News
PHOTOS: Elmsdale Fire holds Fire Prevention week celebration
ELMSDALE: There was a great turnout from the community–both young and old–as Elmsdale Volunteer Fire Department hosted an open house as part of their Fire Prevention Week activities. The Oct. 13 event saw EHS Paramedic Laura Mather–a volunteer firefighter with Elmsdale as well–on hand with an ambulance to give the kids a tour; the fire […]
Residents get first look at Lantz Interchange
Proposal includes replacing overpass over river; connection from Towerview subdivision LANTZ: Replacement of the Highway 102 overpass over Nine Mile River; a road connecting Towerview subdivision; and three roundabouts are part of the proposal residents viewed at an information session on the long overdue Lantz Interchange. The two sessions, put on by the Department of […]
Sports
ACCEL Hawks blank ACA Rangers
LANTZ: Despite their hard work, the ACCEL Physio Hawks offence and goaltending from Sebastian Lever was too much for the All Credit Auto (ACA) Rangers in Nova Scotia Major Bantam Hockey League play on Oct. 14. The game was played on Ice Pad B at the East Hants Sportsplex in Lantz. Liam Welsh; Garrett MacLean; […]
Arts & Entertainment
Videos
VIDEO: Blenkhorn wins Lucas Oil 150
Blenkhorn does burnouts after his thrilling win at Riverside on Sept. 8.
VIDEO: Lantz rescue responds to Enfield call
Video as Lantz rescue goes around traffic that stopped on Hwy 2 near the possible structure fire call in Enfield shortly after 4 p.m. on Aug. 12. Some vehicles did make an attempt to get off the road while others did not.
Opinions
Nike confronting social injustices with Kaepernick
Despite all the hate on social media, the decision by Nike to go with controversial former NFL Super Bowl QB Colin Kaepernick for their 30th anniversary #JustDoIt” campaign is a wise one. At first blush it appeared they knew with him as the face of the promotion they would garner this much media attention around […]
EDITORIAL: The power of volunteers
From July 13-15, the second annual Tide Fest homecoming celebrations filled the East Hants Sportsplex. The event was more like a handful events in one. Hundreds, if not thousands filled the Sportsplex, for the 2018 Induction ceremony for the East Hants Sports Heritage Society Hall of Fame; the music festival; the ball hockey; the Atlantic […]
OPINION: Slimy politics rears its head
It seems like the anti-Justin Trudeau crowd (namely federal Conservative supporters) are trying to make something out of nothing over allegations in a newspaper editorial from 18 years ago that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau groped a female reporter in B.C. It seems that editorial has begun circulating again on social media, with the anti-Trudeau folks […]