Date: Aug. 24th, 2023 - 4:04 PM
Bob Robichaud, Meteorologist, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Screen capture from Communications Nova Scotia Zoom conference Aug 24, 2023
The province is warning Nova Scotians now is the time to prepare for an active hurricane season.
Officials from Environment Canada, Nova Scotia Power, the Red Cross and the province’s Emergency Management Office gathered together Thursday to announce an... Read More...
Date: Aug. 22nd, 2023 - 12:27 PM
Graffiti on Burgess Rd breakwater. Photo Darlene Norman
Region of Queens will spend $5,000 to clean graffiti in Port Mouton.
For the last year and a half residents have complained about offensive graffiti being posted on a breakwater and surrounding rocks at the end of Burgess Rd.
The complaint landed on the... Read More...
Date: Aug. 19th, 2023 - 10:26 AM
Hank Snow Museum. Photo Ed Halverson
Organizers of the annual Hank Snow Tribute are calling this year’s event a rebuilding.
Aside from a mini tribute that was held in 2022 to mark the 30th anniversary of the show the COVID 19 pandemic kept the event off the schedule for the past three... Read More...
Date: Aug. 17th, 2023 - 10:39 AM
Photo Ed Halverson
The Region of Queens has released more information about the event that caused the boil water advisory.
According to a release, lightning strikes from a passing electrical storm impacted the South Queens Water Treatment Facility on the morning of August... Read More...
Date: Aug. 15th, 2023 - 9:18 AM
Future site of proposed Co-op housing along Trestle Trail. Photo Ed Halverson
Region of Queens Council voted in favour of rezoning for 26 units of affordable housing in Liverpool.
In November, Council approved selling four adjoining lots between Lawrence and Amherst streets and Trestle Trail and the Queens Street Extension to Queens... Read More...
Date: Aug. 10th, 2023 - 4:51 PM
Region of Queens Administration Building. Photo Ed Halverson
Rezoning of an area to accommodate to construction of co-op housing topped the latest meeting of Region of Queens council.
No one spoke in favour or against the proposed multi-unit co-op development at a public hearing ahead of Tuesday’s council... Read More...
Date: Aug. 10th, 2023 - 2:27 PM
Entrance to Trestle Trail from Bristol Ave. Photo Ed Halverson
Region of Queens council heard a proposal that would allow off-highway vehicles to drive through downtown Liverpool.
At the July council meeting, members of the Queens County ATV Association and the Queens Rails to Trails Association came together to present... Read More...
Date: Aug. 9th, 2023 - 5:03 PM
Photo Ed Halverson
Residents of Liverpool and parts of the surrounding areas are under a boil water advisory.
The Region of Queens Municipality is advising anyone serviced by Region of Queens Water Utility to boil water for at least 1 minute before drinking, preparing infant... Read More...
Date: Aug. 3rd, 2023 - 1:05 PM
Paper recycling. Photo Ed Halverson
Nova Scotia is taking the first steps to making the industries that create much of the waste going into landfills responsible for disposal when people are finished with it.
On Wednesday August 2, government announced new extended producer responsibility (EPR)... Read More...
Date: Aug. 2nd, 2023 - 8:43 AM
Lesli Chandler in Astor Aug 1 2023. Photo Ed Halverson
The new executive director at the Astor Theatre says transitioning from the stage to the office is a welcome challenge.
Lesli Chandler says since taking over as Executive Director on July 5 she’s been reacquainting herself with Liverpool and learning what... Read More...
Date: Jul. 28th, 2023 - 10:26 AM
Close up of the Hybrid car electric charger station. Photo AdobeStock
The province’s electric utility wants to give drivers of electric vehicles another reason to stop in Liverpool.
Nova Scotia Power has approached the Region of Queens about installing a charging station on municipally owned property in downtown Liverpool.
The... Read More...
Date: Jul. 26th, 2023 - 10:45 AM
Liverpool Town Bridge Photo Ed Halverson
A possible active transportation corridor on Liverpool’s Town Bridge will not go ahead.
Municipal staff had determined the railings and sidewalks on the 60-year-old structure needed to be replaced.
Council wanted repair work completed to make the sidewalks... Read More...
Date: Jul. 25th, 2023 - 9:25 AM
Flood waters submerge cars up to their windows in the parking lot of a Bedford restaurant. Photo: Communications Nova Scotia
The Milton Centennial Pool appears to have been the greatest casualty for the Region of Queens in this weekend’s storm.
