Date: Nov. 25th, 2024 - 3:38 PM
Lobster traps on the wharf in Port Medway. Fishermen head out to start their season on Tuesday morning. (Rick Conrad)
Queens County fishermen will be heading out to set their traps on Tuesday morning at 7.
Known as Dumping Day, the first day of lobster season on the South Shore is usually the last Monday in November. But weather delayed the opening this year to... Read More...
Date: Nov. 22nd, 2024 - 6:26 PM
Liberal Cathy De Rome, PC incumbent Kim Masland and New Democrat Brian Skabar are running in Queens in the Nova Scotia election. (Rick Conrad, Nova Scotia NDP)
The two people hoping to unseat popular MLA Kim Masland in Queens admit it’s an uphill battle, but they say they’ve been hearing good things from voters.
Cathy De Rome is running for the Liberals and Brian Skabar is trying to take the seat back for the NDP in... Read More...
Date: Nov. 21st, 2024 - 5:28 PM
Fishermen in West Berlin get their traps ready for Dumping Day. (Rick Conrad)
Fishermen around the South Shore are getting ready for the start of lobster season.
Depending on the weather, Dumping Day will start for Queens County fishermen at 7 a.m. Monday, when vessels race to get to some of the most lucrative fishing grounds in North... Read More...
Date: Nov. 21st, 2024 - 5:18 PM
Queens County residents can vote early at the Queens returning office on Market Street in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)
Elections Nova Scotia is reminding voters about extended early voting hours on Thursday and Friday.
In Queens County, the early voting location is at the Queens returning office in the Canada Post building on Market Street in Liverpool.
You can also vote... Read More...
Date: Nov. 20th, 2024 - 4:44 PM
The Region of Queens released this graphic on Friday morning to illustrate water levels in the Town Lake Reservoir (Credit: Region of Queens Municipality)
UPDATED Nov. 22 at 10:15 a.m.
The Region of Queens is asking its municipal water users to cut their consumption in half.
The municipality first sounded the alarm on Nov. 1 about dropping water levels in the Town Lake Reservoir.
Since then, the situation has... Read More...
Date: Nov. 19th, 2024 - 4:19 PM
Kendra Shot is the organizer of Santas for Seniors Queens County. (Rick Conrad)
The organizer of a local program that helps seniors over the holidays is hoping for a little Christmas magic this year.
Santas for Seniors Queens County connects low-income seniors with others who want to help them have a good holiday. And it relies on... Read More...
Date: Nov. 18th, 2024 - 2:24 PM
Brian Anthony, left, vice-president of Local 18 of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, stands with fellow union members on the picket line outside the Main Street post office in Liverpool on Monday. (Rick Conrad)
Canada Post workers were back on the picket line on Monday in Liverpool hopeful that a deal can be reached to get them back to work.
About 20 members of Local 18 of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers were outside the post office on Main Street as cars... Read More...
Date: Nov. 15th, 2024 - 3:54 PM
Spend a day at the beach with Jane Dunlop-Stevenson for Hands Across the Sands, a fundraiser for the Queens County Food Bank on Sunday at Summerville Beach. (Rick Conrad
You can help turn a day at the beach into a work of art this weekend, and raise some money for a local charity.
Liverpool artist Jane Dunlop-Stevenson is organizing Hands Across the Sands: Art with Heart for the Food Bank on Sunday at 1 p.m. on Summerville... Read More...
Date: Nov. 14th, 2024 - 3:49 PM
The Region of Queens has issued warnings about low water levels in the town reservoir. (Ed Halverson photo)
The Region of Queens is asking residents and businesses in Liverpool and Brooklyn to restrict their water usage.
Officials issued a third voluntary water conservation order late Wednesday. They first warned people about the water levels on Nov. 1.
The region... Read More...
Date: Nov. 13th, 2024 - 5:23 PM
Julie Babin crochets one of the items that will be up for auction at the LRHS Japanese exchange art auction on Friday night at ADJA Studio and Gallery on Main Street in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)
It will be the first foreign exchange trip for Liverpool high school students since before the pandemic.
And they and their parents are holding a fundraiser on Friday night to help get them there.
Ten students from Liverpool Regional High School are planning... Read More...
Date: Nov. 12th, 2024 - 5:36 PM
Construction has begun on the $8-million outdoor pool at Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)
Region of Queens councillors want to test the waters on the idea of switching lanes and building an indoor pool after all.
Construction on the $8.08-million heated outdoor pool next to Queens Place Emera Centre has already begun. But councillors said Tuesday... Read More...
Date: Nov. 12th, 2024 - 5:19 PM
Shelley Walker is Queens County’s senior safety co-ordinator. (Rick Conrad)
UPDATED WED., NOV. 13, 12:27 P.M.
Queens County will be getting a full-time senior safety co-ordinator.
In their first meeting since the Oct. 19 election, Region of Queens councillors voted Tuesday to fund five-day-a-week senior safety services in... Read More...
