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...
HALIFAX: The provincial government has decided to ease more public health restrictions surrounding long-term care facilities and out-of-province rotational workers. Last week, the province announced it is allowing designated caregivers to help care for...
ANTIGONISH: County council has heard back from the province regarding a local intersection. Last month, Warden Owen McCarron expressed council’s frustration with the lack of news on a traffic study done on the Beech Hill and Trunk 4 intersection. Last week,...
MARBLE MOUNTAIN: Being unable to use a phone during power outages has one local woman calling on Canada’s largest telecommunications company to provide answers, along with improved service. “They said it was a power surge that knocked out the battery...
ST. PETER’S: Police reported a pair of collisions in Isle Madame during stormy weather earlier this month. On March 8 at 1:45 p.m., Richmond District RCMP, along with Emergency Health Service (EHS) and the Isle Madame Volunteer Fire Department, responded...
OTTAWA: The federal government is remaining mum on which small craft harbours are receiving funding. On August 17, Scott Brison, president of the Treasury Board and Member of Parliament for Kings-Hants, announced that the Government of Canada is investing $42...
HALIFAX: The province’s department of health is disagreeing with one of the province’s opposition parties. On March 7, the Nova Scotia NDP caucus issued a press release stating a Freedom of Information Request found 305 patients passed away while waiting...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Nova Scotia Power (NSP) plans to break ground by the end of February on a new transmission line crossing at Auld’s Cove. The new crossing will separate the two existing sets of lines that currently cross the Strait...
STRAIT AREA: Deanna Gillis, the communications coordinator for the Strait Regional Centre for Education (SRCE), has confirmed library technician services in local schools have been dialed back for the 2018-19 academic year. “For the 2018-2019 school year, all of the...
ESKASONI: After six days on the run, the two men wanted for an attempted murder in Eskasoni, have been arrested and are in custody. On August 2, at approximately 5 a.m., Eskasoni RCMP responded...




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