ELMSDALE: The deputy minister for the Department of Environment and Climate Change said samples taken June 11 at Shubenacadie Grand Lake shows evidence there’s blue-green algae present consistent with levels…
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia is lifting its border restrictions and opening to the rest of Atlantic Canada on June 23, Premier Iain Rankin announced today, June 15. This means that residents…
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia has no plans to follow in the footsteps that neighbouring New Brunswick is doing by holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics in schools. At a recent COVID-19 briefing, Dr.…
KENNETCOOK: Wyatt Sanford has a busy schedule these days. The 22-year-old Kennetcook boxer is hard training, as he said in an interview with The Laker News, like he’s “got the…
WINDSOR JUNCTION: Marni Tuttle knows the hard work begins now. Tuttle, from Windsor Junction was recently declared the winner of the Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank Liberal nomination, besting Steve Sinnott to…
FALL RIVER: The Mobile Unit for Public Helath will be in Fall River on June 15 as part of expanded testing in HRM and CBRM. Testing people who show no…
GRAND LAKE: Nova Scotia Environment said it’s continue to wait for test results for the Shubenacadie Grand Lake water samples taken on Thursday June 10. Tracy Barron, communications spokeswoman for…
HALIFAX: On June 14, Nova Scotia is reporting a death related to COVID-19. A woman in her 80s has died in Central Zone. Nova Scotia is also reporting eight new…
EAST HANTS/FALL RIVER: Here are some answers to questions the community submitted to us at The Laker to ask regarding COVID-19. While we didn’t get a chance to ask these…
BEDFORD: Three students at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) in Bedford were among the award recipients announced on May 28. The three—Fraser Smith of Beaver Bank; Thomas Hobbs of Fall…