PORT HAWKESBURY: Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC) says assessment values for the town reflect a regional trend of slowing growth.
Carlos Resendes, vice-president of business and innovation services with PVSC, attended the Town of Port Hawkesbury’s February council meeting to...
PORT HOOD: After having announced its office in Port Hawkesbury will close by the end of this month, representatives from Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC) visited Inverness Municipal Council last week.
The visit was to offer some insight on the...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council was paid a visit by a former Port Hawkesbury Town Councillor who, as a business man running Janega Engineering, has some concerns regarding land development regulations in the municipality.
Janega pointed out that over the...
PORT HOOD: Inverness County councillors have decided to support an initiative by Port Hawkesbury Town Council to have the word “Unama’ki” added to a sign at the Canso Causeway greeting visitors to Cape Breton.
“It shouldn’t be a big deal,”...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town officials are reminding drivers to make way for emergency vehicles.
This week, the Town of Port Hawkesbury will be launching a Move Over campaign to raise awareness of the law requiring motorists to slow down or pull...
PORT HOOD: The gallery was full. The gallery was so full that extra chairs had to be brought in. And, even then, a line of spectators remained stationed at the council chamber’s door.
That was the scene at Inverness Council’s...
STRAIT AREA: A letter from the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) seeking support in lobbying the provincial government to lift its ban on hydraulic fracturing came before two local municipal councils.
Inverness County’s stance on fracking is being...
GUYSBOROUGH: Construction projects will soon be underway at two schools within the Strait regional school board (SRSB).
A tender for the amount of $597,149 has been awarded to Dora Construction Management Limited for the construction of the new Skilled Trades...
GUYSBOROUGH: Strait regional school board (SRSB) officials say they are continuing with business as usual until they receive further information on the board’s impending dissolution.
Following February’s monthly meeting of the SRSB, chair Jamie Samson said he is waiting for...
ANTIGONISH: Another midwife is coming to the area.
On February 5, Antigonish MLA Randy Delorey said he is pleased the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is adding two full-time permanent midwifery positions in the province, including one in Antigonish.
The other...