Kim Masland, Nova Scotia’s minister of emergency management, announced more help this week for emergency services personnel to buy equipment. (Rick Conrad)

Volunteer fire departments and ground search and rescue groups will get more help from the Nova Scotia government to buy equipment. Emergency Management Minister Kim Masland recently announced an increase of $2.8 million to the emergency services provider... Read More...

Region of Queens Coun. Stewart Jenkins, Queens MLA Kim Masland and Greenfield and District Fire Chief Moyal Conrad at a funding announcement Monday about improvements at the fire hall. (Rick Conrad)

The Greenfield and District Fire Department will get much-needed improvements to its fire hall, with $600,000 in provincial funding announced Monday by Queens MLA and Emergency Management Minister Kim Masland. “This funding will help ensure that the people... Read More...

The Region of Queens has greenlit design work to begin on improvements to the town bridge. (Rick Conrad)

The Region of Queens is going ahead with design work to make the town bridge safer and more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists. The two-lane bridge over the Mersey River is the main thoroughfare into downtown Liverpool. The steel structure was built in... Read More...

Eric and Dawn Fry are hoping to build 16 apartments in the old Stedmans building on Main Street in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad / File)

The Region of Queens announced its public engagement sessions this week for a possible change to the land use bylaw that could significantly alter the downtown landscape. Developer Eric Fry wants to turn the former Stedmans building at 194 Main St. in... Read More...

Region of Queens councillors are trying to address concerns about safety at Cameron’s Corner in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)

Region of Queens councillors want municipal staff to investigate another hazardous intersection in Liverpool. Coun. Courtney Wentzell brought up complaints from constituents this week about the intersection at Cameron’s Corner. “It’s an accident waiting... Read More...

Joe Wood of Liverpool has been inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. (Photo courtesy of Joe Wood)

Joe Wood serves up a little music history every week from a Tim Horton’s in Liverpool. The veteran of the Canadian country music scene is now part of history himself. He is this year’s inductee in the Stan Klees builder category in the Canadian Country Music... Read More...

Abigail Smith will be going to the World Judo Cadets Championships in Bulgaria in August. (Rick Conrad)

Abigail Smith is booking another international flight to wear the maple leaf. The 17-year-old judo athlete from Queens County will be representing Canada at the World Judo Cadets Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 27 to 30. There are three divisions in... Read More...

RCMP have charged two men in after a break-and-enter in Pleasant River. (Vlad Vasnetsov via Pixabay)

Two men are facing multiple charges after a break-in at a home in Pleasant River on May 31. Queens District RCMP say they’ve charged Devon Matthew James Kanne, 34, of Danesville, with breaking and entering and committing. He has been released on conditions... Read More...

Picturesque fishing villages like Port Medway could be an attraction for film and TV crews considering productions in Queens County. (Rick Conrad)

Crews have been touring Queens County this spring scouting out possible locations to film a television series. Region of Queens Mayor Scott Christian said recently he’s been approached by “three or four” different crews considering production in the... Read More...

Easton Goodwin and Desmond Smyth tied for the People’s Choice Award at the Atlantic International Film Festival’s youth film competition. (Rick Conrad)

Listen to the audio version of this story here: https://www.qccrfm.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/youthfilmawardsjun425.mp3   Two young filmmakers from Liverpool have won the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Atlantic International Film Festival... Read More...

Eric Fry of SDL Investments Limited is hoping to build 16 apartments in the old Stedmans building on Main Street in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)

UPDATED Mon., June 2 at 4:45 p.m. The public will be able to give their feedback on a proposed new apartment building on Main Street in Liverpool that may result in a significant change to the downtown landscape. The Region of Queens is considering an... Read More...

Alyssa Short, chairwoman of North Queens Active Living, details for regional councillors the track and field project at North Queens Community School. (Region of Queens YouTube channel)

A new field and running track will be built at North Queens Community School, thanks to funding from the Nova Scotia government and the Region of Queens. Regional councillors approved $250,000 this week for the $1.1-million project at the Primary to Grade 12... Read More...

The Nova Scotia government is re-examining where and how people can buy alcohol. (Rick Conrad)

You may get a wider selection of stores to buy your 2-4 in Nova Scotia. The provincial government is looking at expanding the places where people can buy booze. Finance Minister John Lohr said in a release Thursday that the province wants to reach out to the... Read More...

