Municipality welcomes SailGP participants
HALIFAX: The Halifax Regional Municipality is looking forward to hosting the Canada Sail Grand Prix Halifax. Over 1,000 athletes, team members and families will make their way to the Halifax…
Maggie Andrew, DeeDee Austin each receive three ECMA award nominations
SYDNEY, CAPE BRETON: Two musicians from the Fall River/Waverley area are among the nominees for the 2026 East Coast Music Awards. This year’s ECMA’s will be held May 20-24 in…
VIDEO: Water bucket challenge for Healey, Searle
MILFORD: The Laker News’ Pat Healey and the principal at Hants East Rural High Leanne Searle were nominated for the USCMind speak your mind ice water bucket challenge. The USC…
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’s Andrew tops Music N.S. award nominees list
WOLVILLE: A musician from Waverley is among the top performers nominated for the 2024 Music Nova Scotia Music & Industry Awards. Maggie Andrew has burst onto the N.S. music scene…
Music N.S. announces next round showcasing acts for N.S. Music Week
WOLFVILLE: Music Nova Scotia is thrilled to share the next round of showcasing acts that will be performing at Nova Scotia Music Week this fall in Wolfville/Mtapan from November 7-10.…
PHOTOS: Music festival heats up summer
WAVERLEY: It was a great weather weekend for music, and the tunes that echoed off of the stage at the Waverley Village Green on July 20 and July 21. The…
East Coast musical talent set to perform at Village Green Music Festival
MAIN PHOTO: Fall River Indigenous artist DeeDee Austin performs Buried Truth at the Halifax Stanfield Airport. (Healey photo) WAVERLEY: A slew of East Coast talent will be hitting the stage…
PHOTOS: Fall River singer Austin performs at Halifax Stanfield on National Indigenous Peoples Day
HALIFAX STANFIELD AIRPORT: Travellers got a taste of an up-and-coming Halifax-area singer on Friday at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Dee Dee Austin, an Indigenous singer, was performing songs from her…
Climate action being championed by HRM as JUNOS host
HALIFAX: Sustainability and climate action is being prioritized by the host committee for the JUNOS in Halifax in the planning and execution of JUNOS celebrations. This aligns with HalifACT: Acting…