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Woman charged for impaired driving following collision

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 Weekly Press

ELMSDALE: Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 4, East Hants District RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Hwy. 2 and Hwy 214. An SUV was turning from Hwy. 2 onto Hwy. 214 and entered the wrong lane, striking a Jeep head-on, on Hwy. 214. Both drivers were alone in their vehicles and...

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Community minded, active youth missed by family, friends, teammates

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Abby Cameron

LANTZ: A local youth is gone too soon after a medical emergency took the life of 15-year-old Braeden Bannister. Bannister, a sports enthusiast from Lantz was finishing a hunting trip with his father when the emergency occurred. The Hants East Rural High School student had recently become a junior firefighter with the Lantz Volunteer Fire...

Honourary Captain

November 4, 2019November 5, 2019 Abby Cameron

PeeWee AAA Pens #1 Fan Adam Dill assigned assistant captain role LANTZ: Assistant Captain Adam Dill has a big role in his new hockey family. This year, the merger of PeeWee AAA saw West Hants and East Hants go from rivals to team mates, seeing pre-teen boys who once played against each other now work...

Fire departments host Restart A Heart events

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 Patrick Healey

LANTZ: Kara Heukshorst of Milford learns how to do CPR and use the AED defibrillator from Lantz firefighter Kory Orchard during World Restart A Heart day, held Oct. 16. Lantz fire, along with departments in Enfield; Elmsdale; and Nine Mile River took part in the event, hosting a demonstration for residents of how to use...

East Hants community facilities receive $33k in provincial grant funding

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 Weekly Press

HARDWOOD LANDS: Three community recreation facilities in East Hants were among the 39 province-wide to be announced as recipients through the Community Facilities Improvement Program. A total of $910,985 will be invested in projects across the province this year through the program. The Hardwood Lands Community Centre will receive $11,040 to replace their roof; the...

NMR Trails, Family Resource centre recipients of RONA funding

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 Patrick Healey

NINE MILE RIVER: Two non-profit organizations received almost $4,000 of the $1.2 million raised through a national campaign by Lowe’s Canada (RONA). The Nine Mile River Trails Association earned $2,919 from RONA Bedford Place Mall in the 2019 Heroes Campaign put on at Lowe’s Canada/RONA stores across Canada. The East Hants Family Resource Centre was...

Highway artwork recognizing military veterans to be removed

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Patrick Healey

MILLER LAKE: The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR) said while they appreciate the desire for people to honour Veterans with a mural on some rocks along Hwy 102 near the Aerotech exit, it will be removed. The various artwork had previously included the Canadian flag; military symbols; RCMP; volunteer firefighters; and the red...

UPDATED: RCMP confirm suspect comes forward in HNRH sports field damage

October 24, 2019October 29, 2019 Patrick Healey

KENNETCOOK: A young Kennetcook-area man has turned himself into the RCMP in connection with driving over the sports field at Hants North Rural High in Kennetcook on the weekend of Oct. 19-20. Following social media posts by residents of the community and media coverage of the incident, RCMP said the man—who they did not name—voluntarily...

Police nab dangerous driver in Kennetcook after hit-and-run in parking lot

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 Patrick Healey

KENNETCOOK:. A 39-year-old Kennetcook man has been charged with several offences following a hit-and-run in the parking lot of a coffee shop on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 22, in Kennetcook. In a release, East Hants District RCMP say they responded to a call of a hit and run collision at approximately 4:35 p.m. at a coffee...

Help RCMP find stolen truck

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 Abby Cameron

GOFFS: Halifax District RCMP is asking for public help to locate a stolen truck. The truck was stolen between 6 p.m. on Oct. 19 and 8:45 a.m. on OcT. 20 from a business parking lot on Sky Blvd. in Goffs, Nova Scotia. The truck is a black 2013 Dodge Ram with a small dent...

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