILLE: RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment is seeking information on the whereabouts of a man currently wanted on a province-wide arrest warrant.
Damon Rees, 30, of Lower Sackville, is wanted and facing charges of:
Aggravated Assault
Assault...
Top baby names in N.S. for 2024
HALIFAX: Theodore topped the list of Nova Scotia newborn names in 2024.
Other names in the top 10 are William, Jack, Noah, Charlotte, Amelia, Oliver, Benjamin, Olivia and Levi, according to the Province’s Registry of...
Ring in 2025 with friends at these local venues
FALL RIVER/WAVERLEY: Get ready to ring in the New Year at local New Year’s Day Levees in Waverley, Fall River, Milford, Wellington, and Elmsdale.
The LWF Hall in Fall River; Elmsdale Legion; Milford Rec Hall;...
Rally scheduled to show why Sackville Arena is Kraft Hockeyville
LOWER SACKVILLE: The Sackville Arena is hoping to show why they are Kraft Hockeyville 2025.
And to do so they’re calling on the assistance of those in HRM and across Nova Scotia.
Organizers of the Kraft...
Airline experiences gear collapse upon landing at HSIA, forcing brief closure
Photo by Hannah Babin, submitted.
HALIFAX STANFIELD AIRPORT: A flight with a reported 77 people on board experienced an issue upon landing at Halifax Stanfield Airport on Saturday night.
Reports indicate that the Air Canada Express...
Fire crews battle Fall River house fire
FALL RIVER: Firefighters from approximately 10 stations in the Sackville/Bedford/Fall River and area and Elmsdale regions responded to a structure fire shortly after noon on Saturday Dec. 28.
From reports on the scene, everyone...
Air Show Atlantic heads across the Confederation Bridge
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I.: Air Show Atlantic is coming back to Prince Edward Island!
On June 28-29, the widely popular Air Show, which held 2024’s show at CFB Greenwood, returns to the Summerside Airport after seven years.
AIR...
Two Colchester County deaths ruled as murders
COLCHESTER COUNTY: RCMP Northeast Nova Major Crime Unit (NEN MCU) is seeking information in relation to two deaths that have been ruled as homicides in Colchester County.
On December 19, at approximately 9:15 p.m., Truro...