Province recognizes dedication of volunteers
HALIFAX: Volunteers who give their time, promote community initiatives and offer support all year long were honoured today, Sept. 20, during a virtual ceremony for the 47th annual Provincial Volunteer…
StudentVote: NDP’s Chisholm choice for Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook students
SACKVILLE/FALL RIVER: If it was up to the students at participating StudentVote schools in Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook, Jenna Chisholm would be their new MP. The StudentVote mock election that ran parallel to…
StudentVote21: GPV students learn why voting matters
FALL RIVER: Grade 8 students at Georges P. Vanier Junior learned the values of why voting in an election is important during their participating in the mock Student vote federal…
HRM volunteer award nominations for 2022 now opened
FALL RIVER/BEAVER BANK/MUSQ. VALLEY: The Halifax Regional Municipality is currently seeking nominations for the 2022 Volunteer Awards. HRM said in a release the annual event puts a spotlight on residents…
COLUMN: Wealth advice from Jennifer Rideout, Assante Capital
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Estate Planning During Covid-19 Understandably, the Covid-19 pandemic has led many people to think about estate planning. The trouble, of course, is that the traditional approaches to…
Pet of the Week – Sept. 17
Here is our Pet of the Week for Sept. 17, 2021 as selected by a random computerized draw. The other pets that were submitted will be included in the draw…
AG finds improvements needed to Halifax Fire’s inspection program
HALIFAX: Halifax Fire is not effectively overseeing and managing its fire inspection program, HRM Auditor General, Evangeline Colman-Sadd, said in a report released yesterday, Sept. 15. Halifax Fire is not…
N.S. announces delay to Phase 5 reopening due to epidemiology
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia announced Sept. 14 that due to the current epidemiology in the province and Atlantic region, the Phase 5 re-opening in the province will be delayed until Oct.…
Pet of the Week – Sept. 10
Here is our Pet of the Week for Sept. 10, 2021 as selected by a random computerized draw. The other pets that were submitted will be included in the draw…
VIDEO: ATV Club, Station House partner for Perrin Drive cleanup
MILLER LAKE WEST: Two community organizations partnered to cleanup a popular area along a hiking trail at the end of Perrin Drive in mid-August that had become people’s illegal dumping…