Date: Jan. 10th, 2024 - 8:28 AM
Employees at Queens Place Emera Centre work on Tuesday to get the ice ready for skaters. (Rick Conrad photo)
By RICK CONRAD
The arena at Queens Place Emera Centre is set to reopen on Friday.
The Region of Queens made the announcement late Tuesday evening.
The region announced on Dec. 29 that it had to cancel all on-ice activities immediately, until a new condenser... Read More...
Date: Jan. 9th, 2024 - 4:58 PM
Darlene Norman, mayor of Region of Queens. Photo Credit: Darlene Norman
By Rick Conrad
Voters in the Region of Queens may be able to cast a ballot online in October’s municipal election.
Mayor Darlene Norman says she’s confident the region will be able to introduce electronic voting as an option this year.
Councillors asked CAO... Read More...
Date: Jan. 8th, 2024 - 4:09 PM
Region of Queens administration building. Photo Ed Halverson
By Rick Conrad
The Queens Place Emera Centre canteen contract and electronic voting are among the topics on the Region of Queens council agenda on Tuesday.
Staff are recommending that the Kiwanis Club of Liverpool be awarded a one-year contract to operate... Read More...
Date: Jan. 8th, 2024 - 9:58 AM
(Photo via RCMP NS Facebook page)
By Rick Conrad
A 66-year-old Chester Grant man is in hospital after his logging truck rolled and hit a power pole in Buckfield, Queens County, on Sunday morning, RCMP said Monday.
Queens District RCMP, firefighters and EHS responded to a single-vehicle crash... Read More...
Date: Jan. 5th, 2024 - 3:08 PM
Queens Place ice surface. Photo Ed Halverson
By Rick Conrad
Groups who use the arena at Queens Place Emera Centre are juggling their January schedules as the region replaces a vital piece of ice-making equipment.
The Region of Queens, which operates Queens Place, announced on Dec. 29 that it had to... Read More...
Date: Jan. 5th, 2024 - 12:53 PM
Queens MLA Kim Masland. Photo Ed Halverson
By Rick Conrad
The Nova Scotia government is contributing more than $20,000 to physical activity projects in Queens County.
Queens MLA Kim Masland announced the $23,435 in funding for various initiatives in the Region of Queens.
“The support for the Region... Read More...
Date: Jan. 4th, 2024 - 1:30 PM
By Rick Conrad
Queens County residents who haven’t received their latest COVID booster or influenza vaccine will get another shot at it on Tuesday.
Nova Scotia Health is organizing a COVID-19 and influenza immunization clinic at Queens Place Emera Centre on... Read More...
Date: Jan. 4th, 2024 - 9:59 AM
The Nova Scotia minimum wage is increasing to $15.20 an hour on April 1. (Robert Owen-Wahl via Pixabay)
By Rick Conrad
Nova Scotia’s minimum wage will be going up by 20 cents an hour to $15.20 on April 1.
Jill Balser, Nova Scotia’s minister of labour, skills and immigration, announced the raise in a news release on Wednesday.
Nova Scotia’s minimum wage review... Read More...
Date: Jan. 3rd, 2024 - 4:28 PM
Jerri Southcott is the new executive director of the Astor Theatre in Liverpool. (Submitted photo)
By Rick Conrad
The Astor Theatre in Liverpool has hired a new executive director.
Jerri Southcott takes over the full-time position on Feb. 5, the theatre’s board of directors announced Tuesday
Southcott is no stranger to the Astor. As the founder of... Read More...
Date: Dec. 19th, 2023 - 4:50 PM
Photo Ed Halverson
Mill Village Fire Department is hoping to get the Region of Queens on board to help them buy a new fire truck.
The $711,810 R Series Top Control 4-door truck is already in Bridgewater and the seller is holding it for Mill Village until April 1. The department... Read More...
Date: Dec. 14th, 2023 - 4:07 PM
Region of Queens administration building. Photo Ed Halverson
Region of Queens council will once again delay a decision on the location of a new library.
Municipal staff had recommended building at the Liverpool business development centre but after a flood of e-mail correspondence and public comments at the last... Read More...
Date: Dec. 11th, 2023 - 6:05 PM
Photo Ed Halverson
Municipal Water customers in Queens will see compensation for a boil water advisory that lasted almost nine weeks.
The Region of Queens applied to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) and was approved to provide a one-time 70 percent rate... Read More...
Date: Dec. 6th, 2023 - 5:42 PM
Thomas H Raddall Library. Photo Ed Halverson
A new library could come in at a third the cost of previous designs if Region of Queens Council decides to build it in the Liverpool Business Development Centre.
