The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will be closed on Sunday. (Communications Nova Scotia)

The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will have reduced hours for the next few days. It will close at 1:30 p.m. today (Friday) and reopen Saturday at 8 a.m. It will be closed again on Saturday at 1:30 p.m., all day Sunday and reopen... Read More...

(Photo via RCMP NS Facebook page)

RCMP are asking the public for any information about a fire that destroyed a seasonal residence in northern Queens County on Sunday afternoon. Queens District RCMP say that police and firefighters from the Liverpool Fire Department, North Queens Fire... Read More...

The Liverpool junior curling program at the Liverpool Curling Club teaches youth from 5 to 19. (Rick Conrad)

The possible next generation of Brad Gushues or Colleen Joneses head to the Liverpool Curling Club twice a week to work on their throwing, sweeping and hurrying hard. The Liverpool junior curling program counts about 26 Queens County youth from five to 19... Read More...

Shelly Panczyk is the chairwoman of the Queens County Food Bank in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)

Queens County has one of the highest rates of child poverty in Canada. A new report on child and family poverty in Canada ranks Nova Scotia as the worst in Atlantic Canada and one of the worst in the whole country in reducing child poverty. And Queens is a... Read More...

Cody Joudry and Mayor Scott Christian at a recent Region of Queens council meeting. (Region of Queens YouTube channel)

Region of Queens councillors have fired Chief Administrative Officer Cody Joudry, saying that he wasn’t “the right fit” with the new council. Mayor Scott Christian told QCCR on Monday that no specific incident led to the dismissal of the... Read More...

Greg Thorbourne is the chairman of the Liverpool Championship Host Society, which is organizing the 2025 Mixed Doubles Curling Trials in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)

Some of Canada’s top curlers will be ringing in the new year in Liverpool as they compete to represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Local organizers are putting the final touches on the 2025 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials. It will be... Read More...

Region of Queens councillors want to try to find a way to resurrect the Coastal Protection Act. (File photo by Talla Corkum)

Region of Queens councillors want to work with other neighbouring municipalities to pressure the province to resurrect the Coastal Protection Act and possibly to come up with their own version. The Nova Scotia government under Tim Houston killed the... Read More...

The Region of Queens will remove the fee from the indoor track at Queens Place Emera Centre from January to April. (Queens Place Emera Centre)

It might be a little easier to keep those New Year’s resolutions in 2025. People won’t have to pay to use the indoor track at Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool in the new year. Region of Queens councillors voted this week to remove the $2 per use... Read More...

Road work in Liverpool in June 2020. File photo by Ed Halverson

Contract talks between the Region of Queens and its unionized public works employees are at a stalemate as either side could declare a work stoppage at midnight. Local 1928 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers represents about 40 full-time... Read More...

Eric Goulden is taking over as chairman of the Astor Theatre Society in January. (Photo courtesy of Eric Goulden)

The Astor Theatre Society will have a new chairman to begin the new year. Eric Goulden will take over on Jan. 1. The resident of Beach Meadows is a community volunteer and retired entrepreneur. Since buying a house here with his wife Karen in 2013, he has... Read More...

The library in Liverpool will be reopening in the new year in the Liverpool Business Development Centre off White Point Road. (Rick Conrad photo)

As the Liverpool library gets ready to move to its new location by the end of the year, the Region of Queens is beginning work to restart a library committee. It will be chaired by Mayor Scott Christian and include District 3 Coun. Courtney... Read More...

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An event to mark the Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women scheduled for Liverpool on Wednesday has been cancelled. The Second Story Women’s Centre in Lunenburg had planned the event at Queens Place Emera Centre to commemorate the murder of... Read More...

Library users in Liverpool are being encouraged to check out as many books and movies as they can carry before the Thomas H. Raddall location closes Dec. 15 to prepare for a move to its new location. (Rick Conrad)

Staff at the Thomas H. Raddall Library in downtown Liverpool are getting ready to move to their new location and they’re asking users to help lighten their load. The library is encouraging people to take out as many books and movies as they like until... Read More...