Date: Nov. 12th, 2024 - 3:17 PM
Region of Queens councillors chose District 2 Coun. Maddie Charlton on Tuesday as the region’s deputy mayor. (Rick Conrad photo)
District 2 Coun. Maddie Charlton is the new deputy mayor for the Region of Queens.
Councillors voted for Charlton, who was the only nominee, at Tuesday’s meeting, the first since the Oct. 19 municipal election.
Charlton’s term as deputy mayor is... Read More...
Date: Nov. 11th, 2024 - 4:51 PM
Scott Christian, mayor of the Region of Queens, is preparing for the newly elected council’s first meeting. (Rick Conrad photo)
Queens County residents can expect more than just new faces around the table as regional council meets Tuesday, for the first time since the October election.
Region of Queens Mayor Scott Christian says people will also notice changes in how meetings are run.... Read More...
Date: Oct. 28th, 2024 - 11:02 AM
42nd Provincial general election in Nova Scotia.
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Dorothy Rice, has received an order from the Governor in Council for a Provincial general election(PGE) to be held in Nova Scotia. The CEO has issued the writs of election for the 55 electoral districts in the province and... Read More...
Date: Sep. 15th, 2024 - 9:00 AM
ATLANTIC CANADA 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT
International Filmmaking Competition is open to all in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador & New Brunswick! www.48hourfilm.com/AtlanticCanada. On the 6th of September, 2024 in Mi’kma’ki, Nova Scotia, conducting our... Read More...
Date: Sep. 10th, 2024 - 2:52 PM
Scott Christian is a candidate for mayor of the Region of Queens in October’s municipal election. (Photo via Scott Christian)
Scott Christian, a business and government consultant, is one of two candidates running to be the next mayor of the Region of Queens.
Terry Doucette, a former teacher and school administrator, is the other candidate.
The election will be held on Oct. 19.
QCCR... Read More...
Date: Sep. 10th, 2024 - 2:41 PM
Terry Doucette is a candidate for mayor of the Region of Queens in October’s municipal election. (Rick Conrad)
Terry Doucette, a former teacher and school administrator, is one of two candidates for mayor in the Region of Queens in October’s municipal election.
He’ll be up against Scott Christian, a government and business consultant in Liverpool.
The... Read More...
Date: Aug. 28th, 2024 - 3:57 PM
An asbestos abatement crew cleans up the site at 89 Main St. in Liverpool on Wednesday. (Rick Conrad)
An abandoned property in downtown Liverpool destroyed by fire in the spring is finally being cleaned up.
The historic and unoccupied Hendry house at 89 Main St. was leveled in the May 13 blaze.
The Liverpool Fire Department referred it to the RCMP for... Read More...
Date: Aug. 28th, 2024 - 10:35 AM
Michelle Thompson, Nova Scotia’s health and wellness minister, is warning of a potential strike by more than 9,000 health-care workers. (Communications Nova Scotia)
Nova Scotia’s health minister is warning the province’s health authorities to prepare for a possible strike by more than 9,000 health-care workers.
Michelle Thompson wrote a letter to the CEOs of the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre. She... Read More...
Date: Aug. 28th, 2024 - 10:26 AM
A house on Wolfe Street in Liverpool was gutted by fire on Tuesday afternoon. No one was injured in the blaze. (Rick Conrad)
Emergency crews were busy in Queens County on Tuesday as a house fire in Liverpool left a family homeless, and a motor vehicle collision snarled traffic in the Brooklyn area.
The Liverpool Fire Department was called to 61 Wolfe St. shortly after 2 p.m. When... Read More...
Date: Aug. 28th, 2024 - 10:19 AM
Crews are working on the $3-million Liverpool Community Sports Field at Liverpool Regional High School. (Rick Conrad)
There may be a little short-term pain this fall for some big long-term gain for Liverpool’s high school soccer teams as they wait for a new multimillion-dollar field and track to be completed.
Crews are working now on building the $3-million-plus Liverpool... Read More...
Date: Aug. 23rd, 2024 - 10:07 AM
Deborah Raddall and Jean Robinson are part of the team organizing this year’s Liverpool International Theatre Festival. (Rick Conrad)
It happens every two years, it’s less than two months away and the organizers of the Liverpool International Theatre Festival want you to be part of it.
The festival is looking for local residents to open their homes and help welcome the almost 90 people... Read More...
Date: Aug. 21st, 2024 - 1:38 PM
Shelley Walker is Queens County’s senior safety co-ordinator. (Rick Conrad)
Queens County could be getting a full-time seniors’ advocate by the end of the year.
At a recent regional council meeting, councillors voted to ask for a staff report on making the senior safety co-ordinator a full-time position with the Region of... Read More...
Date: Aug. 19th, 2024 - 4:40 PM
Queens District RCMP plan to step up patrols in North Queens after complaints of underage off-highway vehicle use. (RCMP NS Facebook page)
RCMP in Queens County are cracking down on underage ATV operators in North Queens.
Queens District RCMP officers will be stepping up patrols in the area after getting numerous reports from residents over the past several weeks of minors illegally operating... Read More...