The storm washed out roads, and 100-series highways in neighbouring Hants and Lunenburg counties as well as Halifax with reports indicating... Read More...
Date: Jul. 23rd, 2023 - 10:40 AM
Region of Queens administration building. Photo Ed Halverson
Discussions around changing the sidewalks on the Liverpool Town Bridge and updating the municipal phone answering service were a couple of items on the most recent Region of Queens Council meeting agenda.
The meeting started with a pair of presentations. The... Read More...
Date: Jul. 21st, 2023 - 12:02 PM
Lumberjacks president John Patterson, LCLC manager Kent Walsh and Lumberjacks owner Jim Bottomley reveal team name at LCLC. Photo Ed Halverson
The former Liverpool Privateers have a new name to go with their move to Bridgewater.
Team owner Jim Bottomley made the announcement at a public event in the Junior B hockey team’s new home at the Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre.
They will take to the ice... Read More...
Date: Jul. 14th, 2023 - 2:04 PM
Exterior of Queens General Hospital. Photo Ed Halverson
Queens General Hospital will be welcoming four new family medicine residents over the next two years.
One resident starting in August another in December and two more joining next year will each spend 5 months training alongside family medicine doctors in... Read More...
Date: Jul. 12th, 2023 - 1:06 PM
Rendering of new spray pad at Etli Milita’mk park. Photo Region of Queens
The spray pad in the long-awaited universally designed playpark at Queens Place opens Tuesday.
The water feature includes sprinklers, a fountain, filler buckets and jet spray units and is the first phase of the complete design
Community members raised over... Read More...
Date: Jul. 9th, 2023 - 10:32 AM
Queens Place ice surface. Photo Ed Halverson
The team announced on June 29 that they would be leaving Liverpool and a week later staff at the Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre posted to social media that Jim Bottomley is bringing Junior B hockey to the LCLC.
Owner Jim Bottomley says travel time for the... Read More...
Date: Jul. 7th, 2023 - 9:51 AM
Future site of proposed Co-op housing along Trestle Trail. Photo Ed Halverson
A Liverpool co-op housing project is closer to becoming a reality as it makes its way through the development process.
Region of Queens sold the Queens Neighbourhood Cooperative Housing Ltd four parcels of land for a dollar in November 2022 to build 26 units... Read More...
Date: Jul. 5th, 2023 - 9:20 AM
Photo Ed Halverson
The Region of Queens will join the majority of municipalities in Nova Scotia when they follow recommendations from the Mass Casualty Commission and create a new Police Advisory Board.
Until earlier this spring, the Region of Queens was one of a small minority... Read More...
Date: Jul. 4th, 2023 - 9:26 AM
Region of Queens Council. Photo Region of Queens
The creation of a new police oversight board and rezoning for affordable housing topped the items at the recent Region of Queens Council meeting.
Council was on the road this Tuesday, June 27 at the Greenfield Fire Hall with a relatively light agenda.
Three... Read More...
Date: Jun. 29th, 2023 - 5:15 PM
Queens Place ice surface. Photo Ed Halverson
The Liverpool Privateers will not be returning to Queens Place in the fall.
The team made the announcement on their Facebook page Thursday afternoon and no reason was given for the sudden departure.
The news comes as a surprise after the Privateers announced... Read More...
Date: Jun. 27th, 2023 - 9:51 AM
Hank Snow Playground. Photo courtesy Brookyn Recreation Committee
Kids in Brooklyn no longer need to worry about losing their playground.
The Brooklyn Recreation Committee announced they are receiving funding from the province to help refurbish the Hank Snow Playground.
Funding through the Department of Communities,... Read More...
Date: Jun. 26th, 2023 - 1:32 PM
The fitness room side of Queens Place is a potential site for a new outdoor pool. Photo Ed Halverson
Following several months of deliberation, the Region of Queens looks to be closing in on a design for a new outdoor pool.
At their last meeting, council decided to recommend the project manager and engineer develop concept drawings based on criteria... Read More...
Date: Jun. 20th, 2023 - 2:17 PM
Rumclo Developments Ltd proposed Birchwood Gardens and The Curve communities. Photo from Rumclo Developments Ltd, Region of Queens Agenda package
A new affordable housing development in Liverpool hinges on whether the municipality is ready to extend water and sewer services along Shore Rd.
Rumclo Development Ltd is proposing to build 92 units of affordable housing between Shore Rd and College St in a... Read More...