PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council is mulling over the pros and cons of a policy that shifts the cost of managing specific wastes/recycling materials from municipalities to producers.
Putting the bug in council’s ear about the policy, called Extended Producer...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The town has officially taken over Veterans Memorial Park.
On June 19, there was a motion to council by the memorial committee to accept ownership of the park, and Doyle advised the ownership transfer is finalized.
“I’m pleased to...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Town of Port Hawkesbury posted a surplus for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.
The town’s financial statements and audit report was presented by Ryan Armstrong of Grant Thornton during the September council meeting on September 11.
Port Hawkesbury ended...
OTTAWA: Central Nova MP Sean Fraser has been appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
The announcement was made through a release by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on August 31.
The parliamentary secretaries included in...
MULGRAVE: The Mayor of the Town of Mulgrave says they will look at ways to resolve complaints regarding animals in a residential part of the town.
Residents have rasied concerns with town officials that fowl, such as chicken, geese and...
PORT HOOD: Representatives from Strait-Richmond Hospital crossed county lines in order to make a funding request of Inverness Municipal Council.
“We’re looking to develop an ambulatory care unit at Strait-Richmond Hospital, and in order to achieve that we have to...
MULGRAVE: The presentation of the town’s financial statements and audit report, expression of interest for the former Mulgrave Memorial Education Centre, and the installation of a traffic light were all topics of discussion during Mulgrave’s September town council meeting...
ANTIGONISH: It may have been a long time coming, some 30-years in the works, but the construction of a world-class skate park is finally within view for the community of Antigonish.
Reaching this point has taken persistent drive from the...
PORT HOOD: The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) heard a pair of appeals from Port Hood Sunset Beach Resort and Spa Inc. in relation to its property assessments. The appeals were dismissed on August 27.
The property in...
ARICHAT: One of Canada’s oldest wooden churches is getting a new look.
Historic Notre Dame de l’Assomption Church in Arichat is currently being scraped and some shingles replaced in preparation for new coats of primer and paint.
Once volunteers made repairs...