MULGRAVE: Council is looking at what will happen when the municipality takes over a school property this summer. This is the final year for Mulgrave Memorial Education Centre as a school. Following the wrap up of the school year, the...
HALIFAX: A local MLA said he was comforted by responses he heard regarding Visitor Information Centres (VICs). During question period in the provincial legislature on March 1, Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster asked tourism minister Geoff MacLellan about comments MacLellan made...
ARICHAT: Strait Area Ground Search and Rescue (SAGSR) needs municipal funding to continue offering its services. During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on February 26 in Arichat, Tanya McChesney with the SAGSR reminded councillors they cover the...
ARICHAT: The Cape Breton Food Hub is requesting more money from municipal units to administer its programs. During the February 26 regular meeting of Richmond Municipal Council in Arichat, Food Hub representatives Alicia Lake and Jim Mustard were joined by...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait regional school board (SRSB) is holdings its last monthly meeting tonight (March 7) following the introduction of new legislation to dissolve the province’s English school boards. “Since the provincial announcement that the regional elected boards would...
INVERNESS: Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) spokesperson Greg Boone said it is following up with municipalities to make arrangements for payments. “We’ve been aware to the challenges that have been identified and we’re working now to make arrangements to make...
HALIFAX: The future of a bridge serving several communities in Isle Madame is yet to be determined. Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon said she is concerned with the condition of the detour that has been in use since the closure...
ANTIGONISH: Council wants to help remember a former warden. Council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish is establishing a bursary at the East Antigonish Education Centre/Academy in the name of former area warden, Russell Boucher. Current Warden Owen McCarron...
ANTIGONISH: Antigonish Warden Owen McCarron said council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish continues to look at cell service and high speed Internet as issues for the area, calling them “huge gaps in our county.” “We’re continuing to...
ST. PETER’S: Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon says ongoing landline telephone issues have become a safety concern for residents of Richmond County. On February 13, Paon hosted a community meeting for the residents of Framboise, Fourchu and Grand River who...




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