#WeMakeHappy: Gomes a passionate volunteer with Tri-Waters Girl Guides
FALL RIVER: A long-time volunteer with the Girl Guiding movement in the Fall River area was selected as the recipient for week 3 of the #WeMakeHappy campaign, a partnership between The Laker News and...
VIDEO INTERVIEW Question 3: Liberal Leader Churchill asked about provincial surplus
ENFIELD: N.S. Liberal Leader Zach Churchill answered our question about the province's announced $116 million surplus, and what should be done with it.
He had plenty of ideas on where the money should be spent.
Churchill...
VIDEO INTERVIEW Question 5: We asked Zach Churchill about his favourite hockey teams
ENFIELD: We couldn't ask all political questions to N.S. Liberal Leader Zach Churhill, so we thought of a bit of a lighter question.
It was dubbed as the hardest question of them all. Churchill gave...
Premier Houston asked about pressures put on area schools by growth, development in Fall...
BEAVER BANK/FALL RIVER: The province understands that growth and development in areas such as Fall River and Beaver Bank means an increase in population at area schools.
That’s what Premier Tim Houston said in answering...
N.S. medical student wins prestigious Global Entrepreneur Award for Canada
From a release
HALIFAX: As recently graduated Canadian medical resident David Hodgson starts his radiology residency at Halifax’s Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, he’s celebrating a major win for his re-imagined asthma device company...
Holiday concert featuring Tom Jackson set in support of Feed N.S.
HALIFAX: Feed Nova Scotia is thrilled to be named the charity of choice for a special holiday concert by Tom Jackson, singer-songwriter, actor and activist on Tuesday, December 13, at Bella Rose Arts Centre...
Drivers urged to be more vigilant as kids, school buses return to roads
ELMSDALE/MOUNT UNIACKE: Children return to school next week, and that means school buses are back on the road.
Acting East Hants RCMP Staff Sgt. Scott MacRae said many kids will be excited as they head...
Young woman speaks out about scary encounter at Waverley park
Hannah Burns raising awareness of her ordeal to help keep others safe
WAVERLEY: A young woman from Lakeside is speaking out after a scary encounter on a late Thursday night in the Powder Mill Park...
Pet of the Week – Dec. 18
Here is the Pet of the Week for Dec. 18, 2020 as selected by a random computerized draw:
The other pets that were submitted will be included in the draw for next week, and the...
NSPC: Government holding telecommunications companies accountable
COLCHESTER: After Hurricane Fiona left thousands of Nova Scotians without phone service, the Houston government is taking steps to improve disaster preparedness by holding telecommunications companies accountable.
Hon. John Lohr, the Minister responsible for the...