“It was a hard fire” Firefighters battle blaze at meat plant
UPPER RAWDON: Close to 30 fire departments from across four counties in central N.S. heard the ‘sound of their people’ late on Sunday night, July 25 for a ravaging fire…
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 &…
Municipality of East Hants purchases Sportspelx for $2.3 million
LANTZ: The East Hants Sportsplex in Lantz has been purchased by the Municipality of East Hants (MEH) for $2.3 million. In a release on July 26, the Municipality and the…
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.…
HANTS EAST Election21: PC’s John A. MacDonald
Info from: http://www.johnamacdonald.ca/ Became an entrepreneur in 1999 when I created E-Commerce Solutions by Canucks Inc. Company specializes in IT in the Transportation Industry, with customers in Canada, USA and…
HANTS EAST: Submit your questions for the Chamber/The Laker News candidates debate
EAST HANTS: The Laker News is partnering with the East Hants & Districts Chamber of Commerce to co-host a 2021 Provincial Election Candidates Forum on Aug 4, beginning at 6:30…