More information about ultrasound reports is now available on the YourHealthNS app. (Communications Nova Scotia)

Nova Scotians can now see more information from their ultrasound reports on the YourHealthNS app. Scans completed from Aug. 5 onward were available as of Monday. The report includes the body part examined, the reason for the scan, findings and a comparison... Read More...

The Region of Queens is holding an information session for prospective candidates in October’s municipal election. (Elections Nova Scotia Facebook)

The Region of Queens is planning an information session for anyone thinking of running for mayor or council in this fall’s municipal election. The session is scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Queens Place Emera Centre. It will explain the process from... Read More...

Susan Letson is on the committee organizing the Medway Head Lighthouse Art and Craft Show and Sale, beginning Friday (Aug. 16) in Port Medway. (Rick Conrad)

The Medway Head Lighthouse Art and Craft Show and Sale opens on Friday at 5 p.m. with an opening reception at the warehouse in the Lighthouse Park in the village of Port Medway. It’s the 13th year for the show, which features artists and artisans from around... Read More...

Hundreds of Sarah Mitton fans cheered on the Olympian on Friday afternoon at the Astor Theatre in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)

It was a disappointing result for Brooklyn’s Sarah Mitton on Friday in the shot put at the Olympics in Paris, but for the hundreds gathered at the Astor Theatre in Liverpool, she’s still a hometown hero. It was a boisterous crowd that cheered Mitton on at the... Read More...

Liverpool artist Jane Stevenson created this tribute to Sarah Mitton on Wednesday in the sand at Summerville Beach. (Jane Stevenson photo)

For most people, a day at the beach might involve some swimming or lounging on the sand. For Jane Stevenson, a day at the beach involves creating a 120-by-60-foot piece of sand art as a tribute to Olympic shot putter Sarah Mitton. The Liverpool artist’s... Read More...

Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, Queens County, has qualified for the shot put final at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This is a photo from the World Athletics Indoor Championship in March where she won gold. (Sarah Mitton photo)

Brooklyn’s Sarah Mitton qualified for the shot put final at the 2024 Olympics in Paris this morning on her first throw. The 28-year-old world indoor champion made it through to Friday’s final with a throw of 19.77 metres, which was the best of the... Read More...

Region of Queens Mayor Darlene Norman will not be seeking another term in the October municipal election. (Rick Conrad)

Darlene Norman has made it official, announcing she won’t seek re-election as mayor of the Region of Queens. “I have decided not to reoffer simply because these last four years have made me realize that it was one thing to be a councillor, it’s another thing... Read More...

The Astor Theatre is holding a watch party next Friday, Aug. 9 for the shot put final of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Brooklyn’s Sarah Mitton is seen during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Mark Blinch/COC)

Sarah Mitton’s hometown fans are getting ready to cheer on the Brooklyn native as she goes for shot put gold in Paris. The Region of Queens compiled a “Cheers from Home” video featuring community members rooting for her. And, the Astor Theatre has... Read More...

Nova Scotia Public Works Minister and Queens MLA Kim Masland announces cell service upgrades on Wednesday in Greenfield with Service Nova Scotia Minister Colton LeBlanc. (Rick Conrad)

It’s going to take a couple of years, but residents of Greenfield are finally getting cell service. The Nova Scotia government is building 27 new telecommunication towers in unserved areas around the province at a cost of $18.6 million. Public Works Minister... Read More...

Jerri Southcott has resigned from her job as executive director of the Astor Theatre in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad / File photo)

The Astor Theatre will soon be without an executive director for the third time in the past 15 months. Jerri Southcott, who took over the top job at the historic Liverpool theatre in February, recently tendered her resignation. Her last day at the Astor will... Read More...

A 24-year-old Sable River man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after fleeing an RCMP checkpoint early Saturday morning. (File photo from RCMP NS Facebook page)

An early-morning checkpoint and a flight from police have left a 24-year-old Sable River man in hospital with life-threatening injuries. About 1 a.m on Saturday morning, Queens District RCMP officers had a checkpoint set up on Milton Road near Liverpool. A... Read More...

Queens General Hospital. Photo Ed Halverson

The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will be closed until Friday (Aug. 2) at 8 a.m. Nova Scotia Health announced the temporary closure in a news release on Sunday. No reason was given for the closure, but in the past officials have... Read More...

Nova Scotia Health staff are calling people on the need-a-family-practice registry to make sure they still need a primary care provider. (Pixabay)

A group of 40 student recruits has started calling Nova Scotians to see if they still need a family doctor. And with more than 160,000 people across Nova Scotia on the need-a-family-practice registry, it’s going to be a busy summer. Noella Whelan, the senior... Read More...

