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Nova Scotia (D2N) – Hurricane Earl is expected to reach Nova Scotia by late Friday potentially bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the province. On Monday Earl reached Category 4 Hurricane status, downing trees and knocking out power in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.  On Tuesday it continued East of The Turks and [...]

Firefighters rushed to a fire call at 1 Davidson Dr. in the Fall River Village, on Wednesday afternoon, August 18. Tankers, pumpers, and technical support trucks from Sackville, Fall River, Waverley, and station 48 from Beaver Bank Kinsac responded to the alarm. “The call came in at approximately 3p.m.” said Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency [...]

Grand Lake, Nova Scotia (D2N) – Firefighters were called to Laurie Provincial Park in Grand Lake late this afternoon, Aug. 11, where a man was reported to have fallen from rocks, landing at the bottom of a 7 metre embankment. The man was reportedly conscious when rescue workers reached him, though the extent of his [...]

Waverley, Nova Scotia (D2N) – The initial proposal to bring the zip-line adventure park TreeGO to the Waverley Sports Park was met with favor; public response to the idea was good and the park seemed destined to be a promising venture soon to come to Waverley. Martin Laviolette is the local franchisee of TreeGO, an [...]

What could be better than seeing a Garden Party through the eyes of a child? According to nine year old Flavie Deveaux, the answer is “attending one”!  A number of residents from District 2 accompanied Minister Percy Paris, MLA for Waverley – Fall River – Beaver Bank, to the annual Garden Party hosted by the [...]

The first ever Canal Days celebration was held in Fall River on July 1, and it was such a huge success that organizers are already planning next year’s festival! Among the events held, was a church breakfast, a canoe tour on Lake Thomas, and a fishing derby. There was a children’s art show/community mural painting [...]

The Waverley, Fall River, Beaver Bank Progressive Conservative Association held its AGM at the LWF Community Hall in Fall River on June 15.  During the meeting the executive was returned for 2010, and Bernie O’Rourke was returned as president.  PC interim leader Karen Casey came by and spoke to people who attended. In a brief [...]

To mark the end of the school year, these three colourful characters took to the street just to “hang out”….but they definitely had folks smiling and scratching their heads!

Halifax – In a recent news release, the Progressive Conservative Caucus is making its position clear on rules governing left over constituency spending allowances. Last week the House of Assembly management commission voted that money remaining in the January-March constituency budget could be used by the MLA for advertising following the old rules. “Our Caucus [...]

Fall River, Nova Scotia (D2N) – At a recent meeting of the Fall River Implementation Committee (VIC), the group presented an award to The Fall River Veterinary Clinic.  The award recognized the design of the newly constructed clinic, located at 3146 Hwy#2, Fall River, which “captured the essence of the design the VIC would like [...]