Winter walks help fight loneliness
HALIFAX: Who would have thought that a walk in the woods could help increase social connection and overall health? According to experts, loneliness is a growing epidemic. One remedy is…
From the Cruiser – Jan. 4, 2024
Brought to you by: ENFIELD: Over the past week, officers with East Hants RCMP responded to 109 calls for service. Among some of the highlighted calls is the following, as…
New temporary shelter opening in Halifax, N.S. and HRM announces
HALIFAX: More options for people experiencing homelessness to come indoors this winter and receive wraparound services, the province of Nova Scotia and HRM announced Jan. 8. A new temporary emergency…
Public Health offering health care and wellness transportation to Northern Zone residents
EAST HANTS: Nova Scotia Public Health is offering all residents of Colchester, Cumberland and Pictou counties and the Municipality of East Hants free, non-urgent transportation support to get to and…
HRM proclaims January as Crime Stoppers month
HALIFAX: The representative for Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley helped kick off January 2024 as Crime Stoppers Month. Deputy Mayor Cathy Deagle Gammon read the proclamation from the Halifax Regional Municipality marking…
Bringing transit to Fall River could bring added costs to residents
FALL RIVER: Bringing transit to Fall River appears to be more complicated then the local councillor even thought it would be. Cathy Deagle Gammon, the newly elected in Deputy Mayor…
Province supports newcomer skilled trades assessments, building officials training with funding
From a release HALIFAX: Newcomers and Nova Scotians now have more access to training and certification in construction trades. “We’ve taken bold action and made significant investments to help increase…
Helping lower cost of doing business should be New Year resolution for Atlantic Canadian governments, says CFIB
HALIFAX: As small businesses kick off 2024, they are passing along some New Year’s resolutions for their provincial governments. Duncan Robertson, Senior Policy Analyst at the CFIB, said small businesses…
Dutch Settlement man remembered for laugh, love of four-wheeling, and his family
ELMSDALE: An obituary for the man who died in a two-vehicle collision in Elmsdale on Thursday morning describes him as a “man of very few words but his laugh could…
Police charge Lower Sackville man in drugs/weapons investigation
LOWER SACKVILLE: A 56-year-old Lower Sackville man has been arrested as part of a drug and weapons investigation by Halifax District RCMP’s Community Action Response Team (CART). Cpl. Gui Tremblay,…