Author Archives: Evan Taylor
New Protocols For Bridgewater Council Meetings Could Improve Public Engagement
Tonight will see the first in-person council meeting in Bridgewater in over four months and some new changes could improve the experience even once the pandemic is over. Mayor David Mitchell says in w...
Aug 10, 2020 Bridgewater Town Council have been meeting virtually and broadcasting a livestream since March 22, after the province went into a State of Emergency. Photo: Facebook
LYC Plans Welcome Back Regatta After COVID-19 Decimated Sailing Schedules
Sailing like most other recreation activities had to be put on hold this summer due to the pandemic but now as case numbers have dropped off the Lunenburg Yacht Club (LYC) is prepared to host one of t...
Aug 10, 2020 The IOD fleet, pictured here sailing in Mahone Bay in 2019, is one of several who will be participating in the Lunenburg Yacht Club's Welcome Back Regatta. The event will take place August 21-23 and is slated to be the largest keelboat regatta in the province this summer. Photo: Josh Healey
Barrington EMO Offers Support As Water Supply Dwindles
What has been a relatively dry summer has led to water shortages in Barrington with reports of wells running low or dry coming from around the community. In an effort to help the community the Barring...
Aug 07, 2020 Municipal building in Barrington, N.S.
Nova Scotia To Sponsor New Nurse Practitioners
After a successful first iteration of the program, the Nova Scotia Health Authority announced they would be offering six more subsidized seats in Dalhousie University's Masters of Nursing (Nurse Pract...
Aug 06, 2020 Esther Max / CC
NSHA Reports Two Breaches Of Private Information
The Nova Scotia Health Authority says the private information of 211 people was recently breached in two separate incidents. According to the Progressive Conservative Health Critic, Karla MacFarlane t...
Aug 05, 2020 The Nova Scotia Health Authority Head Office in Burnside, NS. Photo: NSHA
Picton Castle Opens Recruiting Ahead Of World Voyage
The trip of a lifetime aboard the Picton Castle is over 9 months away but applications to join the crew are now open. Originally they had planned to travel to the South Pacific this year but the COVID...
Jul 31, 2020 The Picton Castle under full sail. Photo: Picton Castle
HWY. 12 Car Crash Launched Passengers From Vehicle
An accident in Lunenburg County left three injured after their car left the road Wednesday evening. Lunenburg District RCMP says the vehicle was traveling along Highway 12 when it left the road, overt...
Jul 31, 2020
Man Found Dead On Side Of Road In Maplewood
Lunenburg District RCMP responded to a report of a deceased man lying on the side of Gilbert Road in Maplewood on July 18. Paramedics at the scene determined that the man had been there, deceased, for...
Jul 30, 2020
$33 Million in Drugs Passed Through Lockeport Before Seizure
After the Canadian Border Services Agency boarded a small vessel near a Halifax and seized a large amount of suspected cocaine more details are beginning to surface. The CBSA says they began their inv...
Jul 30, 2020 Officers from CBSA Halifax Marine Operations pictured with approximately 270 kg of suspected cocaine, seized from a vessel in Halifax, NS on July 18, 2020. Photo: CBSA
Region Of Queens Approves Diversity and Inclusion Team
The Region of Queens Municipality recently adopted the Municipal Government for All Vision Framework that allows for the creation of a community-led Diversity and Inclusion Action Team and the hiring ...
Jul 29, 2020
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