PORT HAWKESBURY: Eight months after receiving threats of legal action from town officials for hosting a mobile food vendor on their property, a local church has received town council’s blessing for the rezoning that will allow this business relationship...
GUYSBOROUGH: A full gallery let council know their feelings on a proposed lifestyle centre. During last week’s council of the whole meeting for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, council members heard a presentation from Concerned Citizens United, a...
ARICHAT: All municipal councillors in Richmond County will be part of a new emergency measures committee. During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council in Arichat on October 28, all councillors voted unanimously to sit on a...
PORT HASTINGS: With the first day of spring less than two weeks away, officials at the Strait regional school board (SRSB) are cautiously optimistic that the 8.5 school days lost to region-wide weather-related closures will not have a major...
ANTIGONISH: StFX University is getting funding to help stop domestic violence. Standing Together grants help community groups and organizations develop and test new ways to prevent domestic violence, support victims and their families, and...
PORT HAWKESURY: With three of its school feeder system reviews now complete and none on the horizon for the coming academic year, the Strait regional school board (SRSB) will devote more time to putting its school bus routes under...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Strait regional school board (SRSB) officials say they are pleased with several funding increases outlined in their new budget. The SRSB approved its budget for 2017-2018 at the board’s regular monthly meeting on December 6. “I think, for us,...
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...
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...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Department of Community Services wants Nova Scotians to know about changes to their programs and benefits. On June 20, Deputy Minister of Community Services, Lynn Hartwell and Brandon Grant, executive director of Employment Support and Income Assistance...




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