Athletes Sarah Mitton, Michael Moreau, Rebecca Delaney, Abigail Smith and Jillian Young were honoured with a homecoming meet and greet at Queens Place Emera Centre on Thursday. Earl Mielke (right) is the head coach of the snowshoe team for Special Olympics Lunenburg/Queens. (Rick Conrad)

Queens County celebrated some of its most successful athletes on Thursday as national and international medallists were honoured at Queens Place Emera Centre. Four athletes from Special Olympics Lunenburg/Queens were joined by judo athlete Abigail Smith and... Read More...

Local historian Kathy Stitt told the stories of three Queens County women on Wednesday at the Thomas H. Raddall Library in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)

An internationally renowned hunting and fishing guide, a celebrated historian and educator, and an African missionary. They all travelled and made their mark on the world.  And they were all women from Queens County. Local historian Kathy Stitt was at the... Read More...

Brooklyn’s Sarah Mitton throws during a qualification round at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Mark Blinch/COC)

If you want to congratulate some Queens County athletes on their recent success, you’ll get your chance on Thursday at Queens Place Emera Centre in Liveprool. The Region of Queens is hosting a homecoming meet and greet for athletes with Special Olympics... Read More...

Queens General Hospital. Photo Ed Halverson

The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will be closed for part of this week. It will be open until Wednesday at 1:30 in the afternoon and reopen Thursday at 8 in the morning. It will close again Friday from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Patients... Read More...

Abigail Smith with her coach Jason Scott at the Elite National Championships in Edmonton on Jan. 13 and 14. (Abigail Smith photo)

Another Queens County athlete is getting ready to represent Canada on the world stage. Last Friday, Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn won her first international gold medal in the shot put when she beat the rest of the field at the World Athletics Indoor Championships... Read More...

The Apitamkiejit Wind Energy Project proposed for north Queens would include 10 turbines with a capacity of up to 68 megawatts. (SWEB Energy photo)

A company hoping to build a wind farm in north Queens is planning a community engagement session on Thurs., March 21 at the Greenfield Fire Hall from 4:30 to 7:30. The Apitamkiejit Wind Energy Project would include 10 turbines with a capacity of 68... Read More...

Members of the Astor Theatre’s Seniors Connecting group produced a holiday play for QCCR in December. (QCCR photo)

Non-profit groups in Queens County can now apply for wellness funds through the Queens Community Health Board. Past projects funded by the grants include a regular seniors art and craft get-together at the Astor Theatre, learning to curl sessions at the... Read More...

Nova Scotia’s $5.2-million Community Solar Program will help community groups build solar gardens. (Sebastian Ganso via Pixabay)

The Nova Scotia government has created a $5.2-million fund to help community groups and businesses set up solar gardens and sell the electricity. The Community Solar Program is open to non-profits, co-operatives, First Nations communities, municipalities,... Read More...

Centennial Park in Liverpool will be the site of the Light Up Queens Winter Night Festival on March 16. (Rick Conrad photo)

The Light Up Queens Winter Night Festival is back on. It’s set for Sat., March 16 from 6 to 9 p.m. in Centennial Park on the Liverpool waterfront. It was originally scheduled for Feb. 24, but the region postponed it because of Environment Canada... Read More...

Sarah Mitton of Brooklyn, Queens County, after winning the gold medal in the shot put at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow on Friday morning. (Sarah Mitton photo)

Brooklyn’s Sarah Mitton can now add world champion to her already long list of accomplishments. The Olympic shot putter from Queens County captured the gold medal Friday morning at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. “Incredible. I’ve been... Read More...

Sarah Mitton, wearing the red Team Canada jersey, was among the inaugural inductees to the Olympic Wall at Queens Place Emera Centre. Photo Ed Halverson

UPDATED 8:55 a.m. FRIDAY Brooklyn’s Sarah Mitton won gold Friday morning in the shot put at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow with a season’s best throw of 20.22 metres. She broke her own Canadian record with the throw. German... Read More...

Melissa Thiele-Smale, treasurer of the Brooklyn Recreation Committee, spoke to Queens regional council in January. (Region of Queens YouTube channel)

The Brooklyn Recreation Committee will be reimbursed $1,150 by the Region of Queens for the cost of a financial review. In 2023, the committee was granted a community area rate of four cents per $100 of assessment to fund its operations. The rate provides... Read More...

