Author Archives: Evan Taylor
Lunenburg looks to sell Old New Town School
In this year's budget, the Town of Lunenburg indicated they would be creating a strategy to offload some of their real estate portfolio and they have just listed the third property since making those ...
Jun 22, 2022 The Town of Lunenburg intends to divest ownership of 17 Tannery Road, the Old New Town School referred to as the Annex. Photo: Town of Lunenburg.
Doctor recruitment efforts on the right track, says newly formed office of recruitment
Ten months since the creation of the Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment, they feel they are making headway in improving the province's ability to lure healthcare professionals to Nova Scot...
Jun 22, 2022 Dr. Hadiza Babatolu is one of the 163 doctors that began working in Nova Scotia this year after she was recruited from the United Kingdom and now practicing in Middle Sackville. Photo: Department of Health and Wellness.
Damning AG housing report didn't surprise Housing Minister, scope of overhousing did
A report released by Nova Scotia's Auditor General Kim Adair on Tuesday paints a dire picture of public housing in the province and how it's managed. It found that the average wait time for public hou...
Jun 21, 2022 Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister John Lohr says his department is already working on the 20 recommendations from the NS AG report on public housing. Photo: John Lohr/Facebook
Jacks coach Brad Tesink has high hopes for first full season behind the bench
After being given the South Shore Lumberjacks Head Coaching position on an interim basis in the middle of a tumultuous season Brad Tesink is hopeful for a turnaround this year in his first full year s...
Jun 20, 2022 Lumberjacks Head Coach Brad Tesink hopes to find success in his first full season behind the bench. Photo: South Shore Lumberjacks.
New microlender Lift Lunenburg aims to support aspiring entrepreneurs
Lift Lunenburg County approved their first-ever loan recently, and they are hopeful it's the first of many more to come. "The idea is to offer funding to prospective entrepreneurs who may have struggl...
Jun 20, 2022 Evelyn Ernst of Lift Lunenburg hopes to be approving more loans for prospective entrepreneurs who have struggled to get funding from traditional lenders. Photo: Lift Lunenburg/Facebook
Students celebrate first Black Excellence Day in classrooms across NS
Education Minister Becky Druhan visited the Dr. John C. Wickwire Academy in Liverpool to join them for their celebrations of Black Excellence Day. Today marked the first time schools observed the newl...
Jun 17, 2022 Students across Nova Scotia observed the first ever Black Excellence Day on Friday. Photo: Evan Taylor
Lobster industry sense more regulations coming for Chinese exports
In January, the Chinese Government introduced new import regulations known as Decrees 248 and 249, which require international distributors to register with the General Administration of Customs of Ch...
Jun 16, 2022 Rex Sorgatz / CC
Lumberjacks hopeful for successful season after staff shakeup
The South Shore Lumberjacks are hopeful that the first full season with new staff in key positions will bring with it success. It's set to be the first full season under the ownership of David Hinkley...
Jun 15, 2022 The home of the South Shore Lumberjacks, The LCLC in Bridgewater, NS. Photo: Evan Taylor
Fatal crash in Chester claims 30-year old's life.
RCMP in Chester responded to a fatal single-vehicle collision on Tuesday night along Highway 329. At approximately 10:30 p.m. they discovered that a vehicle with a lone occupant had crashed into the d...
Jun 15, 2022
BPS lay charges in relation to sexual assaults' in late 70s
The Bridgewater Police Service (BPS) has charged a 65-year-old man who now lives in Toronto with a slew of sexually related charges stemming from incidents that took place between 1978 and 1981. In Fe...
Jun 14, 2022
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