Unionized employees at the Region of Queens have voted to strike, if necessary. (Rick Conrad)

Engineering and public works employees with the Region of Queens have voted 97 per cent in favour of strike action. The workers are responsible for maintaining the region’s streets, sidewalks, parks and other properties. They also work in waste and recycling... Read More...

The Region of Queens has lifted voluntary water conservation measures for residents in Liverpool and parts of Brooklyn. (0xCoffe via Pixabay)

Municipal water customers in Liverpool and Brooklyn don’t have to worry about tightening their taps. The Region of Queens announced Wednesday afternoon that it has lifted voluntary water conservation measures that residents and businesses were under... Read More...

Lynn Cochrane is the vice-chair of the Astor Theatre Society. (Rick Conrad)

Liverpool’s historic Astor Theatre is launching a new endowment fund to help put it on firmer financial footing. About 60 supporters of the Astor turned out at the theatre on Tuesday evening for the announcement. The Astor Theatre Endowment Fund is... Read More...

Kendra Shot is the organizer of Santas for Seniors Queens County. (Rick Conrad)

  UPDATED DEC. 4, 10:30 A.M. Even though the Canada Post strike is continuing, the organizer of Santas for Seniors Queens County says seniors will still get their gifts in time for Christmas. In previous years, organizer Kendra Shot has mailed out the... Read More...

Queens regional councillors are looking for ways to help prevent more water crises in the region. (Henryk Niestroj via Pixabay)

  While residents and businesses in the Liverpool area are being asked to cut back on water, Region of Queens councillors want to find ways to improve communication and deal with any future water shortages. Last week, councillors asked for a... Read More...

Pam Lovelace, a former Halifax councillor and mayoral candidate, is the Region of Queens’ new municipal clerk. (Facebook)

The Region of Queens has hired a former Halifax councillor and deputy mayor as its new municipal clerk. Pam Lovelace also ran unsuccessfully for mayor of the Halifax region in October’s municipal elections. She placed third behind winner Andy Fillmore and... Read More...

Organizers say Liverpool water conservation measures could add unexpected costs to the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials Dec. 30 to Jan. 4 at Queens Place Emera Centre. (Pixabay)

Water conservation measures in Liverpool may affect the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials being held in the area at the end of the year. Event organizers may be on the hook for unexpected costs to replace the water they use during the event, which runs... Read More...

The Queens County Museum in Liverpool reopens this weekend with its popular annual event Dickensville and the Festival of Trees. (Rick Conrad)

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Liverpool, with multiple events planned for the historic Astor Theatre and the rest of downtown Liverpool this weekend. Last weekend’s popular 14th annual Liverpool Fire Department Christmas Parade kicked things... Read More...

Kim Masland was re-elected Tuesday as MLA for Queens in Nova Scotia’s provincial election. (Rick Conrad)

  UPDATED Nov. 27, 4 p.m. It’s a threepeat for Kim Masland, who will once again represent the riding of Queens in the Nova Scotia legislature. The Liverpool resident easily won re-election on Tuesday night. It’s her third win in a row. Masland told QCCR... Read More...

Work is underway on the $8.1-million outdoor pool at Queens Place Emera Centre. (Rick Conrad)

The dream of an indoor pool for Queens County was likely sunk on Monday night. Two weeks ago, Region of Queens councillors asked CAO Cody Joudry to investigate the feasibility of turning the outdoor pool now under construction at Queens Place Emera Centre... Read More...

Lobster boats leave Port Medway Harbour early Tuesday morning on Dumping Day. (Rick Conrad)

More than 1,400 fishing boats left wharves early this morning along the South Shore as lobster season got underway in southwestern Nova Scotia. Known as Dumping Day, it’s the day that fishermen set their traps in some of North America’s most lucrative lobster... Read More...

Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday in Nova Scotia’s provincial election. (Rick Conrad)

UPDATED NOV. 26, 10:10 a.m. Election Day is Tuesday in Nova Scotia, with polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. But many Nova Scotians have already voted, though early numbers are down from the 2021 election. According to Elections Nova Scotia, 160,698 people have... Read More...