Saturday, August 29, 2015

The Hants Journal - Windsor, Nova Scotia Newspaper

West Hants council looking to place fire substation on Tonge Hill Road

Updated at 11:13 - Council has set its sights on leasing a property in Garlands Crossing as part of their efforts to cover the county come Oct. 23 when they no longer have the services of the Windsor Fire Department.

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Hants County's Generation Idiot featured in regional web, print feature

Updated on August 26, 2015 - Here's a letter to the editor by Stan Kochanoff on the issues facing Windsor-West Hants.

West Hants residents rally against council's handling of fire services

Updated on August 26, 2015 - Residents upset with recent council decisions rallied outside the municipal office Aug. 25.

West Hants councillor asks for civility on social media after threat

Updated on August 28, 2015 - There’s little question that the recent fire services dispute has left a lot of citizens feeling hot and bothered.

Local

Hants County man killed in vehicle-pedestrian accident

Updated on August 28, 2015 - HALIFAX -  RCMP say a 32-year-old man from the Windsor area was killed last night in a collision near the Clayton Park area of Halifax..

Updated on August 28, 2015 - HANTS COUNTY — There’s little question that the recent fire services dispute between West Hants and the Windsor Fire Department has...

Updated on August 27, 2015 - WINDSOR - The RCMP Southwest Nova Major Crimes Unit have charged two men with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 19-year-old...

Updated on August 28, 2015 - TC MEDIA -  As finance minister of Nova Scotia, Randy Delorey makes a point of watching what’s happening with the world...

Updated on August 28, 2015 - KINGS COUNTY - According to recent posts on the Kings-Hants NDP Riding Association website and Facebook page, the riding is still...

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Regional

Offshore drilling concerns Maritime Fishermen’s Union

Updated on August 28, 2015 - The Maritime Fishermen’s Union (MFU) in Nova Scotia is adding its voice to the Clean Oceans Action Committee (COAC) to demand responsible offshore drilling practices. The MFU is concerned with the lack of contingencies in place in the case of any....

Updated on August 28, 2015 - NEW MINAS -  One man is dead following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 101 involving a tractor trailer.

Updated on August 27, 2015 - TC MEDIA - More eyes were on the ground Aug. 27 as a property search in Lower Truro continued.

Updated on August 27, 2015 - GREENWOOD - A Canadian Air Force plane slid off the runway at CFB Greenwood this morning.

Updated on August 27, 2015 - METRO HALIFAX - Dalhousie University has a “plan in place” for security on campus after a medical student was charged with making...

Regional

Sports

UPDATED: Under 16 softball championships this weekend in St. Croix

Updated on August 27, 2015 - HANTS COUNTY - The Eastern Canadian Under 16 Boys’ Fastpitch Softball Championships gets underway this week in St. Croix..

Updated on August 25, 2015 - HANTS COUNTY — The Windsor Knights were one point shy of clinching a berth in the Nova Scotia Intermediate Baseball League (NSIBL)...

Updated on August 19, 2015 - The Hantsport Shamrocks put together four wins this past weekend to move into a first place tie with the Noel Road Blue Jays as the...

Updated on August 19, 2015 - WEST HANTS – The West Hants Lahey U16 boys took home gold medals Aug. 9 after defeating the Sackville United Soccer Association 4-3...

Updated on August 18, 2015 - TC MEDIA - The Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Summer Games get underway Aug. 18 in Colchester County.

Sports

Living

Windsor resident pedals to raise awareness of MS

Updated on August 27, 2015 - WINDSOR – Catherine MacDonald is able to ride a bike, and for her, that was enough reason to partake in the MS Bike Ride, which raises money every year for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada..

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Updated on August 24, 2015 - WESTPORT – The whales are back and putting on quite a show.

Updated on August 22, 2015 - BROOKLYN - Mike Hebert lives in Austin, Texas, but considers himself culturally as a Louisianan.

Updated on August 24, 2015 - HANTS COUNTY — Four people are putting their hearts and souls into seeing the Newport Station Community Hall come back to life.

Updated on August 21, 2015 - WINDSOR – The Quick As A Wink Theatre Company is in the process of building a permanent space on Wentworth Road.

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Opinion

EASTERN PASSAGES: Don't look, don't tell

Updated at 07:32 - “I’m learnin’ one thing good,” she said. “Learnin’ it all a time, ever day. If you’re in trouble or hurt or need, go to poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help, the only ones.” — Ma Joad, in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.

Updated on August 27, 2015 - A long time ago, I worked with a television weatherman who used to go out and do his weather reports from the field: sometimes from...

Updated on August 25, 2015 - It’s hardly a surprise that the federal Conservatives announced last week that, if elected, they’d bring back their “life means...

Updated on August 27, 2015 - Here's a look at what was making the news 25 and 50 years ago in the Hants Journal.  

Updated on August 22, 2015 - What a difference a catastrophic oilrig blowout makes.

Opinion

Business

Sharing our seafood secrets: Seafood Culinary Institute of Nova Scotia plans fall start in Cornwallis  

Updated on August 27, 2015 - CORNWALLIS – Nova Scotians know seafood. They know where it comes from, they know how to choose it and buy it, and above all they know how to cook it..

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Updated on August 25, 2015 - HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) released its first quarter results  Aug. 25, for April 1 to June 28, 2015

Updated on August 12, 2015 - WINDSOR — In every small town, rumours abound.

Updated on August 14, 2015 - WINDSOR – A Rossy department store will be opening a location in Windsor on Oct. 1 following two other openings in the province.

Updated on July 13, 2015 - The July edition of the Nova Scotia Business Journal is now out and you can enjoy it from the comfort of your mobile or home...

Business

Community

Spitfire to fly again: owner

Updated on August 25, 2015 - WINDSOR — An emotional Rick Dunham took the stage Sunday night to express his gratitude to those who have volunteered their time to help in the days and weeks following the Spitfire Arms Pub fire..

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Updated on August 11, 2015 - WINDSOR — Young people from the Newport 4-H Club demonstrated their final projects for the year at the Hants County Exhibition...

Updated on August 02, 2015 - FALMOUTH — At the Windsor Elms Village for Continuing Care Society annual general meeting, the board announced a plan to build a...

Updated on August 03, 2015 - WINDSOR - After what seemed like weeks of rain, the sun finally came out in time for the second annual Avon River Days festival in...

Updated on July 29, 2015 - WINDSOR - Hundreds of visitors stopped by the King's-Edgehill School campus earlier this month as the sixth annual British Motoring...

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