A public hearing is scheduled for March 12 on a proposed wind farm in Milton. (Mersey River Wind)

A public hearing on a proposed wind farm development in Milton is scheduled for March 12 in council chambers at the Region of Queens offices in Liverpool. The region plans to sign a development agreement with Roswall Development Inc., the owners of Mersey... Read More...

Damien Barry was appointed to the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board on Feb. 8. (Louisbourg Seafoods photo)

Nova Scotia’s minister of fisheries and aquaculture has appointed a new member to the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board. Damien Barry, a lawyer in Sydney and CAO and general counsel for Louisbourg Seafoods, was appointed Feb. 8, according to the... Read More...

Region of Queens CAO Cody Joudry and Mayor Darlene Norman before Tuesday’s council meeting. (Rick Conrad photo)

Library users in Liverpool will be checking out books in a new location by the end of the year. Region of Queens councillors voted Tuesday night to move the Thomas H. Raddall library to the Liverpool Business Development Centre until a permanent site can be... Read More...

Brian and Cathie Mourre live in Eagle Head. (Rick Conrad photo)

Nova Scotia’s coastline now has even less protection after the province announced Monday that the Coastal Protection Act is dead, some Queens County residents say. Tim Halman, Nova Scotia’s minister of environment and climate change, announced the government... Read More...

Queens regional councillors will vote Tuesday on whether the Liverpool library will move to the Liverpool Business Development Centre until a new one can be built. (Rick Conrad photo)

The library in Liverpool may be moving temporarily to the Liverpool Business Development Centre on White Point Road. Region of Queens councillors are set to vote on a recommendation Tuesday from CAO Cody Joudry to move the library to the same building that... Read More...

Queens County voters may get an electronic voting option in October. (Elections Nova Scotia Facebook)

Queens County voters are getting closer to having the option to vote online or by phone in this October’s municipal election. Councillors asked CAO Cody Joudry in January to prepare a report on the feasibility and costs of introducing electronic voting to... Read More...

Nova Scotia Power crews at work on Waterloo Street on Monday. (Rick Conrad photo)

A power outage in parts of Liverpool has closed two schools and some downtown businesses for the day. Wickwire Academy and South Queens Middle School are closed because of the power outage just before 5 a.m. Monday. Nova Scotia Power says it’s because... Read More...

The cast of Follies on opening night Thursday at the Astor Theatre in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad photo)

The curtain went up on a big, bold, breathtaking musical at the Astor Theatre in Liverpool on Thursday night. Stephen Sondheim’s Follies began its eight-show run at the historic theatre. It features more than two dozen cast members from Queens and... Read More...

Premier Tim Houston spoke to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Thursday. (Nova Scotia Government)

By Rick Conrad Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says having a former Progressive Conservative candidate as the new chairman of the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board won’t affect the board’s independence as it hears an application to expand fish farming in... Read More...

Tim Cranston is the new chairman of the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board. (Facebook)

By Rick Conrad The chairwoman of the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board is out and a new chairman is in. Groups getting ready for hearings into a proposed fish farm expansion in Liverpool Bay got a surprise this week when they were told chairwoman Jean... Read More...

Betsy Hartt and Bob Iuliucci, owners of Bear Cove Resources, will make an oral presentation at the upcoming Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board hearing in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad photo)

By Rick Conrad UPDATE 9:25 p.m. Tuesday The Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board hearing into a proposed fish farm expansion in Liverpool Bay has been delayed until further notice, the board posted on its website Tuesday night. “The hearing scheduled... Read More...

The cast of Follies rehearses at the Astor Theatre in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad photo)

By Rick Conrad The Astor Theatre’s first adult musical since 2018 is set to open this Thursday, Feb. 22. The Astor and Winds of Change are co-producing the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies. The Tony-award-winning show features elaborate costumes and big... Read More...

The Gorham Street sidewalk next to the Astor Theatre was impassable on Thursday. (Rick Conrad photo)

By Rick Conrad Some users of the Astor Theatre in Liverpool say the Region of Queens is not doing enough to ensure the building is accessible, especially after this week’s snowstorm. Kim Lees lives in Liverpool. Her knitting group meets at the Astor every... Read More...