LOCAL BRIEFS
Mountie revives teen experiencing opiate overdose
An unidentified Lunenburg County RCMP officer administered a medicine that reverses impacts of opiates on...
Hospital redevelopment secures big donation as town prepares to move on-street parking
Families of local businessmen who are leading a charity's fundraising efforts to help cover the cost of a multi-million refresh...
Home destroyed in North Queens fire
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Greenfield Fire Captain Krista Crouse was one of many firefighters to respond to a fire on a...
Half of wharf property sale proceeds pays bill owing for oil spill clean-up
Funds received from the recent sale of Bridgewater’s former federal government wharf went to cover an outstanding six-figure tab owed...
RQM employee fights back against vaccination policy
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Denise Covey of Greenfield, who has been employed as a fitness attendant at the municipally-owned Queens Place...
Workplace accident at Freeman mill prompts call to fire department
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A workplace incident at the Harry Freeman & Son Limited sawmill in Greenfield Jan. 6 left an...
Watford to The West Block: Local resident grew to become managing editor of iPolitics
After a cool dip in Lunenburg County’s Lake William, Janet Silver would hop on her bike and pedal to Mader’s...
Theatre Festival postponed until October
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Organizers of the Liverpool International Theatre Festival have postponed the biennial in-person event yet again due to...
Taking stock of past worries for future comfort
One trip through the misery is more than enough for most people.” That’s a quote from Dr. William Glasser, in...
RQM Mayor Darlene Norman reflects on trials and tribulations of the past year
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
For Darlene Norman, the mayor of the Region of Queens Municipality (RQM), 2021 was a year weighted...
Queens Place’s new canteen operator closes service citing lack of customers
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Hub 2.0 canteen in Queens Place Emera Centre in Milton, which only recently began operation under...
Pumper truck loaned to Cumberland County bound for permanent home in Hebbs Cross
The 1996 Volvo pumper truck from Bridgewater that temporarily went to Cumberland County to help first responders there who lost...
Parole board cancels Lunenburg County woman’s day parole
A Lunenburg County woman sentenced to federal prison for stabbing her then-boyfriend with a steak knife in a dispute over...
New public hiking trail on Hebbville farm a ‘win-win’
Local businessman and philanthropist Jonathan Lewis has forged a new path in community spirit, literally.
Eleven years ago, Lewis and his...
LOCAL BRIEFS
Town makes online street camera feed publicly available
Mahone Bay is making the Main Street camera feed its municipal public works...
Junior hockey leagues prepare to return in February if health regulations permit
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League (NSJHL) has laid out plans to re-start the season, all pending...
How to land an airplane … the abridged version
I was at a bookstore last week and I came across a little book with a bright green cover, called...
Five observers record 53 species in the White Point Christmas Bird Count
The White Point Christmas Bird Count took place on Dec. 14, 2021. The temperature ranged from – 4 C to...
Federal oppostion leader talks ecomomics with local business leaders
Federal opposition leader Erin O’Toole addressed pocketbook-related topics as he criticized the Trudeau Liberal government’s responses to cost-of-living and pandemic...
Developer abandons plans for vacant King Street lots
Black Seal Properties abandoned its plans to develop King Street lots in Bridgewater, which have been left vacant following a...
Culvert cost continues causing complications
The estimated price tag associated with a culvert replacement on north King Street in Bridgewater continues to be problematic for...
Citizens come to dogs’ aid in Lower New Cornwall
A demonstration of human compassion and an education into domestic animal behaviour were on display in Lower New Cornwall during...
Bridgewater cadet’s departure for the military has parents ‘proud and scared’
For Bridgewater’s Jason McCarthy and his wife Joanne, Jan. 22 likely will go down in their memories as a bitter-sweet...
Authorities continue probe of ‘suspicious’ fire at interchange site
Police are continuing to follow up on leads concerning a possible mischief, break-in and “suspicious” fire at the Bridgewater site...
Flags lowered for former RQM councillor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Flags were lowered to half-mast at the Region of Queens Municipality administration in honour of the passing...
