ENFIELD: If you’ve driven past or visited the Enfield RCMP detachment over the past few months you may have noticed there’s something new and East Hants-like on their windows by their entryway. The detachment wanted to showcase some important pieces of the East Hants area so instead of going with generic RCMP photos on their […]
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WELLINGTON: An Enfield taekwondo athlete will be joining her sister at the Pan Am Taekwondo championships this summer after being one of five gold medalists for Inner Strength Taekwondo at nationals, held recently in Quebec. Katie Cox, who’s sister Kylie had previously qualified for the Pan Ams to be held in Florida or Columbia in […]
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Medical assists top call numbers for most departments last year KENNETCOOK: Here’s a look at the December 2018 calls for volunteer fire departments in Lantz; Enfield; Mount Uniacke; Elmsdale; Shubenacadie; Stewiacke; Maitland; Rawdon; Nine Mile River; Noel; and Kennetcook. For many of them, the top call for what seemed to be a very busy year […]
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HALIFAX STANFIELD: A mechanical issue on board a WestJet flight en route to St. John’s, NL forced it to return to Halifax Stanfield International Airport (HSIA) in Enfield on Jan. 3. The plane, carrying 82 people, landed without a problem just before 10 a.m. It was a Q400 turboprop plane. Firefighters from HSIA Airport Fire […]
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EAST HANTS: As 2019 begins, we delved into the stats once again to see how our local players from the East Hants area are faring in the QMJHL; Junior A; Major Bantam; Major Midget; Newbridge Academy prep school teams; and in U.S. women’s hockey. Here is a look at the players and their teams. If […]
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ELMSDALE: The 25-year-old Enfield woman who was killed in a tragic snowmobiling crash Dec. 28 in Sutherland’s Lake is being remembered by friends as a person who always greeted others with a smile and a hug. Kayla Hall died near the scene after being thrown from the vehicle. An adult male passenger was also thrown […]
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SUTHERLAND’S LAKE: A 25-year-old woman from Enfield has died as a result of a serious snowmobiling accident on the night of Dec. 28. At 6:20 p.m. last night, Oxford RCMP and Westchester Fire responded to a 911 call of a snowmobile crash on Sutherland Lake. The operator, the woman, died near the scene after being […]
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Firefighters from several departments responded to the call on Riverside Lane ENFIELD: A residential garage burnt to the ground on a cold Dec. 27 afternoon in Enfield. At 3:24 p.m. close to 30 firefighters from Enfield Volunteer Fire, along with mutual aid assistance from Elmsdale; Lantz; Nine Mile River; Station 45 (Fall River); Tanker 43 […]
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ENFIELD: Jeff Donaldson was on his way to work on the morning of Dec. 27, when he felt a concussive force hit his vehicle and saw debris was flying about. The Enfield resident was passing a tractor trailer hauling styrofoam insulation on Highway 102 near Halifax Stanfield Airport when he felt an explosion. “The concussive […]
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MOUNT UNIACKE: Four local artisans have had their creations make the 2018 Local Wishlist. The Local Wishlist is a buy-local take on classic holiday catalogues, says organizer Kate Kirkpatrick. “We wanted to make it easy to buy local for the holidays,” said Kirkpatrick. “By bringing a large selection of gift ideas from across Nova Scotia […]
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