Community News

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 [...]

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 [...]

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!

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 [...]

Due to personal  and techinical restraints, the Canal Days Fireworks have been rescheduled to July 4 at dusk. They are being shot from the shoreline of the Gordon R. Snow Recreation Centre. The best place for viewing them will be along Hwy 2 in Fall River. Hope to see everyone there!

Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia (D2N) – It was a day in March of 2010; the HRM had been hit with a snowstorm overnight.  Early the next morning, one of HRM’s employees, Dave Booker from Municipal Operations, was out working on the roads in Beaver Bank. Meanwhile, a young Beaver Bank girl and her mom had [...]

Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia (D2N) – Beaver Bank resident Rachael Gordon holds the title of Miss Teen Halifax. “I get to represent Halifax until May of next year, when I crown the lucky girl who will take my place,” said Rachael. “The pageant and fashion world has always interested me, every since I was a [...]

LINE-UP FOR FALL RIVER CANAL DAYS CELEBRATION: Celebrate with family, neighbours, and friends! JULY 1 8a.m. – 10a.m. ECUMENICAL CHURCH BREAKFAST St. John’s United Church, Fall River 3360 Hwy 2 Breakfast with sausages, eggs, etc. $2 per person 10a.m. LAKE THOMAS CANOE PARADE Lake Thomas Shubenacadie Canal Commission Cheema Canoe Club 10a.m. – 2p.m. FISHING [...]