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Long Lake needs to be open to swimmers, to kayakers, to the community.

Splashifax hoped to operate this summer on First Lake in Lower Sackville and also looked at a location in Lake Echo. But municipal regulations have left the company without a place to operate, at least for now.

For years, housing costs have plagued millennials. Some of us graduated into a recession; others have seen stagnant salaries and limits for growth. The harsh reality became clear: we would have fewer economic opportunities than our parents’ generation. The pandemic has been a nightmare, but—for some, anyway—it seemed at first to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reverse those dire prospects. Like so many other twentysomethings, I have been limited in where I can live by my daily comm...

A water-park business will not open on First Lake in Lower Sackville, N.S., and now Splashifax is considering a site in Lake Echo. The company had hoped to set up water slides on First Lake by mid-June and had applied for federal and provincial permits.

A 75-year-old man who led a Baptist congregation for over 20 years in Lake Echo, N.S., has been sentenced in Ontario to four years in prison for sexually assaulting a boy in the 1960s and 70s. Frank Kohler was a police officer at the time, and the victim's Big Brother.

Lack of rain dries up bass bite, but bluegill are hitting By Michael Wilson © PROVIDED BY AARON MORAN George London, fishing solo, took second place with 14.09 pounds and also had big bass with a 7.04 pounder during the Sunday Open Series tournament May 2 at Lake Parker. 1 Around Lakeland, at Tenoroc, bass fishing was best on lakes Fish Hook, Halfmoon, Hydrilla, Lost Lake West, Shop, 3, 5, A, and G. Lakes Pine, A and C also had high catch rates. This past week, 34 large bass ...

  HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia closed its provincial boundary to non-essential travel from all parts of Canada except Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador Thursday as it deals with a spike in COVID-19 cases. The Halifax Regional Centre for Education also confirmed that a total of seven schools are now closed because of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus. The newest closure is at Bell Park Academic Centre in Lake Echo after a single case was identified late Wednesday. Health offi...

Thirty-eight New Cases of COVID-19, Additional Variant Case Identified Thirty-eight new cases of COVID-19 are being reported in Nova Scotia today, April 22. Thirty-three cases are in Central Zone. Two are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada and two are related to travel outside of Canada. The people are self-isolating, as required. Nineteen are close contacts of previously reported cases. Ten are under investigation, two of which were identified Wednesday, April 21, at Bell Park Acade...

One Additional Case of COVID-19 Connected to School April 21, 2021 - 10:13 PM Nova Scotia is reporting one additional case of COVID-19, identified today, April 21, connected to Bell Park Academic Centre in Lake Echo, Central Zone. The school will remain closed to students until Tuesday, April 27. A deep cleaning will take place and students will learn from home during the closure. Families will receive an update before students return to school on Tuesday. As with any positive case, public heal...

Dr. Robert Strang; courtesy of Communications NS Thirty-eight new cases of COVID-19 are being reported in Nova Scotia on Thursday. Thirty-three cases are in Central Zone. Two are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada and two are related to travel outside of Canada. The people are self-isolating, as required. Nineteen are close contacts of previously reported cases. Ten are under investigation, two of which were identified Wednesday at Bell Park Academic Centre in Lake Echo and Shannon Pa...