Flags lowered for former RQM councillor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Flags were lowered to half-mast at the Region of Queens Municipality administration in honour of the passing...
Vein visualizing tech makes way to Bridgewater hospital
Hard-to-find veins can no longer cloak from newly-acquired technology at Bridgewater’s South Shore Regional Hospital (SSRH).
A recent campaign by the...
The Great Backyard Bird Count
By JAMES HIRTLE
The dates this year for the Great Backyard Bird Count are Feb. 18-21. This will be the 25th...
RQM council briefs
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tax sale public auction cancelled
The increase in COVID-19 cases prompted the Region of Queens Municipality (RQM) to...
Michelin proposes Bridgewater plant expansion
Tire giant Michelin plans a “small addition” to its Bridgewater manufacturing plant equivalent in size to nearly half of the...
Labelle walking group recognized by Doctors Nova Scotia
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A group of women walkers from Labelle were recently featured in a Doctors Nova Scotia publication, Healthy...
Halifax developer proposes seven-storey residential buildings in Bridgewater’s downtown
Halifax-based developers with a vast suite of property interests in Bridgewater are now proposing a massive re-imagination of one of...
Emergency crews deal with early January house fires
Separate house fires in different parts of Lunenburg County this month displaced a man and woman but both homeowners were...
Does your perspective calculate similarities or differences?
In his bestseller, All Things Being Equal, author John Mighton proposes that widespread math competence could be the key to...
Deadline for Queens Operating Investment Fund coming up
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Jan. 31 deadline for applications for the Region of Queens Municipality (RQM) Operating Investment Fund (OIF)...
COVID-19 hits staff at North Queens Nursing Home
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Two cases of COVID-19 were identified among staff at the North Queens Nursing Home in Caledonia.
The two...
Convicted murderer Penny Boudreau gets more absences from federal prison
Canada’s parole board says Penny Boudreau, the local woman who strangled her 12-year-old daughter to death in 2008, can have...
Community group creating a new micro lending fund
The Lunenburg County Community Fund (LCCF) is working with a local foundation to establish a new micro lending fund for...
Business as usual at LSA
The Lunenburg School of Arts has announced it will continue to operate its workshops, despite an overall tightening of government...
Astor closes the curtains again
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Once again the doors at the Astor Theatre are shuttered.
The historical theatre was closed in alignment with...
Letters to the Editor
Canada Post worker goes above and beyond
Complaining about Canada Post has long been a Canadian pastime. I wanted to take...
Business briefs
ABCO secures multi-million-dollar contract
Lunenburg-based ABCO Industries recently secured a $10.8 million contract from the federal government to repair search and...
Staffer at Hillsview Acres tests positive for COVID-19
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A staff member at Hillsview Acres Home for Special Care located in Middlefield tested positive for COVID-19...
Volunteer firefighters still responding to medical calls despite surging COVID-19 case numbers
Emergency Health Services (EHS), which sponsors medical first response (MFR) programs carried out by numerous volunteer fire departments in the...
SSRCE head taking pivot back to in-home learning in stride
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
For many students and parents on the South Shore, it was an inauspicious if not unsurprising start...
Source information led to police raid in Upper LaHave - search warrant documents
Three confidential sources fed the RCMP information about alleged cutting, acquisition and storage of drugs as it related to a...
Pine warblers among many birds sighted this counting season
I’ve seen so many good birds over the past few weeks that I had a hard time to pick which...
Missing puppy, Chestnut, found safe after more than 40 hours in the woods
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Chestnut, a 12-week-old Golden Retriever puppy being raised as a potential Canadian National Institute for the Blind...
LOCAL BRIEFS
Medical call did not involve fentanyl — police
The RCMP has confirmed the powerful synthetic opiate fentanyl did not factor in...
HVAC system to be upgraded at Queens General
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Queens General Hospital in Liverpool is receiving an HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) upgrade.
The tender...
