Crowd wishes Samson well in retirement from politics
By Matt Dagley and Pat Healey FALL RIVER: With election day on April 28, a little get together among friends and supporters was held for Darrell Samson. Samson, the MP…
OBITUARY: Nicholas Gordon James MacCallum
We are sharing this on behalf of the MacCallum family who are friends with us here at The Laker News and are known in the community of Fall River/East Hants.…
Warr family gearing up to participate in Athens Marathon
FALL RIVER: A Fall River family will be running for a great cause this November in Athens. The Warr family—Charlotte, Julian, Jessica and her boyfriend Joel—will be taking part in…
N.S. shows support for municipalities’ growth
KINGS COUNTY: Nova Scotia is continuing to invest in municipal infrastructure projects through the Growth and Renewal for Infrastructure Development (GRID) Program. Thirty-five projects will receive nearly $26.8 million in…
From the Cruiser – April 23, 2025
ENFIELD: East Hants RCMP responded to 80 calls for service this past week. The following are some tidbits of info from S/Sgt. Mike Balmaceda. Speeding Vehicles While Police are often…
Locals win hardware at Skills N.S. competition
WAVERLEY: The local area had plenty of hardware coming home from a Skills Canada Nova Scotia competition held in Sydney. Jake Foster; Keegan O’Halloran; Alex Simms; Ronan Doherty; and Zack…
Gas-and-go suspect sought by RCMP
ENFIELD: RCMP are investigating a gas-and-go in the Enfield, HRM area. Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said that on April 19 at approximately 4:43 p.m., RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment responded to a…
Local schools registered to cast ballots in Student Vote 2025
OTTAWA, ONT.: As Canadians prepare to head to the polls, nearly one million students will be doing the same through Student Vote Canada — a national parallel election program that…
N.S. invests in Canada’s first-of-its-kind Bioinnovation Centre
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia will soon be a major player in the world of bioinnovation thanks to the newly opened Neptune BioInnovation Centre in Dartmouth. The centre will transform Nova Scotia’s…
Police investigate robbery in Lower Sackville
LOWER SACKVILLE: RCMP continue to investigate a robbery in Lower Sackville on April 17. Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said that on April 17 at approximately 9 a.m., RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment…