SHUBENACADIE: Three East Hants men have been charged with drug trafficking after a seven month joint investigation, lead by the RCMP’s Enfield Street Crime Enforcement Unit. Between April 11 and April 13, three homes and a business in Hants and Colchester Counties were searched in relation to the investigation. The homes are located on Hwy […]
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MAITLAND: Mutual aid responses and medical emergencies were the top call numbers for local volunteer fire departments across the East Hants and Stewiacke area during March. Fire departments that provided us with details of their calls for last monthly were Maitland; Kennetcook; Noel; Elmsdale; Enfield; Lantz; Stewiacke; Mount Uniacke; and Nine Mile River. For Maitland […]
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Spike the lizard being cared for by vet; doing okay MILFORD: A GoFundMe page has been setup for the Matheson family whose home was destroyed by fire on March 14. The fire claimed three of their families pets—a dog, cat, and a bunny, while a lizard survived. Approximately 30 firefighters from Milford, Elmsdale, Shubenacadie, Lantz, […]
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NOEL: Medical assists led the number of calls that volunteer firefighters in Noel; Nine Mile River; Enfield; Elmsdale; Kennetcook; Stewiacke; Mount Uniacke; Maitland; and Rawdon responded to during the month of January. For Noel Fire,they responded to eight calls, led by six medical assists. They were also paged for one mutual aid motor vehicle collision […]
Continue ReadingADMIRAL ROCK: A family of six are homeless for the time being after their Admiral Rock home sustained significant damage from a fire on the morning of Feb. 12. Firefighters from nine stations—with close to 45 firefighters-from East Hants Fire Services in Shubenacdie; Milford; Lantz; Indian Brook; Maitland; Enfield; and Rawdon; Station 40 (Dutch Settlement); […]
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Electoral boundary review leaves Milford and Shubenacadie split from Hants East MILFORD: The Electoral Boundaries Commission has been tasked with looking at effective representation. The task, not an easy one by far, has presented three scenarios: One with a 51 seat legislature, and also 55 and 56 seat options. In all three scenarios, Hants East […]
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RAWDON: Here’s a look at how November was for local volunteer fire departments in Rawdon; Elmsdale; Nine Mile River; Stewiacke; Lantz; Maitland; Enfield; Noel; Kennetcook; and Mount Uniacke. For some it was busy; for others the calls cooled off, which was welcomed. We would like to welcome Rawdon Fire and Lantz fire to the column […]
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The Milbrook Cultural Centre is hosting an exhibit of hooked rugs based on local Mi’kmaw art in conjunction with Aboriginal Heritage Month . The show runs from Oct. 1 – 19 . The project is the brainchild of Tanya McNutt , a member of the Colchester Heritage Rug Hookers group of Truro . Her interest […]
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SCOTIA SPEEDWORLD: Darren Flemming saved the best for the last night of TOURSEC Thunder class racing on the CARSTAR Weekly Racing Series at Scotia Speedworld. The driver of the no. 22 came in to the final week of the 2018 season trailing the 51 of Jesse Deveau by six points. In the heat race, a […]
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OYSTER BED BRIDGE, P.E.I.: Rubbin’ is racing, they say. Cole Butcher and Dylan Blenkhorn gave the crowd their money’s worth and then some during the final 14 laps of the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour’s Lucas Oil 150 at Oyster Bed Speedway in Oyster Bed Bridge, P.E.I. Butcher, who drives the No. 53 Atlantic […]
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