ANTIGONISH: The Town and County of Antigonish have launched a free equipment accessibility program for all residents to take advantage of. Due to COVID-19 their typical programs that residents are used to seeing during...
GUYSBOROUGH: There will be a new marina coming to Country Harbour. During their regular council meeting on May 20, officials in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough approved $350,000 in core funding from...
FLINT, MICHIGAN: A former resident of Port Hawkesbury is moving into an important new academic position this summer. SAERC and StFX University graduate Gillian Ryan, has been named the new Director of Undergraduate Affairs...
ST. PETER’S: To ensure food security and sustainability are addressed in the constituency, the MLA from Cape Breton-Richmond has begun to discuss the issue with local organizations across Cape Breton Island. Alana Paon says...
INVERNESS: The Strait Area Transit (SAT) Co-operative is looking to hire a new full-time manager. With the departure of former general manager Jessie MacDonald, board chair Jim Mustard said the process of finding a...
OTTAWA: One of the four remaining Conservative leadership candidates with strong local ties has slammed the Trudeau government’s gun ban. In a video posted to his Twitter account on May 1, Peter MacKay, the former Central Nova...
ARICHAT: Council has decided to hold off in making a decision whether to participate in a program to erect charging stations in Richmond County for electric vehicles. During a teleconference meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on April...
ANTIGONISH: Despite following a strict work-from-home mandate from provincial and federal governments, two local chambers of commerce are actually seeing slight increases in membership numbers during this unprecedented time. Since the pandemic spread to the Strait area,...
SHERBROOKE: The leading voice in the conservation and protection of Nova Scotia’s longest river has launched a new Web site to inform citizens about the threat of gold mining to the watershed. The St. Mary’s River Association (SMRA)...
GUYSBOROUGH: After two straight years of five-cent increases to the residential and commercial tax rates in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, a new fiscal plan has held the tax rate. Municipal councillors approved the...




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