LRHS Grad drive-thru parade. Photo Ed Halverson
A jubilant mood outside Queens Place as proud parents, grandparents and members of the community gathered to celebrate the 2021 Liverpool Regional High School graduates. For the second year in a row, the LRHS community had to find another way to acknowledge... Read More...
Premier Iain Rankin in Lunenburg. Photo Ed Halverson
The province announced five new palliative care beds are opening on the South Shore. Premier Iain Rankin was in Lunenburg to share the news the province will provide $1 million annually to fund the five spaces at Fisherman’s Memorial Hospital in... Read More...
Queens-Shelburne MLA Kim Masland will re-offer in the new riding of Queens. Photo Ed Halverson
The MLA for Queens Shelburne is coming back for more. Kim Masland has announced she will represent the Progressive Conservatives in Queens in the next provincial election. Masland wants to continue to work on behalf of the people in her community. “Even... Read More...
Customers flock to Memories Cafe in Liverpool on the first day of the Phase II reopening. Photo Ed Halverson
The second phase of Nova Scotia’s reopening plan kicked off Wednesday. Restaurants and bars can now have up to ten people per group seated indoors and social distanced from other groups. Retail stores can now operate at 50 percent capacity and personal... Read More...
Council proposes to raise Market Street from the bridge to Water Street. Photo Ed Halverson
The Mayor of Queens bristles at the suggestion Liverpool is sinking. “Liverpool is not sinking,” said Darlene Norman. “The ocean’s rising in a parking lot area that is surrounded by some businesses but Liverpool, as in main street Liverpool, is high and dry... Read More...
Liverpool Regional High School. Photo Ed Halverson
A local group is working to recognize Liverpool Regional High School graduates. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, large gatherings are prohibited across Nova Scotia, including graduation ceremonies. Deborah Raddall is one of a group of volunteers who are... Read More...
Felix Munoz with Yvonne and Al Wenninger. Photo courtesy of the Wenningers
An online event this weekend will provide a peek into the life of the province’s migrant workers. “Will You Be My Neighbour” will feature a conversation with local pastor Samuel Jess and migrant worker Felix Munoz about overcoming the isolation some workers... Read More...
South Shore Drive-In screen. Photo Catherine Croft
Organizers of the South Shore Drive-In say this season will be worth the wait. Catherine Croft, one of the principal organizers says people are asking when the local drive in will begin operations, pointing out other drive-ins in Nova Scotia have been... Read More...
Photo Ed Halverson
A downed power line briefly trapped students inside a bus Monday afternoon. Shortly after 3:00pm a bus carrying 23 students on route 122 from Liverpool Regional High School, South Queens Middle School and John C Wickwire Academy, encountered the power line on... Read More...
Some of the bicycles handed out during the 2020 Bike Exchange campaign. Photo Credit: Norm Amirault
The annual Region of Queens bike exchange is once again up and rolling for 2021. Beginning Monday, residents looking for a gently used bike in good working order can choose from one of the many that will be posted on the bike exchange Facebook... Read More...
PC Leader Tim Houston. Photo Ed Halverson
The leader of Nova Scotia’s official opposition party says the PCs are the government in waiting. Tim Houston says the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives have a strong team of sitting MLAs and qualified candidates who are ready to lead after the next... Read More...
New LRHS Warriors logo designed by student Autumn McDonald
Liverpool Regional High School has a new logo to represent the Warriors. The winning design features a shield with a small letter W in the top right corner and three swords crossing behind from corner to corner and down the center. Students were asked to vote... Read More...
Susan MacLeod seeking Liberal nomination for Queens. Photo submitted
A former regional councillor is throwing their hat into provincial politics. Susan MacLeod is vying to be the Liberal candidate for Queens in the next provincial election. MacLeod wants to continue to serve her community as an elected official but recognizes... Read More...
Port Grocer in Port Medway. Photo Ed Halverson
The owner of the Port Grocer hopes whoever buys the establishment understands they’re taking responsibility for the heart of the seaside community. Over the past seven years the Port Grocer has served Port Medway as café, local grocery store, post office,... Read More...
Dr. Robert Strang. Photo Nova Scotia Government
The province has announced further easing of COVID restrictions in Nova Scotia. Beginning Wednesday, malls, retail operations and fitness centres can once again operate at 100 percent capacity so long as people are social distancing. And anyone arriving from... Read More...
Olivia and Garfield Gallant-Zwicker alongside the Mersey River. Photo Ed Halverson
A brother sister team at South Queens Middle School are part of classes hoping their science experiment will lead to a cleaner Mersey River.* Two classes of grade-seven students have been testing sites up and down the Mersey since October tracking levels of... Read More...
Liverpool International Theatre Festival Logo. Contributed by LITF
Theatre lovers can firm up their calendar as the Liverpool International Theatre Festival has announced they will be returning in 2022. LITF is usually held at the Astor Theatre in autumn but will go ahead May 12-15 next year. The 2020 edition of the event... Read More...
Apartment will be built behind Bristol Hall. Photo Google Maps
A request to add six more units to a proposed apartment building on Mersey Avenue is raising concerns for neighbours. On March 11, the Region of Queens sent out notices to people living with 100 feet of the development property line advising they had 14 days... Read More...
LRHS Tech Education shop. Photo Ed Halverson
Liverpool Regional High School is expanding to accommodate a new program to provide students with hands-on experience in the trades. Plans are being finalized for a new skills trade centre to be built out from the existing tech education classroom at the back... Read More...
Vice principal Todd Symes at the site of the new track. Photo Ed Halverson
Volunteers at Liverpool Regional High School are working to build a track worthy of an Olympian. Plans are in place to replace the schools’ existing soccer field and surround it with an eight-lane 400 metre long track. Vice Principal Todd Symes identified the... Read More...
Photo Ed Halverson
The first steps have been taken to strengthen the relationship between South Shore Public Libraries and the region’s BIPOC community. Chief Librarian Troy Myers describes Friday’s meeting with the anti-racism task force from the town of Bridgewater as a... Read More...
Once the snow melts, residents can look forward to a summer of swimming at the Milton and North Queens municipal pools. Photo Ed Halverson
The Region of Queens is reopening pools this summer and are looking for staff. The Milton Centennial and North Queens Aquatic Centre were closed last year as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. Director of recreation and healthy communities Meaghan... Read More...
Liverpool EHS station. Photo Ed Halverson
Calling an ambulance won’t always mean a ride to the hospital. One of the findings in a new report released Monday said to reduce the amount of time ambulances sit in hospitals waiting to offload patients, they should be allowed to use their advanced medical... Read More...
Thomas H. Raddall Library. Photo credit Ed Halverson
A social media post meant to provoke discussion around controversial topics has landed South Shore Public Libraries officials in hot water. Members of the South Shore Black, Indigenous and People of Colour group are taking the library to task after they... Read More...
Seaside Centre. Photo Damien van den Berg
Residents have voted down a request for an area rate to support the Seaside Recreation Centre. The centre’s board is asking Region of Queens council to impose a tax of four cents per hundred dollars of assessment on property owners in Assessment District 7,... Read More...