PORT HAWKESBURY: The Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre was the latest stop, on February 23, for the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal’s (DTIR) public consultations asking the public if they support using tolls to accelerate the timeline for highway...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Strait regional school board (SRSB) has rejected changes to its policies that would have affected how board members can use technology to participate in meetings remotely.
Following a discussion at the SRSB’s regular monthly meeting on January 3,...
VICTORIA COUNTY: It’s a transportation win for Cape
Breton, specifically Victoria County!
The number of transportation service providers for
residents of rural Nova Scotia has grown across the province over the last few
decades. These services, designed...
PORT HAWKESBURY: It has been a busy year for Strait Area Transit (SAT).
SAT office manager Jessie MacDonald says the community-based transit system has seen a significant increase in ridership over the past year, and is working on a proposal...
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...
ARICHAT: The municipality has awarded a tender to conduct improvements to Internet and cell phone services in parts of Richmond County.
During a special meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on August 1 in Arichat, council approved a motion to confirm...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article was changed from the version which appeared in the January 11 edition of The Reporter and which was then posted on-line. The segment which required correction is below in bold type.
MONASTERY: After surviving a...
MULGRAVE: Town council is once again looking to round out its numbers.
Last week, Mulgrave Town Council set aside June 3 as the date for a by-election to fill the lone empty seat on council.
“We’ll start advertising in the next...
PORT HASTINGS: While students within the Strait regional school board (SRSB) are still leading the province in several portions of the latest mathematics and literacy assessments, some SRSB members are calling on the board to ensure support is available...
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...