Police arrest Fall River man for uttering death threats
FALL RIVER: A 50-year-old man was taken into police custody on Friday afternoon Oct. 30 on a quiet residential street in Fall River on a slew of charges.
On Oct. 28, Halifax District RCMP received...
Less paperwork for road construction companies with amendments to Motor Vehicle Act
DARTMOUTH: Construction and traffic control companies that work on Nova Scotia roads and highways will soon have less paperwork to do when they want to use an automated flagger assistance device, the Minister said...
Elmsdale man charged under Emergency Management Act
ELMSDALE: RCMP have charged a man for a violation while the woods ban was on across N.S. due to the wildfires.
East Hants RCMP Const. Preston Burns, the community policing officer in Enfield, said the...
Horne earns three Army Cadet awards
FALL RIVER: A local Army Cadet member from 3036 Sackville Lions RCEME Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps. had a big haul at their year-end ceremonial review.
Louisa Horne, who calls Fall River home and is...
The ReCover Initiative: ReImagining the Energy Efficient Building. ReBuilding a Sustainable Economy
The following is written by freelance journalist Chris Benjamin and submitted to The Laker News by Quest as part of the Powered By Communities communication campaign.
BERWICK: Lorrie Rand remembers two pivotal moments leading to...
Adjournment granted in case involving Five Mile River man
SHUBENACADIE: An adjournment was requested by the lawyer for a Five Mile River man charged with child pornography offences in late 2020.
In late November 2020, an investigation began by Halifax District RCMP and the...
MLA MacDonald provides road work updates
ENFIELD: Several roads are getting work from provincial road crews, the MLA for the area said.
Hants East MLA John A. MacDonald provided an update on roadwork ongoing in the Municipality of East Hants before...
Police caution Maitland resident over burning debris
MAITLAND: RCMP responded to a grass fire on Hwy 236 in Maitland on March 13.
The request for police attendance came from multiple volunteer fire departments who were attending to the incident.
“Upon police arrival, the...
IWK Radiothon: Gabriella and her Hammonds Plains families story
The following was submitted to us by the IWK Radiothon
HAMMONDS PLAINS: Within 24 hours of welcoming their first child in 2009, Catherine Coutts and Mark Hippern learned that their daughter, Gabriella, was dealing with...
NSH provides update to services impacted by significant snowfall
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Health is advising that some non-emergency services will continue to be reduced in Eastern and Northern zones due to the heavy snow in parts of the province and poor road conditions...