PHOTOS/VIDEO: Getting the trash out of the Sackville River
LOWER SACKVILLE: More than 50 people from the Sackville area community turned out to help the Sackville Rivers Association get the trash out of the river. Along the Sackville Greenway,…
CANADA VOTES 2025: Sackville-Bedford-Preston candidate video interviews for April 28 election
FALL RIVER/LOWER SACKVILLE: With election day being today APRIL 28, we are recapping for you the three video interviews we did with the candidates for Sackville-Bedford-Preston. The interviews were sponsored…
Province recruits 253 new doctors, N.S. Health says
FALL RIVER/HALIFAX: Nova Scotia welcomed 253 new doctors between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025, Nova Scotia Health said in a release on April 23. That’s a net gain…
Tick Safety important across province
HALIFAX: Tick populations are growing in every part of Nova Scotia, urban and rural. With the temperature above freezing, it is important for people to take the necessary steps to…
Energy, excitement evident as Lockview High students prepare to perform Little Shop of Horrors
FALL RIVER: If the energy in the room at a rehearsal Wednesday April 23 afternoon for Lockview High’s production of the Little Shop of Horrors is any indication, it is…
Cobequid Community Health Centre’s emergency department pilots new number system
LOWER SACKVILLE: The Cobequid Community Health Centre is piloting a new program in the emergency department designed to enhance patient experience and reduce wait times through a number system. Effective…
Advance voter turnout high across N.S., preliminary numbers from Elections Canada indicate
GATINEAU, QUE.: Voters in Kings-Hants and Sackville-Bedford-Preston took advantage of the four days of advanced voting to cast their ballots for the federal election. While election day isn’t until Monday…
Crowd wishes Samson well in retirement from politics
By Matt Dagley and Pat Healey FALL RIVER: With election day on April 28, a little get together among friends and supporters was held for Darrell Samson. Samson, the MP…
OBITUARY: Nicholas Gordon James MacCallum
We are sharing this on behalf of the MacCallum family who are friends with us here at The Laker News and are known in the community of Fall River/East Hants.…
Warr family gearing up to participate in Athens Marathon
FALL RIVER: A Fall River family will be running for a great cause this November in Athens. The Warr family—Charlotte, Julian, Jessica and her boyfriend Joel—will be taking part in…