All about the Carolina wren
It is that time of year when birds are starting to set up territories or are already in the process...
Province goes with plan over Coastal Protection Act
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LIVERPOOL - Municipalities are questioning the provincial government’s decision not to approve the Coastal Protection Act.
Region of Queens...
Lumberjacks pull to within one in first round of playoff series
BRIDGEWATER - The Jr. B Lumberjacks won two straight going into Monday’s game six of the NSJHL Fred Fox division...
Jr. Lumberjacks win game seven, overcoming 3-0 series deficit
BRIDGEWATER - The Jr. B Lumberjacks axed the Penguins in game seven Tuesday night at home in front of a...
Local results from the Great Backyard Bird Count are in
The Great Backyard Bird Count took place from Feb. 16-19. Nova Scotia had 140 species with 1,385 checklists submitted from...
Developer hopes to convert government-owned Oakhill land into housing
OAKHILL — Jordan Perry, who leads ARC Development Group, a Nova Scotia firm that reached a conditional deal with the...
Auctioning compassion for shelter pets
SHAID Tree Animal Shelter’s second annual online auction is live right now, running from March 4 through 8, 2024. It...
Queens County patients eligible for health e-records test
LIVERPOOL — Roughly 3,500 patients of Queens Family Health can have access to their personal medical records as part of...
Bridgewater ratepayers forking over more to pay for lifestyle centre
BRIDGEWATER — Residents from this town will continue to pay the Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre (LCLC) special purpose tax despite...
Sarah Mitton is a world champion
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - World champion.
Brooklyn’s Sarah Mitton, 27, is the World Athletics Indoor Champion after throwing a meet-best 20.22 metres...
Choosing our perceptions
Would your life be different if you could control your emotions? You could decide, “I’m choosing to be happy, confident,...
Great projects!
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Walker Comstock (left) and Ben Wile's projects were chosen by judges as the best in show at the...
Bird flu kills hundreds of fowl in Lower Branch
LOWER BRANCH — The spread of avian influenza through a Lunenburg County farm led to the death of hundreds of...
All about the brown thrasher
I haven’t seen a brown thrasher for two years.
So, I was envious when I heard that there was one in...
This week at SHAID Tree Animal Shelter
Last week, you read about our Orange Crew, the eight senior orange cats whose owner passed away unexpectedly and they...
CELEBRATING GIRLS IN HOCKEY
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The Western Riptide under-9 girls (white) hosted the Metro West Force Northern Lights team at the Lunenburg County...
Hearings delayed for a second time
LIVERPOOL - The Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board’s (NSARB) hearings into a proposed fish farm expansion for Kelly Cove Salmon...
Energy project set to start in Queens County
LIVERPOOL — Mersey River Wind hopes to get started this spring establishing wind turbines in Queens County that, when the...
SPORTS SHORTS
SHOT PUT GLORY
BROOKLYN - Sarah Mitton continues to rock the world of women’s shot put.
Mitton most recently set a new...
Bridgewater underdogs win u13 provincial curling title
BRIDGEWATER - It's a bit of an underdog story.
A mixed curling team, led by skip Ivy Hebb, representing the Bridgewater...
Reality Check: Messages That Matter
Have you ever received feedback that you didn’t want to hear? Yet, once you’ve heard it, you realize that even...
A bit about bald eagles
I recently read a booklet entitled, Bald Eagles in the Maritimes, by Peter Austin-Smith and Merritt Gibson. It was...
The Orange Crew at SHAID
On Feb. 9, eight senior cats (mostly orange tabbies) were relinquished to SHAID Tree Animal Shelter after a lady had...
U18A Cougars to host invitational tournament
LIVERPOOL - The Queens County Minor Hockey Association (QCMHA) Cougars U18A team will host the first George Fletcher Invitational tournament...
Transit service seeks $36,000 from town
BRIDGEWATER — Lunenburg County Wheels, a local public transit provider born out of the Senior Wheels Association, is seeking $36,000...
