MABOU: The past few seasons have been particularly hard on farmers; early frosts, Hurricane Dorian, last year’s late spring, and now COVID-19 is added to a long list of variables farmers are facing on a daily basis.
BADDECK: Roads and bridges in two parts of Inverness County are slated to receive upgrades prior to the end of the current construction season, according to the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal and the county’s MLA.
DTIR officials...
GUYSBOROUGH: Council changed a number of policies regarding expenses.
Following a swearing in ceremony, council for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough made a number of changes to policies.
Specifically, council amended its electronic communications policy, the employee benefits policy,...
PORT HASTINGS: Two familiar faces returned to their posts at the Strait regional school board (SRSB) following the board’s official post-election swearing-in ceremonies.
East Richmond representative Francine Boudreau was returned as the SRSB’s chair, as no other board members challenged...
PORT HOOD:
A number of community groups in Inverness County will receive funding from
their municipal government.
The
funding confirmations came during council’s regular July meeting, taking place
last Thursday at the municipal building in Port Hood.
HALIFAX: Following several months of contract negotiations a mutually satisfactory agreement between East Coast Credit Union (East Coast) and Unifor Local 2107 was reached on Thursday.
The tentative agreement announced will cover 44 full and part-time workers at three Credit...
STRAIT AREA: Mother Nature decided to flex her muscles last week.
A string of snow days forced closures across the Strait area between February 10 and February 17. Environment Canada meteorologist Bob Robichaud said weather spotters in the Antigonish area...
ARICHAT: Residents asked council to support their efforts to have reasonable access to their Canada Post community mailboxes.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on November 26, St. George’s Channel resident Lennan MacDonald wrote council about the...
ARICHAT: Differing opinions have arisen at the municipal council table, regarding the concept of providing priority lists of crumbling roads to the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR).
District 2 councillor Alvin Martell and interim Chief Administrative Officer...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town officials here are already putting the wheels in motion to develop a portion of Reeves Street land that the town acquired from the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR) in late April.
Chief Administrative Officer...