COMMUNITY NEWS

SOUTH SHORE – More provincial funding has been made available through the Office of Healthcare Professionals Recruitment (OHPR) Community fund, now in its third year.

LIVERPOOL – The Region of Queens Municipality has a new interim Chief Administrative Officer.

For seven days, the streets of Liverpool may have seemed calm, but behind the scenes, a labor dispute between the Region of Queens Municipality (RQM) and its public works employees consumed the attention of workers, council members, and residents alike.

NEW ROSS — The late Margo Ann McDow-McCleary is remembered for her positive attitude, gracious spirit and willingness to help others with a smile on her face.

COOKVILLE — The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg's (MODL) latest involvement in another property transaction with the volunteer Tri-district Fire Rescue department proved both less complicated and cheaper than the one decided upon earlier this year.

BRIDGEWATER — The number of hours the Bridgewater Police Service spent at South Shore Regional Hospital (SSRH) committed to mental health-related calls for service came in low enough that Nova Scotia Health (NSH) wasn't invoiced for costs.

BRIDGEWATER — A 31-year-old man will learn his judicial punishment in the new year after admitting his driving behaviour on a Lunenburg County highway more than two years ago caused the deaths of a local couple.

LIVERPOOL — The local curling club and the group tasked with hosting the upcoming national curling competition in Brooklyn received a financial boost from the Halifax-based J and W Murphy Foundation.

BRIDGEWATER — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston returned two local Tory MLAs to executive council with one notable omission.

CHESTER — Laura Broome worries she'll lose both her farm and horses if she doesn't comply with a formal order from the Municipality of Chester to fix a fence on her property, near New Ross.

A 26-year-old Queens County man was handed a 13-month conditional sentence after a Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court convicted him on three charges following a multi-day trial.

VOGLERS COVE – As a way to commemorate his wife’s life, Tom Urbaniak, has penned a children’s book, You are Loved, based on the life of his wife, Rev. Alison Etter (1982-2024).