Month: January 2021

Here is our Pet of the Week for Jan. 15, 2021 as selected by a random computerized draw: The other pets that were submitted will be included in the draw…

INDIAN BROOK: A 23-year-old man from Sipekne’katik has died after a single-vehicle collision on the afternoon of Jan. 13, RCMP confirm. N.S. RCMP spokesman Sgt. Andrew Joyce said that at…

ENFIELD: Officers with East Hants RCMP responded to nine motor vehicle collisions during the past week, according to From the Cruiser column info provided by S/Sgt. Cory Bushell. The mvc’s…

EAST HANTS: Motor vehicle collisions was the top call of 2020 for local fire departments that provided data for the 2020 year to The Laker News. While we asked for…

GORMANVILLE: A 46-year-old Noel area man was nabbed going more than twice the speed limit on Highway 354 on Jan. 7. East Hants RCMP S/Sgt. Cory Bushell said a member…

COVID19 really changed things. In some ways it added a lot to our lives. New skills learned. New hobbies, or time to return to old hobbies that have fallen off…

EAST HANTS: A hockey player from East Hants has announced he has committed to an NCAA Division 1 hockey team, when the time comes. At just 16-years-old, Duncan Ramsay is…

HRM: Beginning Jan. 15, testing will be mandatory for rotational workers who work outside Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. “We are concerned about the high number…

HALIFAX: Nova Scotia’s post-secondary sector plays a key role in our cultural, social and economic well-being as a province, and like other sectors, it has faced unprecedented challenges due to…

This piece is the first in a series looking at East Hants’ history submitted by Holly Hanes: Have you ever found an abandoned cemetery in the woods? The East Hants…