Wilmot Thunder thank U15 Eastern organizers
The following was sent to The Laker News from the Wilmot Thunder U15 fast pitch team who attended the Eastern Canadians hosted by the East Hants Mastodons in Lantz over…
N.S., HRM extend shelter agreement
HALIFAX: Nova Scotians experiencing homelessness will continue to have 24/7 access to shelter space in the Halifax Forum’s Multi-Purpose Centre for another year. “We need to keep emergency options available…
VIDEO: “I feel like I still have to take it all in.” Sloan MacKenzie still riding Olympic bronze medal high
HALIFAX STANFIELD AIRPORT: Sloan MacKenzie feels like she’s living in a dream and hasn’t woken up yet. That’s the feeling the Windsor Junction product has as she tries to digest…
Waverley’s Maggie Andrew wins CBC Music’s Searchlight; Dee Dee Austin named Outstanding Indigenous Artist
MAIN PHOTO: Maggie Andrew of Waverley is the CBC Music Searchlight grand prize winner from across Canada. (CBC Music photo) Information in this story is from the CBC Music story.…
NSGEU issues letter responding to Minister of Health and Wellness
HALIFAX: Earlier Aug. 27 the Minister of Health and Wellness issued a statement regarding the ongoing bargaining between Nova Scotia Health, the IWK and the Council of Health Care Unions.…
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Big crowd at Concert in the Park
LOWER SACKVILLE: A crowd of approximately 300 people came out on a sunny Sunday evening for a free concert featuring three talented local musicians. Michelle Calder; Maurice Aucoin, a recent…
ADVERTORIAL: Let Julie’s Organizing Services get you organized
EAST HANTS/HRM: Keep calm and Organize on. That seems to be a fitting motto for Julie Witherell’s new business venture, Julie’s Organizing Services which covers the East Hants and Halifax…
PEI man dead in motorcycle collision
HILDEN: A 35-year-old Charlottetown man has died following a motorcycle collision near Hilden, police say. In a release, Colchester County RCMP say the collision took place on Highway 102 on…
Ferreri to hear childcare program concerns at Lantz town hall
LANTZ: Residents are encouraged to come out to a town hall on childcare set for tonight, Aug. 26. The town hall will see Conservative MP For Peterborough-Kawartha Michelle Ferreri in…
N.S. NDP issue statement on provincial changes to rent supplement program
From a press release HALIFAX: NSNDP Leader Claudia Chender made the following statement today in response to the Houston government’s decision to expand the rent supplement program: “We are relieved…