VIDEO: “I feel like I still have to take it all in.” Sloan MacKenzie...
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 the fact that she is...
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.
WAVERLEY/FALL RIVER: A singer from Waverley...
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.
Here is the response from...
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 N.S. Music Awards industry award...
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 Regional Municipality areas.
Julie’s Organizing Services...
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 Thursday night.
At approximately 7:11 p.m....
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 town to discuss the...
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 that the Houston government has finally...
N.S. announces rent supplement program expands, aligns benefits with rent paid
HALIFAX: More low-income Nova Scotians will qualify for a rent supplement through changes the Province is making to the program with the support of the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
The calculation of the...
Launch of new school lunch program gearing up
HALIFAX: Families across Nova Scotia will soon be able to order school lunches that are affordable, nutritious and delicious.
The Nova Scotia School Lunch Program will serve its first lunches this October.
Throughout August and...