Nova Scotia Health will be calling people over the next several weeks to verify that they’re still looking for a primary care provider. (Pixabay)

If you’re one of the 1,100 people in Queens County still looking for a primary care provider, you may be getting a call from Nova Scotia Health. Officials will be phoning people on the need-a-family-practice registry over the next several weeks to confirm... Read More...

Candidate information packages for the Oct. 19 municipal election are now available at Region of Queens offices. (Elections Nova Scotia Facebook)

If you want to run for Region of Queens mayor or council in October, information packages for candidates are now available at the region’s administration building on White Point Road. The offices are open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. To run for council... Read More...

Region of Queens Coun. David Brown says he’s not seeking re-election in October partly because he’s frustrated by some of the abusive comments he’s received in the past four years. This photo was taken when he launched his first election campaign in 2020. (David Brown councillor Facebook page)

When David Brown ran for Region of Queens council for the first time in 2020, he wanted to try to make things better for the people in his district. Brown represents District 6, the areas around Port Medway, Mill Village, Greenfield and Labelle. He was ready... Read More...

Region of Queens councillors Jack Fancy, David Brown and Vicki Amirault have declared their intentions for October’s municipal election. (Rick Conrad)

With less than three months to go before October’s municipal election, incumbents and former councillors in Queens County are declaring their intentions. So far, three of the seven sitting councillors have said they won’t run again. Three others have declared... Read More...

The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will be closed at various times this weekend. (Communications Nova Scotia)

The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will be on limited hours for the weekend and early next week. It will be closed on Friday, Saturday (July 20), Sunday (July 21), Monday (July 22) and Tuesday (July 23) at 1:30 p.m. each day and... Read More...

Region of Queens councillors have approved an extra $33,272 in work at Hillsview Acres to prepare for elevator upgrades at the facility. (Facebook)

UPDATED 3:55 p.m. Friday It’s going to cost a little more to upgrade the elevator at a nursing home in north Queens. Region of Queens councillors held a special meeting on Wednesday to approve an extra $33,272 for electrical and alarm panel work at Hillsview... Read More...

The Falls in Milton under construction on the banks of the Mersey River. (Rick Conrad photo)

The Region of Queens is going to pay the builder of an apartment building on the Mersey River in Milton to connect to the municipal sewer system. Councillors voted at their meeting last week to compensate Eric and Dawn Fry, the owners of The Falls in Milton... Read More...

Melanie and Bruce Inglis organized Queens Hockey Fights Cancer on Saturday at Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool. It has raised more than $16,000 so far for cancer research. (Rick Conrad photo)

A charity hockey game in Liverpool on the weekend raised more than $16,000 for cancer research. Queens Hockey Fights Cancer was hosted by Memories Cafe & Eatery and Inglis Kassouf Financial Solutions at Queens Place Emera Centre on Saturday. It was... Read More...

An X-ray technician is seen in this photo. X-ray reports will soon be available through the YourHealthNS app. (Communications Nova Scotia / File)

X-ray results will soon be available through the YourHealthNS app. Nova Scotians will be able to see any X-rays done from July 15 onward. The results will be on the app 14 days after the scan. The report includes findings from the X-ray, a comparison with any... Read More...

Queens General Hospital. Photo Ed Halverson

The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will be closed at certain times this week. It closed at 1:30 p.m. on Monday and will reopen Tuesday at 8 a.m. It will close again on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. and reopen Wednesday at 8 a.m. Patients... Read More...

Drag performers Rhett Torical and Rouge Fatale read to kids and adults as part of Reading with Royalty at the Thomas H. Raddall Library in Liverpool on Thursday. (Rick Conrad photo)

Drag queen story hour made its fabulous debut in Liverpool on Thursday as part of Pride celebrations on the South Shore. The event, dubbed Reading with Royalty, featured Rouge Fatale, one of Nova Scotia’s best known drag performers, and drag king Rhett... Read More...

Bob Chouinard, Valerie Wilcox, Carolyn Campbell, Janet Perry, Tony Flint and Roger Wilcox, all residents of Bristol Avenue in Liverpool, were among a group of people who told Region of Queens councillors on Tuesday that they oppose a 24-unit apartment building proposed for their street. (Rick Conrad photo)

Residents on a busy street in Liverpool are concerned it will only get more hectic if a 24-unit apartment building is built in their neighbourhood. About a dozen people presented a petition to regional council on Tuesday and spoke against the development... Read More...