East Hants business pleads guilty in employees workplace death
SHUBENACADIE: A well-known Lantz company has pleaded guilty in the death of an employee while at work last September. In Shubenacadie provincial court on July 26, lawyers for the Shaw…
PC’s say they have ‘solutions for mental health’ in N.S.
The following is a release from the N.S. PC Party HALIFAX: All Nova Scotians, regardless of their income, will have access to publicly-funded universal mental health care under a PC…
Rural firehalls could get big boost in funding from province
MOUNT UNIACKE: A chance encounter between a businesswoman and the now Liberal MP for Kings-Hants during the 2019 federal election campaign is being credited with seeing firehalls across N.S. become…
Rankin asked about release of Liberals election platform
MOUNT UNIACKE: The Liberal Party of Nova Scotia will be releasing their election platform for Nova Scotians to see–just not yet. During a stop in Mount Uniacke at Uniacke &…
Fletchers Lake family grateful for support after daughter seriously injured in hit-and-run
FLETCHERS LAKE: The family of a young woman from Fletchers Lake who was hit while crossing Robie Street in Halifax on July 21 is receiving an outpouring amount of support…
WFRBB: Submit your questions for The Laker News/FRABA Candidates Forum Aug. 3
FALL RIVER/BEAVER BANK: The Laker News is partnering with the Fall River & Area Business Association (FRABA) to co-host a Candidates Forum with the provincial election candidates for the Aug.…
Man faces impaired driving charges after “violent” Mount Uniacke crash
MOUNT UNIACKE: A 30-year-old Mount Uniacke man faces charges of impaired driving after a single-vehicle collision on July 18 on Etter Road. Local firefighters responded along with EHS to the…
HANTS EAST Election21: NDP’s Abby Cameron
Info from https://abbycameron.nsndp.ca/ Abby Cameron spent more than a decade telling people’s stories in East Hants. As a journalist and former editor of the Enfield Weekly Press and The Laker,…
HANTS EAST Election21: Green Party’s Simon Greenough
Info from: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EastHantsSimon/ Simon Greenough was raised on his family’s dairy farm in Greenfield. In 2017, he graduated from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton with a BSc…
HANTS EAST Election21: Liberal Party’s Michael Blois
Info from www.MichaelBlois.ca Michael Blois is a life-long resident of Gore, East Hants and grew up on an eighth-generation family farm with his parents, Debbie and Barron, and three brothers.…