Author Archives: Evan Taylor
Christmas Tree Collection Dates
With the Holiday season now fully wrapped up most people will be looking to get rid of their Christmas Trees. The simplest way to do that is to put it on the curb during designated pickup days. Across...
Jan 03, 2020 oatsy40 / CC
Old Bridge Traffic Lights Set To Be Repaired Next Week
After a power outage on Dec. 27th, the traffic lights at Old Bridge Rd in Bridgewater started malfunctioning. Now over five days from the original outage the lights are still operating as a four-way s...
Jan 02, 2020
New Years Holiday Hours Around Bridgewater
With the New Year celebrations upon us, many businesses and services will have altered hours of operation. Most major grocery stores close at 6 tonight and are closed tomorrow. All NSLC locatio...
Dec 31, 2019 Steve Snodgrass / CC
Nature Conservancy Suggesting Alternative Use For Discarded Christmas Trees
Now that Christmas is over most people will be throwing their trees to the curb. However, the Nature Conservancy of Canada is asking that you do something a bit different this year. They are calling o...
Dec 30, 2019 oatsy40 / CC
Environmental Group suggests turning your Christmas Tree Into Birdhouse
Once Boxing Day is over most people are looking to get rid of their trees as soon as possible, so they toss it to the curb but what if there was another option. According to the Nature Conservancy of ...
Dec 23, 2019
New Laws Come Into Affect, Should Reduce Scam Phone Calls
This week new regulations from the CRTC came into effect requiring mobile phone providers to install new security software to protect their users from scam calls. The software companies will be requir...
Dec 20, 2019 Kevin Dooley / CC
Local Businesses connected to Northern Pulp Worried About Possible Shut Down
Many businesses around Nova Scotia and all of the Atlantic provinces will be nervously awaiting the provincial governments' decision on the Boat Harbour Act and essentially the fate of the Northern Pu...
Dec 19, 2019 Lenore Edman / CC
Nova Scotia Government Buys New Ambulance Lifts
Up until now, virtually all patients who have been transported in an ambulance in Nova Scotia would have been manually lifted in by paramedics. Now paramedics are set to get a little help in the form ...
Dec 19, 2019 An EHS ambulance outside of South Shore Regional Hospital in Bridgewater, NS. Photo: Evan Taylor
Northern Pulp Call For Decision From Government, Premier Answers
On Tuesday it was announced by the provincial environment minister, Gordon Wilson that Northern Pulp would need to complete a more extensive environmental assessment of the proposed effluent pipe. The...
Dec 18, 2019 File Photo
Bridgewater Jr. High Students Learn About The Dangers Of Vaping
A normal and healthy 19-year-old girl showed up at South Shore Regional Hospital for a routine procedure, a few hours later she would find herself battling for her life. This would be the catalyst tha...
Dec 17, 2019 Students at Bridgewater Jr. High listen to a presentation on the dangers of vaping. Photo Credit: Evan Taylor
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