RCMP holding checkpoints aimed at ensuring motorists are focused behind the wheel
DARTMOUTH: RCMP in the province are asking motorists to help keep everyone safe on the roads by staying alert and focused at all times behind the wheel.
During February, Nova Scotia RCMP will be conducting...
Councillors Corner with Cathy Deagle Gammon
Holland Road/Lockview Road; Comfort centre at Snow Centre;
nature playground in Carroll's Corner
FALL RIVER/MUSQ. VALLEY: The Laker News sat down with Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley District 1 HRM Councillor Cathy Deagle Gammon for Councillors Corner...
How did COVID-19 impact how our two local HRM councillors work
BEAVER BANK/FALL RIVER: COVID-19 has meant changing routines for the two local councillors in the Beaver Bank and Fall River areas.
Councillors Lisa Blackburn, who represents Upper/Middle Sackville-Lucasville-Beaver Bank, and Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley representative Cathy...
Councillors Corner with Lisa Blackburn
CN/Windgate Drive; Comfort centre at BBKCC; HTB driveway; Chase the Ace returns
BEAVER BANK: The Laker News sat down with Upper/Middle Sackville-Lucasville-Beaver Bank District 14 HRM Councillor Lisa Blackburn for her own Councillors Corner interview...
Blackburn talks speeding, crosswalk issue in Beaver Bank
BEAVER BANK: The Councillor for Upper/Middle Sackville-Lucasville-Beaver Bank spoke of the speeding concerns she has heard and answered why there’s no crosswalk on a very busy street where school kids cross Beaver Bank Road.
Councillor...
New license allows paramedic graduates to begin work sooner
HALIFAX: A new temporary licence will mean graduating paramedics can start working in their field sooner, thanks to a new policy approved by the College of Paramedics of Nova Scotia.Graduates of Medavie HealthEd's Primary...
Chender launches campaign to become provincial NDP leader
DARTMOUTH: Claudia Chender, the NDP MLA for Dartmouth South, has announced Feb. 14 that she has officially entered the campaign to become the next leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
“Over the...
PHOTOS: Ice rink becoming real on Village Green in Waverley
WAVERLEY: The ice rink on the Waverley Village Green has been filled with water.
With below zero temperatures and snowy weather forecasted, volunteers with the Waverley Community Association (WCA) spent most of their day Feb....
Two East Hants women seriously injured in fatal head-on collision
SWEETS CORNER: Two women from East Hants suffered serious injuries in a two-vehicle collision that saw a Kings County woman die.
According to Cpl. Chris Marshall, spokesperson with N.S. RCMP, police in West Hants were...
RCMP charge one with impaired driving; suspend licenses of seven others for same infraction
FALL RIVER: A Fall River area resident was one of the motorists Halifax District RCMP suspended their license for after being nabbed for impaired driving.
In a release, police say they charged one driver and...