Projections from staff indicate refurbishing the building to accommodate relocation of the Thomas... Read More...
Date: Nov. 30th, 2023 - 10:08 AM
Queens MLA Kim Masland. Photo Ed Halverson
Residents of North Queens will soon have a new long-term care home to call their own.
Kim Masland, Minister of Public Works and MLA for Queens, on behalf of Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Barbara Adams, made the announcement Tuesday November 28.
People... Read More...
Date: Nov. 27th, 2023 - 10:25 PM
Alex J Walling, founder of QCCR and long-time broadcaster has passed away.
The mainstay of the Maritime airwaves began his career in Quebec City in 1965 before moving to Halifax in 1972 to work at CHNS radio.
One of the early highlights of his career was... Read More...
Date: Nov. 27th, 2023 - 10:54 AM
Photo Ed Halverson
A program supporting seniors over the holidays has met its goal weeks ahead of its deadline.
Queens Santa’s for Seniors connects people with seniors to provide them with gift cards during this festive season.
Anyone can nominate a senior and seniors can... Read More...
Date: Nov. 21st, 2023 - 7:48 AM
Thomas H. Raddall Library. Photo credit Ed Halverson
Municipal staff have suggested building the new library close to the Region of Queens administrative office.
In a release issued, Thursday Nov 16, staff say the Liverpool Business Development Center, on Harley Umphrey Drive, “offers an ideal space, including... Read More...
Date: Nov. 20th, 2023 - 5:56 PM
Scott Christian announces candidacy for Region of Queens Mayor. Photo: Scott Christian for Mayor of RQM Facebook page
Scott Christian is first to announce his intention to run for Mayor of Queens in the 2024 municipal election.
The former Chair of the Queens Daycare Association made the announcement in a video released on social media Friday.
During the two and a half minute... Read More...
Date: Nov. 17th, 2023 - 12:14 PM
Residents are petitioning council to lower the speed limit along Liverpool’s Main St between Court St and Fort Point Park. Photo Google Maps
Some residents of Main Street in Liverpool are calling on the municipality to lower the speed limit on one end.
At Tuesday’s council meeting two petitions were received asking to reduce the speed limit on Main Street from 50 km/h to 40 km/h between... Read More...
Date: Nov. 17th, 2023 - 10:49 AM
Entrance to Region of Queens council chambers. Photo Ed Halverson
Tuesday’s Region of Queens Council meeting began with a couple of petitions to address speeding on Main Street in Liverpool.
Council moved the item to discussions and decided to have staff look into the costs and process of lowering the speed limit from... Read More...
Date: Nov. 13th, 2023 - 11:50 AM
Scotiabank on Main Street in Liverpool. Photo Google Maps
Scotiabank customers in Liverpool will have to travel up the road 1/2 an hour to do their banking.
A notice posted in the Liverpool branch announced it would be closing its prominent location at the corner of Main and Market streets and moving all accounts to... Read More...
Date: Nov. 9th, 2023 - 1:59 PM
Photo Ed Halverson
Organizers says a volunteer program to help seniors over the holidays is more important this year than ever before.
Kendra Shot has run the Queens Santa’s for Seniors program for the past four years.
When she started, donors would select an anonymous senior... Read More...
Date: Nov. 7th, 2023 - 8:18 AM
(L-R)Christopher Clarke, Kim Masland, Darlene Norman and Andrew MacVicar at the groundbreaking for the new Queens long term care facility. Photo Ed Halverson
Years of wrangling to get financing and another two years of planning culminated in a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at the site of the new Queens long-term care home.
Public Works Minister and MLA for Queens Kim Masland and Mayor Darlene Norman joined Queens... Read More...
Date: Nov. 5th, 2023 - 8:41 PM
Brian Muldoon protests the proposed fish farm expansion. QCCR file photo
A local environmental group is gearing up to fight a proposed fish farm expansion in Liverpool.
Protect Liverpool Bay was recently granted intervenor status to appear at the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board hearing into Kelly Cove Salmon’s proposed plan... Read More...
Date: Nov. 5th, 2023 - 8:12 PM
Laricobius Beetle. Photo courtesy Natural Resources Canada
Scientists are hopeful a beetle from BC will stop a pest threatening Hemlock trees across the province.
The Hemlock Wolly Adelgid or HWA, is a small aphid-like insect that kills Hemlock trees by eating the food and water the tree stores at the base of its... Read More...
