RIVER BOURGEOIS: People got the chance to have their say about highway twinning and tolls. On February 22, the Tara Lynne Community Centre in River Bourgeois hosted a public consultation regarding the province’s twinning feasibility study. Attendees shared a number of...
PORT HASTINGS: Things are set to go back to normal at local schools, at least for the moment. On January 20, both the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development announced the parties...
ANTIGONISH: It was a first for the town and it left a big impact. The recent municipal election in the Town of Antigonish was the first municipal election in the area to feature e-voting. Mayor Carl Chisholm said approximately half of...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Power is warning that anyone taking the risk of stealing copper wire from their equipment is putting themself at risk of severe injury or death by doing so. The company has been the target of a rash...
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...
HALIFAX: Last week, the province’s medical examiner decided against an inquiry in relation to the death of Lionel Desmond and three others. Sarah Gillis, media relations officer with the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, stated the medical examiner did not...
ESKASONI FIRST NATION: The Northeast Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit has charged a third person in the 2021 homicide of Andrew Carter Morris. On August 9, 2021, at approximately 5:45 a.m., Eskasoni RCMP responded...
ARICHAT: The two councillors representing Isle Madame were not satisfied with a response they received from the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR). District 1 councillor James Goyetche and Richmond Deputy Warden Alvin Martell responded to...
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...
ARICHAT: The issue of funding for Canada Day celebrations across Richmond County aroused debate at the council table. During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on May 27 in Arichat, Chief Administrative Officer Don Marchand said...




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