Province announces panel on housing members
HALIFAX: Former cabinet minister Geoff MacLellan will chair the panel on housing in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), a joint planning task force created this fall to address housing challenges in…
Province encourages NSians to be winter ready
HALIFAX: The Department of Public Works is encouraging all Nova Scotians to prepare themselves and their vehicles for winter conditions before the snow starts to fall. “As Nova Scotians, we…
Zonta Club holding 16 Days of Activism events
HALIFAX: The screens at Rogers Square in Halifax will be highlighting Zonta’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence from November 25 until December 1 in support of the Zonta…
GPV student among winners in Ghost Story writing contest
FALL RIVER: Kayleigh Monette doesn’t like scary stuff, like ghost stories. However, that didn’t stop the Wellington girl from entering a recent contest held by Halifax Regional Public Libraries. Monette…
Police credit watchful neighbours for Upper Sackville break-and-enter arrest
UPPER SACKVILLE: Watchful residents helped keep their community safe by reporting a break and enter which led to the arrest of a 44-year-old man yesterday evening. Cpl. Lisa Croteau, spokeswoman…
“Hauliday” Toy Drive underway at local businesses
FALL RIVER: Several local businesses are taking part in an annual tradition – a Toy Drive for those at the IWK and the Boys and Girls Club. Junk Works Halifax…
No one injured in school bus, vehicle collision
ENFIELD: None of the 13 students or driver on a school bus involved in a morning collision in Enfield were injured. Halifax District RCMP Cpl. Lisa Croteau said police were…
GPV students place second, sixth in Canada CyberSTEAM Challenge
MAIN PHOTO: Emily Aporta and teammate Annabelle Brozek were second, while Ryder MacQueen and Quinlan Yorke came sixth in the Canada CyberSTEAM Challenge. (Healey photo) FALL RIVER: Four students from…
Affordable housing units in Lantz part of provincial investment
LANTZ: A development underway in Lantz by the Shaw Group will have close to half of it’s units dedicated as affordable housing, the province announced in a release on Nov.…
N.S. residents advised to prepare for fall storm
HALIFAX/EAST HANTS: Nova Scotians are being advised to batten down the hatches and put away that lawn furniture because there’s a storm coming Monday Nov. 22. The Emergency Management Office…