From terrified of the water to becoming a competitive swimmer with UNB Reds
FALL RIVER: If you would have asked Hannah MacLeod if she would become a competitive swimmer when she was five years old, the answer would have been a definitive no.…
SJUC holds drive-thru food drive
FALL RIVER: Two non-profit organizations in the Halifax Regional Municipality will benefit from a drive-thru food drive, held Feb. 6. The St. John’s United Church in Fall River hosted the…
Concerned Residents form appeal committee against proposed Carr Farm development
FALL RIVER: Residents have formed an appeal committee in their hopes of having the decision by HRM council to approve the Carr Farm project overturned. Dave Hawboldt is one of…
Mounties announce signing of Bures
FALL RIVER: A Fall River football player is ready to lace up the boots just across the border. Recently, the Mount Allison Mounties football program announced Haydn Bures had committed…
Minister says speeding concerns on Hwy. 2 a local district issue
FALL RIVER: The Minister of Public Works hasn’t heard of calls to lower the speed limit along Hwy 2 between Fletchers Lake to the Enfield Irving Big Stop. In an…
Legends tour releases 2022 schedule
BEDFORD: The Maritime League of Legends tour has released its tentative 2022 schedule, featuring 11 races over 10 weekends in the summer at five tracks throughout N.S., N.B., and PEI.…
Local RCMP looking for volunteers for COP program
FALL RIVER/MUSQ. VALLEY: The RCMP’s community-based crime prevention initiative, Citizens on Patrol (COP), is seeking new volunteers province-wide to help keep communities safe. The successful program has been running for…
Twenty-nine drivers charged with impaired driving offences in Fall River, Beaver Bank in 2021
FALL RIVER/BEAVER BANK: Eighteen drivers were charged with impaired operation of a vehicle during 2021 in the Beaver Bank and Fall River areas, statistics for the year from Halifax District…
COVID-19: Three deaths; 16 new admissions; five discharges; 346 new cases reported Jan. 26
HALIFAX: On January 26, Nova Scotia is reporting 16 new hospital admissions and five discharges. The province is also reporting three deaths related to COVID-19:— a woman in her 80s…
RCMP response sees slight increase in Fall River, Waverley, Musquodoboit Valley in Dec. 2021 over Dec. 2020
FALL RIVER/WAVERLEY: Halifax District RCMP responded to 616 calls for service in Dec. 2021, an increase of 2.4 per cent from the same period in Dec. 20202. The information comes…