Road crews were working on the Mount Pleasant Road repaving on Thursday in Brooklyn. (Rick Conrad)

It’s that time of year again. The sounds of trucks and heavy machinery along with the smells of freshly laid asphalt will be popping up around Queens County as road work season gets underway. Public Works Minister and Queens MLA Kim Masland said Thursday that... Read More...

Shelley Walker is Queens County’s senior safety co-ordinator. (Rick Conrad)

Almost 200 people turned out on Thursday at the Best Western Plus in Liverpool for the 2024 Senior Safety Spring Expo and Fair. It featured almost 40 exhibitors with information about things such as housing, health care and senior safety as well as products... Read More...

Sue and Chres Jensen, owners of Gallery 244 in Brooklyn, are holding a Carnival at the gallery on Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. (Rick Conrad)

Since Sue and Chres Jensen moved to Nova Scotia from Alberta three years ago, they’ve carved out a distinctive space for the creative community at their gallery in Brooklyn. And they’re using it to host an event called Carnival that’s just as unique on... Read More...

The Privateer Farmers and Artisans Market in Liverpool is participating in the $10 farmers markets voucher program announced Tuesday by the Nova Scotia government. (Privateer Farmers and Artisans Market Facebook page)

The Nova Scotia government will be helping local farmers markets attract new customers this summer. The province announced Tuesday that it will be giving students from grades Primary to 12 a voucher that they can spend at farmers markets this summer. The $10... Read More...

Mike Murphy of Mersey Seafoods announces the company’s sponsorship of the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials, beginning Dec. 30 at Queens Place Emera Centre in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)

As one of the people bringing the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials to Liverpool in December, you’d expect Greg Thorbourne to love the sport. “I used to hate mixed doubles,” he told a crowd on Monday at the Liverpool Curling Club. “I thought, ‘Who... Read More...

Ronnie Conrad on the West Berlin Wharf on Friday, on the last day of lobster fishing season. (Rick Conrad)

Friday was the last day of lobster fishing season on Nova Scotia’s South Shore. And fishermen at wharves in Queens County say it was a good one. Ronnie Conrad of West Berlin has been fishing for 44 years. He said conditions on the water were rougher than last... Read More...

Thomas H. Raddall Library. Photo Ed Halverson

The public will soon have a chance to give their feedback on the design of the temporary library location in Liverpool. Region of Queens councillors voted in February to move the Thomas H. Raddall Library to the Liverpool Business Development Centre on White... Read More...

Curling rings. Photo Ed Halverson

The group bringing the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials to Liverpool is getting a little over $19,000 in funding from the Region of Queens. Councillors unanimously approved the $19,140 in funding this week for the Liverpool Championship Host Society.... Read More...

Nova Scotia’s Public Works Minister and Queens MLA Kim Masland. (Rick Conrad photo)

Like many longtime Queens County residents, MLA Kim Masland lived through the closure of the Bowater mill in Liverpool in 2012. “When we lost Bowater, it was a huge blow, to not only Liverpool but to Queens County and to the western end of the province,”... Read More...

Bill Smyth and Alex Doggett of Queens County Transit with one of the new hybrid SUVs the non-profit society bought with funding from the federal and provincial governments. (Queens County Transit Facebook page)

Queens County Transit has received government funding to expand its fleet and to keep up with the growing demand for its service. The non-profit based in Liverpool has bought two new hybrid SUVs, thanks to $116,293 in funding from the federal and provincial... Read More...

Ava Smith and Koen Shand are Grade 12 students at Liverpool Regional High School. They’re helping out with the LRHS Scholarship Auction 2024. (Rick Conrad)

The graduating class at Liverpool Regional High School may be relatively small, but they’ve had a mighty significant impact over the years on students going on to higher learning. Since 1998, the Liverpool Regional High School Scholarship Auction has awarded... Read More...

Ashley Christian is president of the South Queens Chamber of Commerce. (Rick Conrad)

The Nova Scotia government announced this week that as part of a settlement agreement, Northern Pulp will study the feasibility of opening a paper mill in the Liverpool area. We asked some people at the South Queens Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting... Read More...

Ryan Lutes is the president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union. (Nova Scotia Teachers Union YouTube channel)

The 10,000 members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union have ratified a new contract with the province. The deal was reached on April 26. Some 91 per cent of members voted on the contract on May 22. And 80.5 per cent voted to accept it.  “This agreement contains... Read More...

