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Meet The Candidate: Suzanne Lohnes-Croft
Suzanne Lohnes-Croft is seeking reelection in the riding of Lunenburg for the third consecutive election. Before entering politics Lohnes-Croft was an early childhood educator. She also credits her vo...
Evan Taylor Jul 26, 2021 Lunenburg MLA Suzanne Lohnes-Croft Chairs the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development
Meet The Candidate: Alison Smith
Alison Smith is the NDP candidate running in the riding of Lunenburg, in what is her first campaign for public office. Smith says she's worked a variety of jobs across the South Shore that has given h...
Evan Taylor Jul 23, 2021 Alison Smith is the NDP candidate for Lunenburg. Photo: Facebook Photo
Highway 103 Closed Near Italy Cross Due to Crash
Highway 103 between Exit 14 and 15 has been shut down according to Lunenburg District RCMP. They say there is a serious motor vehicle collision near Italy Cross and the highway had to be shut down to ...
Evan Taylor Jul 22, 2021
Rankin Says Highway Improvements Will Help Health Care, Housing
Liberal Leader Iain Rankin was in Antigonish Wednesday, beginning the day campaigning with a major commitment to improving two of the province's major highways. Rankin says a provincial Liberal govern...
Evan Taylor Jul 21, 2021 Liberal Leader Iain Rankin making an announcement in Antigonish on infrastructure commitments. Photo: Rankin Campaign Office.
Dr. Strang Clarifies Concerns Over Mixing Vaccines
Multiple media outlets have been reporting that the World Health Organization is opposed to the mixing of COVID-19 vaccines, but Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang says that isn't the c...
Evan Taylor Jul 14, 2021 Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health; photo courtesy Communications NS
Ambulance Shortage Shows No Signs of Improvement
Over the past year the IUOE 721, the union which represents EHS paramedics in Nova Scotia has been raising the alarm about ambulance shortages. The IUOE issues a #CODECRITICAL when there is limited am...
Evan Taylor Jul 14, 2021 An EHS ambulance outside of South Shore Regional Hospital in Bridgewater, NS. Photo: Evan Taylor
Alcohol Believed To Be A Factor In Western Shore Boat Crash
Over the weekend Lunenburg RCMP says they responded to an incident that saw a boat crash into a rock wall. Police say that the boat had been heading to shore around 10:30 p.m. on July 10, when it stru...
Evan Taylor Jul 13, 2021 An RCMP boat in Chester, NS. Photo: Nova Scotia RCMP.
Queens General ER Closed For First Time Ever
The Queens General Hospital Emergency Room had a perfect record of being open until this Monday. Due to physician shortages, the ER was forced to close down Monday at 6 a.m., it reopened again this mo...
Evan Taylor Jul 13, 2021 Queens General Hospital in Liverpool, NS. Photo: NSHA
Premier Urges Nova Scotians To Rebook Second Doses
At today's provincial COVID-19 briefing Premier Iain Rankin emphasized the need for more Nova Scotians to move their appointments for second doses up. The Premier expressed concern that many Nova Scot...
Evan Taylor Jul 12, 2021 Premier Rankin stressed the need for more Nova Scotians to move up their second dose appointments at the July 12 COVID-19 briefing. Photo: Nova Scotia Government.
RCMP Investigate Fatal Motorcycle Collision On Highway 103
Lunenburg District RCMP say a 63-year-old Halifax man was killed in a motorcycle collision Sunday evening. RCMP were first alerted to the collision near Exit 7 along Highway 103 around 5:15 p.m. They ...
Evan Taylor Jul 12, 2021 (CKBW News photo)