Author Archives: Evan Taylor
Plans for a new King's Hotel in Lunenburg
The King's Hotel could be making a return in Lunenburg, with plans unveiled this week to rebuild a new hotel. The original hotel was located at the corner of Duke Street and Pelham Street was demolish...
Apr 20, 2022 A mockup of the proposed new King's Hotel in Lunenburg ,NS. Photo: Town of Lunenburg.
Ottawa announces more funding for scanning at former N.S. residential school
The federal government announced more funding is on the way to support further research and ground surveying at the former Shubenacadie Indian Residential School. Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relation...
Apr 20, 2022 Former Shubenacadie Residential School. Photo: Halifax, Congregational Archives
Queens Power Outage Impacting Around 3,000 Homes
Nova Scotia Power is reporting close to 3,000 of its customers in Queens County are currently without power. A spring storm is currently rolling across the province with heavy rainfall and strong wind...
Apr 19, 2022 NS Power's outage map show three large outage in Queens County. Photo: NS Power
NS Jeopardy Star Credits Former Debate Coach for Sucess
Brian Casey who coaches the debate team at Sacred Heart in Halifax was taken by surprise after one of Mattea Roach's recent wins on Jeoperdy in which she credited him for much of her success. Followin...
Apr 19, 2022 (SOURCE: Mattea Roach via Twitter)
Lunenburg Mayor Shares Thoughts on Town Budget
Lunenburg Mayor Matt Risser is pleased with how the town's Budget 2022/23 came together, believing it addresses most of the towns most pressing needs while also identifying challenges down the road. "...
Apr 18, 2022 Matt Risser is the Mayor of the Town of Lunenburg. Photo - Facebook (Madeleine Kendal)
Golf Season Underway on South Shore
With four of the nine South Shore golf clubs (as designated by Golf NS) now open this year's season is well and truly underway with many courses anticipating the best year in recent memory. Most clubs...
Apr 18, 2022
Lunenburg Approves Budget, Residential Rate Unchanged, Commercial up 4¢
The Town of Lunenburg approved its 2022/23 Budget during this week's council meeting, which includes an Operating Budget of $8,697,500 and a Capital Budget of $13,875,110. Homeowners will be pleased t...
Apr 14, 2022
MP Perkins tests positive for COVID-19
The office of South Shore-St.Margaret MP Rick Perkins has confirmed with our newsroom that Perkins tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Perkins has since recovered and has resumed his normal duties...
Apr 13, 2022 Conservative MP Rick Perkins speaking in the House of Commons. Photo: Office of Rick Perkins.
RCMP Issue 109 Impairment Related Charges in March
Nova Scotia RCMP are out with their latest stats on impaired driving for the month of March, in which they issued 109 impairment-related charges. Most of the charges were related to alcohol, with 97 o...
Apr 13, 2022
Western Riptide U11 Claim Provincial Title
In their first season as an amalgamated team that encompasses the entire South Shore, the Western Riptide claimed a provincial title. The U11 Riptide Girls team participated in the Nova Scotia Hockey ...
Apr 13, 2022 The Western Riptide U11 Girls team claimed a Provincial Championship last weekend in Halifax. Photo: Denise Burgess
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