Date: Apr. 11th, 2025 - 3:42 PM
The South Queens Chamber of Commerce is organizing a meet-and-greet in Liverpool with candidates in South Shore-St. Margarets. (Elections Canada)
Voters in Queens County will get a chance to meet some of the candidates vying to be the next MP for South Shore-St. Margarets.
The South Queens Chamber of Commerce and Main and Mersey Dining Room and Coffee Bar in Liverpool are teaming up for a candidate... Read More...
Date: Apr. 9th, 2025 - 5:05 PM
Rick Perkins, Jessica Fancy-Landry, Mark Embrett and Patrick Boyd are four of the candidates running in South Shore-St. Margarets. Not pictured is Hayden Henderson.
Four people will be trying to unseat Rick Perkins as the South Shore-St. Margarets representative in the April 28 federal election.
Perkins beat Liberal MP Bernadette Jordan in 2021, after running unsuccessfully against her in 2019.
Since the last election,... Read More...
Date: Apr. 9th, 2025 - 4:22 PM
Region of Queens Mayor Scott Christian says council will begin budget talks later this month. (Rick Conrad)
The Region of Queens still hasn’t begun its 2025/26 budget deliberations.
Mayor Scott Christian said this week the process will likely begin in the third week of April.
“Some time in the last two weeks of April and we will be notifying the public of that as... Read More...
Date: Apr. 7th, 2025 - 6:52 PM
Sherman Nunes of Liverpool watches on Saturday as his kids Luke and Lisa play in the new children’s area of the Thomas H. Raddall Library. (Rick Conrad)
The Thomas H. Raddall Library officially opened its doors on Saturday, as about 70 people helped usher in a new chapter for the Liverpool branch.
The library has been open for about six weeks in its new interim home at 54 Harley Umphrey Dr. People were... Read More...
Date: Apr. 3rd, 2025 - 12:03 PM
The Astor Theatre is the oldest performing arts space in Nova Scotia. (File photo by Ed Halverson)
UPDATED APRIL 3, 3:15 P.M.
The Astor Theatre in Liverpool has secured $500,000 in funding from the J&W Murphy Foundation.
The five-year commitment will give the Astor $100,000 each year to help beef up its programs and promotion.
Lynn Cochrane,... Read More...
Date: Apr. 2nd, 2025 - 5:44 PM
Photo Ed Halverson
RCMP have charged a 60-year-old Mill Village man with attempted murder.
Queens District RCMP were called to a house on Hwy. 3 in Mill Village on March 28 at about 3:30 a.m.
Officers and ambulance personnel found an 84-year-old man with life-threatening... Read More...
Date: Apr. 1st, 2025 - 5:12 PM
Eric and Dawn Fry are hoping to build 16 apartments in the old Stedmans building on Main Street in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)
A developer is hoping to turn an old storefront on Liverpool’s Main Street into apartments.
Eric and Dawn Fry of Fall River bought 194 Main St. in January and hope to turn it into 16 one-bedroom and two-bedroom rental units.
Eric Fry told QCCR that they... Read More...
Date: Mar. 31st, 2025 - 5:02 PM
Justin Freeman launched Letterswitch Publishing on Saturday in Liverpool. (Rick Conrad)
In a town without a bookstore, starting a publishing business might seem like a leap of faith.
But Justin Freeman of Liverpool says he’s realizing a childhood dream by launching Letterswitch Publishing.
“I’m content to just put out beautiful books that... Read More...
Date: Mar. 28th, 2025 - 3:01 PM
Members of the Greater Molega Lake Lot Owners Association want changes to a proposed private road levy bylaw. (Rick Conrad)
A property owners group in Queens County’s growing cottage country hopes regional council can pass a new bylaw by the fall that would make it easier to collect fees to maintain private roads.
Representatives from the Greater Molega Lake Lot Owners Association... Read More...
Date: Mar. 28th, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Tara Druzina, representing the Queens County Food Bank, speaks to Region of Queens councillors at their regular meeting on Tuesday. (Region of Queens YouTube channel)
The Region of Queens will again be late setting its budget, though councillors hope to begin deliberations soon.
Mayor Scott Christian said this week that recent turnover in senior management has contributed to the delay.
“It has been a challenge,” he... Read More...
Date: Mar. 26th, 2025 - 4:21 PM
The Region of Queens won’t give the South Shore Flying Club a break this year on its lease fee at the South Shore Regional Airport in Greenfield. (South Shore Flying Club)
The South Shore Flying Club’s request for a break on its rent at the South Shore Regional Airport had a rough landing at regional council on Tuesday evening.
Region of Queens councillors voted down a motion from District 6 Coun. Stewart Jenkins to forgive the... Read More...
Date: Mar. 24th, 2025 - 6:57 PM
Lauren Murphy is the director of recruitment and volunteer services with Nova Scotia Health. (Nova Scotia Health photo)
Nova Scotia Health is looking for more Nova Scotians to fill hundreds of jobs around the province.
The department is holding its second annual provincial career fair on Thursday (March 27) from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 11 locations around Nova Scotia.
The closest... Read More...
Date: Mar. 21st, 2025 - 3:41 PM
More doctors and other health professionals from the U.S. want to move to Nova Scotia, according to Nova Scotia Health. (Province of Nova Scotia)
The unstable political situation in the United States may be good news for the Nova Scotia health care system.
