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East Hants & Districts Chamber of Commerce round up – week of July 27
Covid-19 Update for Businesses. Starting Friday the 31st, masks will now be mandatory in designated public indoor spaces.The indoor spaces are as follows: Retail businesses. Shopping centres. Personal services businesses,…
HRM creates Strategic Road Safety Framework website for residents
HALIFAX: To provide residents with updates regarding the actions outlined in the Strategic Road Safety Framework, a new web page and online dashboard have been created. Through the Strategic Road…
Two break-and-enters, assault, theft being investigated by police
FALL RIVER: A pair of break-and-enters are among the crimes being investigated by the RCMP, according to the HRP/Halifax District RCMP’s Crimemapping web tool. In Fall River, RCMP were informed…
Government projects $852 m deficit as a result of COVID19 impact
HALIFAX: The first update on Budget 2020-21 shows the COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on the province’s fiscal forecast. Finance and Treasury Board Minister Karen Casey presented the…
UPDATED: Local lifeguards taking part in fundraiser for Brigadoon Village
DOLLAR LAKE: A lifeguard from Milford is looking for the communities support as she looks to raise a lot of money for Brigadoon Village during next month’s BrigaSwim. Grace Heukshorst…
Blois pleased to see shootings get full public inquiry
EAST HANTS: Kings-Hants MP Kody Blois issued this statement after the announcement that the federal and provincial government will now hold a public inquiry into the mass shootings that took…
Samson welcomes announcement of public inquiry into mass shootings
FALL RIVER: The Liberal MP for Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook is welcoming his governments reversal in calling for a public inquiry and not an independent review into the April mass shootings. Shortly after…
Travel: Amherst Shore the perfect spot to recharge
This is a column about Pat Healey’s recent staycation to cottage country on the Northumberland Strait in rural Cumberland County. LORNEVILLE: I never understood what people were talking about before…
Police arrest impaired driver in stolen vehicle
LOWER SACKVILLE: A 59-year-old man from Bedford has been arrested for impaired driving and possession of a stolen vehicle, police say. In a release, Halifax District RCMP said that at…
Statement from Mark Furey, Minister of Justice and Attorney General
HALIFAX: Here is a statement from Minister of Justice and Attorney General for N.S., Mark Furey as issued on July 28: “I have heard from family members and many Nova…