Here's a look at what was making the news 15 and 50 years ago in the Hants Journal. 15 YEARS AGO (Mid-January 2008 editions) • Statistics showed that ...
In January 2008, Hantsport youth Matthew Davison, 11, Lydia MacLean, 11, and Ewan MacLean, 5, took advantage of a teachers’ in-service day and hit the slopes at Ski Martock. - FileHere's a look at what was making the news 15 and 50 years ago in the Hants Journal.• Statistics showed that Kings Transit ridership in West Hants was down significantly and continued to show declines month after month.
Dr. Elisabeth Kosters said there was a “big list of unknowns about the bay and the basin that would have to be answered to properly manage our coastal systems.” • The councils of Windsor and West Hants agreed to start negations with both Windsor and Brooklyn fire departments in order to start planning to build new stations.
In other Ski Martock news, the province’s first all-girl snowboarding team assembled at the ski hill. Ten girls between the ages of 10 and 15 were hand-picked to participate in the program. Windermere’s Hartt MacKinley, president of the Annapolis Valley Lake and Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club, was excited for a winter’s worth of fun activities in 2008. - File
Windsor Elms resident George Gardner, who relocated to Canada at the turn of the century, celebrated his 100th birthday in January 1973. Pictured flanking Gardner were Sarah Maxner and Mary Miller, who often helped him read his mail. - File • In the lead up to Minor Hockey Week in Hants County, articles, advertisements and opinion pieces appeared encouraging people to support the local association and players as well as to encourage good sportsmanship.
• Deep discounts were on the menu for shoppers at Dominion. Among the sales were Canadian sweet washed turnips for 13 cents per pound, one-pound of Maple Leaf lard for 29 cents, two pounds of frozen Valley Farm fries for 31 cents, Savarin TV dinners for 63 cents each, and 20 pounds of P.E.I. white table potatoes for $1.39.
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