HANTS EAST: Submit your questions for the Chamber/The Laker News candidates debate
EAST HANTS: The Laker News is partnering with the East Hants & Districts Chamber of Commerce to co-host a 2021 Provincial Election Candidates Forum on Aug 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
It will be livestreamed...
Birthday milestone: Former Fall River resident turns 100
FALL RIVER: Sarah Brown may no longer live in Fall River, but she certainly has many memories from her 44 years that she called it home.
On July 24, Brown, who now lives in Lower...
ELECTION21: NDP committed to permanent rent control
HALIFAX: NDP Leader Gary Burrill spoke with Garry Williams, a renter in Halifax, about how skyrocketing rents leave real people afraid of being priced out of their home and not able to find an...
ELECTION21: Rankin says re-elected Liberals would eliminate tolls for non-commercial drivers at Cobequid Pass
CUMBERLAND: A re-elected Nova Scotia Liberal government will eliminate tolls for non-commercial Nova Scotia drivers on the Cobequid Pass on October 1, 2021.
Nova Scotia Liberal leader Iain Rankin joined Bill Casey, Liberal candidate for...
Water service expected to return to normal in Waverley, Lakeview, WJ areas July 21
From Halifax Water:
WINDSOR JUNCTION: Halifax Water and our contractor, Dexter Construction, are undertaking significant work at the intersection of Cobequid Road and Glendale Avenue.
Part of this work involves the connection of the new section...
Halifax Water issues travel advisory for Cobequid Road from July 16-19
Twitter: @ReprtrPatHealey
From Halifax Water:
WINDSOR JUNCTION/FALL RIVER: Beginning last night, July 16, at 6 p.m., Halifax Water and our contractor, Dexter Construction, will be connecting the new section of water main on Cobequid Road to...
N.S. Wildland firefighters to help snuff out forest fires across Canada
Twitter: @ReprtrPatHealey
ENFIELD, HRM: Nova Scotia has answered the call to help fight wildfires in Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia.
Twenty-three Department of Lands and Forestry wildland firefighters and one agency representative will fight alongside other...
N.S. announces funding for hospital equipment, renovations
HALIFAX: The Rankin government is investing $7.6 million in equipment upgrades to ensure hospitals are providing the best care for Nova Scotians.
The investment includes new diagnostic, imaging and monitoring equipment.
"Our government has been modernizing...
Feds, province invest $1.2 m in Halifax Water to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
WINDSOR JUNCTION/HALIFAX: Halifax Water has been approved for approximately $1.23 million dollars in federal/provincial funding to install 425 kW of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at four of its facilities.
This funding is based on an...
Province announces investment towards fleet of electric buses for HRM
HALIFAX: The province is investing more than $37 million to help bring 60 new battery-operated, electric buses to Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM).Once in service they are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3,800...