More doctors and other health professionals working in the U.S. are looking to move north. One of the places they’re calling is Nova Scotia. And... Read More...
Date: Mar. 20th, 2025 - 3:22 PM
Students and staff at Liverpool Regional High School were under a hold and secure order for a short time on Wednesday morning. (Rick Conrad)
An incident at Liverpool Regional High School on Wednesday forced officials to secure the school and students.
Parents got an email at 10:50 a.m. telling them the school was in a “precautionary hold and secure”.
“Everyone is safe and this measure has been... Read More...
Date: Mar. 18th, 2025 - 4:31 PM
Susie and Joan Stephenson of Port Joli visit the Bookmobile recently at its stop in Port Mouton. (Rick Conrad)
It’s the last one in Nova Scotia. And it’s still motoring along the South Shore.
Each week, the Bookmobile brings books, DVDs and other materials to about 15 communities in Lunenburg and Queens counties, from Chester to Caledonia.
A mobile library has been... Read More...
Date: Mar. 17th, 2025 - 4:32 PM
The South Shore Flying Club maintains the South Shore Regional Airport in Greenfield as part of a lease agreement with the Region of Queens. (South Shore Flying Club Facbook page)
The South Shore Flying Club is looking for a break on its rent at the South Shore Regional Airport.
Peter Gow, president of the non-profit, says his group’s 35 to 40 members maintain the runway, hangars and grounds at the small airport in Greenfield.
“Between... Read More...
Date: Mar. 14th, 2025 - 5:59 PM
Jillian Young of Liverpool celebrates after winning the gold in her 200-metre snowshoe race at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Italy. (Special Olympics Canada)
Queens County athletes are once again at the top of the world podium.
Jillian Young and Rebecca Delaney of Liverpool captured gold this week at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Sestriere.
Young was the first to win gold on Thursday in the snowshoe... Read More...
Date: Mar. 14th, 2025 - 9:58 AM
The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool will be closed Friday. (Communications Nova Scotia)
The emergency department at Queens General Hospital in Liverpool is closed Friday.
Nova Scotia Health issued a notice Thursday night that the ER would be closed temporarily until Mon., March 17 at 8 a.m. It gave no reason for the closure.
On Feb. 27, the... Read More...
Date: Mar. 13th, 2025 - 5:29 PM
Nova Scotia Health is holding a drop-in clinic in Caledonia on March 20. (Province of Nova Scotia)
Nova Scotia Health is holding a mobile primary care clinic in Caledonia next Thursday (March 20) from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The drop-in clinic will be held at the North Queens Community Health Centre.
Only certain health issues can be seen at the drop-in... Read More...
Date: Mar. 11th, 2025 - 10:34 AM
An undated aerial photo of the former Bowater Mersey plant in Brooklyn. (Queens County Historical Society Photo Collection, housed at the Queens County Museum)
UPDATED March 11, 6:30 p.m.
Northern Pulp says it’s struggling to make a business case for a new mill in Liverpool.
As part of a settlement agreement reached with the Nova Scotia government in May 2024, Northern Pulp launched a nine-month feasibility study... Read More...
Date: Mar. 10th, 2025 - 5:30 PM
North Queens firefighters in a training exercise. (North Queens Fire Association Facebook page)
The North Queens Fire Association in Caledonia will now be notified of more 911 calls in their community.
“As of right now, if you call 911 and you say you want the fire department to respond, there will be no question. The fire department will be paged out,”... Read More...
Date: Mar. 6th, 2025 - 6:06 PM
Campaign contribution disclosure forms are missing from the Region of Queens website for some candidates in October’s municipal election. (Rick Conrad)
Mayor Scott Christian got the most campaign contributions of any candidate in October’s municipal election in Queens County.
He received just under $10,000 ($9976.44) from 49 declared donors, some of whom are local small business owners and landlords.
The... Read More...
Date: Mar. 5th, 2025 - 5:50 PM
Pam Lovelace, a former Halifax councillor and mayoral candidate, is no longer the Region of Queens municipal clerk. (Facebook)
The Region of Queens has dismissed another top staff member, just three months after she was hired.
Pam Lovelace got the job as the region’s municipal clerk in early December.
Interim CAO Dan McDougall would not comment on Lovelace’s firing because it’s a... Read More...
Date: Mar. 4th, 2025 - 6:48 PM
Chris Wolfe, chief of the North Queens Fire Association, speaks at a public meeting on Monday evening. (Rick Conrad)
When Mya Uhlman’s father needed medical help last August, her mother called 911 and expected her local fire department to respond.
They were still waiting 20 minutes later, so Uhlman’s mother called again. The 911 dispatcher told her the North Queens Fire... Read More...
Date: Mar. 3rd, 2025 - 4:27 PM
Susan Inglis, snowshoeing coach with Special Olympics Lunenburg/Queens, will be heading to Italy this week with these athletes for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin: Rebecca Delaney, Jillian Young, Chloe Stoddart and Nick Skoreyko. (Rick Conrad photo)
Queens County athletes are once again getting ready to represent Canada on the world stage.
Snowshoers Rebecca Delaney and Jillian Young of Liverpool will be among 91 athletes from across the country going to the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin,... Read More...