An undated aerial photo of the former Bowater Mersey plant in Brooklyn. (Queens County Historical Society Photo Collection, housed at the Queens County Museum)

The pulp and paper industry may be making a comeback in Queens County. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced on Thursday that Paper Excellence, which owns Northern Pulp in Pictou County, will be launching a feasibility study into whether it can open a... Read More...

Region of Queens Mayor Darlene Norman says new public housing announced for Liverpool is ‘desperately needed’. (Rick Conrad / File)

Liverpool is getting new public housing in the next 12 months, the Nova Scotia government announced Wednesday. An eightplex is planned for land next to 183 and 185 Old Port Mouton Rd. The building will be modular housing, divided into eight separate... Read More...

A change to the student assistance funding formula means some Nova Scotia college and university students could get more help. (Communications Nova Scotia)

Some Nova Scotia college and university students will get more student assistance beginning this fall because of a change in the funding formula. The updated formula brings the Nova Scotia Student Assistance Program in line with the federal Canada Student... Read More...

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

Here is when the emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will be closed over the next week:     from 1:30 p.m. Wed., May 22, to Thurs., May 23 at 8 a.m.     from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fri., May 24     from 5 a.m. Sat., May 25 to Sun., May 26... Read More...

Stephanie Miller Vincent is the co-ordinator of the South Shore Tourism Co-operative. The organization held its annual general meeting Tuesday at the Quarterdeck Resort in Summerville Centre. (Rick Conrad)

Tourism operators on Nova Scotia’s South Shore are looking forward to a good season, optimistic that visitors will return to the area after a disappointing 2023. Stephanie Miller Vincent is the co-ordinator of the South Shore Tourism Co-operative, which... Read More...

Brooklyn judo athlete Abigail Smith is getting ready for the 2024 Canadian Open Championships in Montreal from May 23-26. (Rick Conrad)

Queens County judo athlete Abigail Smith is the first to admit she isn’t the best driver — yet. Smith doesn’t have her drivers licence, but she’s learning. And if she takes the same approach to mastering the rules of the road as she does to racking up medals... Read More...

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told reporters Thursday that a $25,000 fine for violating burn restrictions is about preventing more wildfires. (Nova Scotia Government)

With wildfires breaking out in western Canada, Nova Scotia has increased the fine for violating the daily burn restrictions to $25,000. From March 15 to Oct. 15, daily burn restrictions are in place across the province to help prevent wildfires. Burning is... Read More...

The Nova Scotia Teachers Union will hold a runoff vote on May 29 to elect its next president. (Ray Shrewsberry via Pixabay)

It’s down to two people vying to represent the 10,000 members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union. The vote for NSTU president is headed for a runoff. About 69 per cent of the union’s members cast ballots on Wednesday to elect someone to replace Ryan Lutes, who... Read More...

Ryan Lutes did not reoffer as president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union. (Nova Scotia Teachers Union YouTube channel)

The 10,000 members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union are voting Wednesday to elect a new president. NSTU presidents are elected to two-year terms. They can serve no more than two terms.  Ryan Lutes was elected president in 2022. He decided not to... Read More...

Region of Queens councillors want a staff report on installing traffic lights at the three-way stop at Main and Market Streets in downtown Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)

Queens County pedestrians and motorists won’t see orange crosswalk flags at a busy intersection in downtown Liverpool, but they could see a return of traffic lights. Region of Queens councillors on Tuesday voted against installing the flags at the three-way... Read More...

District 3 Coun. Maddie Charlton asked for a way on Tuesday to boost funding for the South Shore Transition House Association. (Region of Queens YouTube channel)

Thirty-four community groups in Queens County will be getting almost $150,000 in funding from the municipality, but one councillor worried on Tuesday that one organization wasn’t getting enough. The Region of Queens approves funding requests each year from... Read More...

Region of Queens councillors will again discuss traffic safety in downtown Liverpool, at their regular meeting on Tuesday. (Rick Conrad)

Traffic concerns, a heritage property and money for community groups are some of the issues Queens County councillors will be discussing on Tuesday at their regular council meeting. At their April 23 meeting, councillors wanted more study of traffic safety... Read More...