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• Safety crews ready for Ski Martock rush
  Windsor’s Fire Chief Scott Burgess says his department has stepped up their game to compete with the traffic the 2011 Canada Games will ...
• Windsor gypsum plant ceasing operations
  The Canadian Gypsum Company’s Windsor plant, known to locals as Fundy Gypsum, is throwing in the towel — for now. Mike Bishop, plant manager at ...
• Three Mile Plains man hopes to unravel Maplewood...
  Raymond Swinamer’s story may not classify as breaking news, and it certainly won’t encourage a change in federal legislation or qualify for a ...
• Halliday ready to serve community
  Kristen Halliday is looking forward to following in his father’s footsteps as the newest member of the Glooscap First Nation’s band council. ...
• Martock preps for Canada Games
  BY ASHLEY THOMPSON The Hants Journal The 2011 Canada Winter Games may quickly come and go this February, but the venues fit for elite athletes ...
• CRA grants fossil museum charitable status
  The Blue Beach Fossil Museum just west of Hantsport may look small, but it’s a big deal in the study of paleontology. And, with a little help ...
• Page aiming for podium finish at 2011 Canada Games
  Falmouth-based snowboarder Jeremy Page is training for the 2011 Canada Winter Games with one goal in mind: to win a medal for his province. “I’m ...
• Dial-A-Ride expanding service
  The team in charge of West Hants Dial-A-Ride operations is determined to help more people in Hants County get to where they need to be, safely, ...
• Hantsport scores new equipment for community playground
  The playground on the Hantsport Memorial Community Centre (HMCC) grounds will likely see some well-needed upgrades this summer. Karrie Balsor, ...
• Brothers denied bail
  Two brothers charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of an 18-year-old Dartmouth teen in October will not be released on bail. On Dec. ...
• Upgrades to Windsor arena the talk of the town
  The Town of Windsor and the agricultural society are working together to see more upgrades made to the arena on the Hants County Exhibition ...
• Glooscap polling results expected to be released soon
  Band members of the highly-publicized Glooscap First Nation reserve in Bishopville are expected to learn who their new councillor will be ...
• Hants County SPCA bracing for a busy 2011
  Volunteers at the Hants County SPCA are finishing off a busy year, and predicting 2011 will be just as challenging as the last. “We found that ...
• Kingsway Gardens sale expected before 2011
  A Hants County buyer has been approved by the courts to be the owner of the Kingsway Gardens retirement complex in Windsor. On Dec. 16, a Nova ...
• Financial woes may force hockey museum closure
  What would Windsor come to be known as without the Hockey Heritage Centre? After being blindsided by a surprise audit from the Canada ...
• Tossing candy a no-no in Windsor parades
  Floats packed with people tossing candy to the crowd may make the children lining parade routes light up with glee, but members of Windsor’s ...
• Draft dog bylaw much more pooch-friendly
  At Windsor’s Dec. 7 strategy and policy meeting, council members discussed changes made to the proposed dog bylaw No. 38. After being subjected ...
• Kingsway Gardens residents back home after one wild...
  After being forced out of their homes by severe weather conditions, residents of the Kingsway Gardens are back in the senior’s housing complex ...
• N.S. man gets probation for crash that left teen...
  Dangerous driving causing bodily harm is a criminal offence punishable by up to 10 years in prison, but Ian Stephens — who pleaded guilty in ...
• Windsor man charged with multiple counts of first...
  A man from Windsor has been charged with three counts of first degree murder. Michael John Lawrence, 36, was arrested by members of the RCMP’s ...
• Trailer Park Boys’ star coming to Windsor
  Jim Lahey will be stumbling out of the Sunnyvale Trailer Park and heading to the Spitfire Arms Pub in Windsor. Actor John Dunsworth, known to ...
• McGinn no longer leading Hants RDA
  The Hants Regional Development Authority is expected to start off the new year under new leadership. In a brief press release dated Dec. ...
• Bail decision pending for brothers charged with...
  Two brothers charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Dartmouth man will be remain in custody — for now. The Nova Scotia Supreme ...
• Farmer stands strong in “lonely industry”
  Danette te Bogt says life after Larsens is possible for hog farmers. “I will not quit,” she said during an interview at the te Bogt Hermanus ...
• New sewage plant to tackle Windsor wastewater issues
  If all goes as planned, the Town of Windsor will have a new, multi-million dollar sewage treatment plant by the spring of 2014. The town’s CAO, ...
• RCMP needs help to solve NS Power break-in
  Windsor RCMP are asking for information from the public to help solve a break and enter case at the Nova Scotia Power office located at 20 Water ...
• Canada Games topic of joint council discussion
  The countdown for the 2011 Canada Games is on. The chairman of the 2011 Games, Jean-Paul Deveau, attended a joint council meeting in Hantsport ...
• New NSFA president pushes for policy
  BY ASHLEY THOMPSON The Hants Journal From early morning feedings to general meetings, Beth Densmore is one busy farmer —and president. The ...
• Christmas Angels to spread cheer again this year
  Joan Langille knows firsthand the value of the Christmas Angels organization to families in need. “As a child I came from an alcoholic father ...
• Glooscap chief talks money
  Glooscap First Nation Chief Shirley Clarke says their band council will bring in the new year vowing to govern with transparency, accountability ...