Queens MLA Kim Masland announced funding for six groups in Queens County on Thursday. (Rick Conrad / File photo)

Businesses and community groups in Queens County will get almost $80,000 in provincial funding. Queens MLA Kim Masland announced the funding on Thursday from the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage for six different organizations. The... Read More...

Kaleb Whynott, Desmond Smyth and Thomas Lenco edit parts of The Movbee, one of the films that will be featured at the Astor Academy Film Festival on Friday. (Rick Conrad)

A small group of young filmmakers in Liverpool is already making a splash on the big screen. Two members of the Astor Theatre Academy’s film club were finalists in the Atlantic International Film Festival’s youth film competition in Halifax last... Read More...

Hailey Flemming and her dog Nala outside her family’s home in Port Medway. Hailey will be representing Nova Scotia at the Canadian Kennel Club’s National Junior Handling Championship in August. (Rick Conrad)

A young dog handler from Queens County will be representing Nova Scotia at a national championship in Manitoba. Hailey Flemming, 12, from Port Medway plans to fly to Winnipeg in August with her family to compete in the Canadian Kennel Club’s National Junior... Read More...

Eric Goulden, chairman of the Astor Theatre Society, speaks to theatre supporters on Thursday. Karen Murphy, of the J&W Murphy Foundation, and Lynn Cochrane, vice-chair of the Astor board, look on. (Rick Conrad)

The board of the Astor Theatre on Thursday unveiled some details of a plan they hope will make the theatre the centre of arts and culture on the South Shore. “We are definitely the envy of a lot of other theatres in Nova Scotia,” Astor Theatre Society... Read More...

People participate in a walk audit near the Thomas H. Raddall Library off the White Point Road in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)

People took to the streets this week to brave some cool and wet conditions, and traffic, to get an idea of how safe it is for walkers around the new Liverpool library location. Hike Nova Scotia held a walk audit in the area. Program manager Catherine... Read More...

Dan Roscoe is the CEO of Roswall Development, which owns Renewall Energy, the company behind Mersey River Wind. (Renewall Energy)

Work may start soon on the Mersey River Wind project in Milton. Dan Roscoe is the CEO of Roswall Development, the company that plans to build a 33-wind turbine farm on 80 hectares of Crown land west of the Mersey River, under its Renewall Energy... Read More...

Horse pull at Queens County Fair. File photo: Doreen Holdright

Eleven community groups have been granted more than $62,000 from the Region of Queens community investment fund. Non-profit groups from Queens County can apply to the $175,000 fund each year to help offset operational, capital, event, training or travel... Read More...

Dan McDougall, interim CAO of the Region of Queens, and Mayor Scott Christian on Tuesday as councillors voted on their 2025/26 budget. (Region of Queens YouTube channel)

Region of Queens councillors approved a $31-million budget on Tuesday that held the line on tax rates while boosting support for people on low incomes. The 2025-26 spending plan of $31.1 million is about $1.3 million higher than last year. Councillors also... Read More...

The Region of Queens has hired a new human resources manager. (Rick Conrad)

A former human resources director at Global Empire Corporation is now in charge of human resources at the Region of Queens. Holly McConnell will begin the job of director of people and culture at the municipality on May 26, according to a region news release... Read More...

Inside Global Empire Corporation’s call centre in Liverpool. (File photo by Ed Halverson)

A company that operates a call centre in Liverpool has been ordered to pay almost $200,000 to 69 former employees it laid off last March. In a May 1 order by Nova Scotia’s Labour Standards Division, Global Empire Corporation must pay the laid-off workers a... Read More...

Queens County Transit says the success of a recent fundraiser will help them keep their vans running. (Rick Conrad)

A recent fundraiser for Queens County Transit roared past all the group’s expectations. The rural transit charity based in Liverpool held its first major fundraiser last Saturday. They teamed up with the Yuk Yuk’s standup comedy tour for a show at the Astor... Read More...

Members of the South Queens Middle School Grade 7/8 band perform at the Queens County Music Festival in late April. (Rick Conrad)

It looks like the band program at South Queens Middle School in Liverpool will live to play another day, though it’s unclear in what form. Parents and others vented their frustrations online a couple of weeks ago when they heard the school planned to... Read More...