ANTIGONISH: Former Antigonish Town councillor John Robert MacIsaac of Antigonish faced charges of accessing child pornography and possessing child pornography. MacIsaac’s attorney entered a plea of not guilty on both charges on MacIsaac’s behalf during a hearing in Antigonish...
ARICHAT: Richmond County’s incoming Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Louis Digout confirmed that two municipal staff positions were eliminated as the result of an organizational review of the municipality’s operations that got underway last past spring.
Digout said the municipality had...
HALIFAX: The Honourable Arthur Joseph LeBlanc took the oath of office, on June 28 in Halifax as Nova Scotia’s 33rd lieutenant-governor since Confederation.
Premier Stephen McNeil noted that Lt.-Gov. LeBlanc has made numerous contributions to the Acadian community and has...
ANTIGONISH: The federal government, through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s seed funding program, announced $81,095 in funding for the second phase of the Riverside Estates development.
A release from the government stated the money would go towards architect fees,...
ANTIGONISH: On March 31, Justice Patrick J. Murray announced his decision to enter a stay of proceedings on the matter involving former StFX professor Behrang Foroughi-Mobarakeh who had been charged with sexual assault on March 31, 2014. The accused...
ANTIGONISH: Forty people, including municipal and provincial politicians, attended a public meeting on April 3 at StFX organized by the Facebook group “Antigonish Students and Schools Matter.”
Buoyed by 340 signatures on a Change.org on-line petition opposing the closure of...
HALIFAX: On February 23, the RCMP’s Federal Serious and Organized Crime unit executed search warrants at residences in Arichat, West Arichat, Baddeck and Hubley, resulting in the arrests of four men including Andrew Francis Frank, 59, of West Arichat...
ANTIGONISH: The final week of January kicked off with a public meeting held by the School Options Committee (SOC) investigating the Dalbrae Academy feeder system.
This gathering at Port Hood’s Bayview Education Centre (BEC) saw the unveiling of two scenarios...
UPPER BIG TRACADIE: On January 3, Antigonish RCMP confirmed four people passed away as a result of an incident in Upper Big Tracadie. The victims were 10-year-old Aaliyah Desmond, 52-year-old Brenda Desmond, 31-year-old Shanna Desmond, and 33-year-old Lionel Desmond.
The...
GUYSBOROUGH: The warden is hopeful a building supplies store will return to the area.
Following last week’s regular monthly meeting of council for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, Warden Vernon Pitts said the loss of the area’s former...