ANTIGONISH: County council heard from the province’s property assessors last week.
Prior to last week’s meeting of council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, members heard from representatives of Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC). PVSC, the assessment authority...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town councillors here will now have the option of choosing a cell phone to carry out their council-related communications, in addition to laptop and tablet options provided to individual councillors.
A motion by councillor Mark MacIver at last...
PORT HOOD: A councillor from Inverness County is raising questions about what criteria is in place to make sure private roads receive proper plowing.
Newly-minted councillor John MacLennan said he’s been hearing concerns about snow removal from locals living on...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town officials here are gearing up for their first crack at hosting the annual island-wide gathering of Cape Breton’s five municipal councils.
Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton confirmed at the January 9 regular town council meeting that Port Hawkesbury will...
PORT HOOD: Inverness County recently came a step closer to setting up a by-law that will make it easier for locals to make energy efficient home improvements.
The municipal unit passed the second reading of the Property Assessed Clean Energy...
ANTIGONISH: Last week saw the first of what will be a series of joint meetings between town and county councils.
The People’s Place Antigonish Town and County Library hosted the first official joint meeting between Antigonish Town and Antigonish Municipal...
ANTIGONISH: The exhibition grounds came up during a recent joint council meeting.
During a joint council meeting last week, Antigonish Town and County council members discussed the lease of the Eastern Nova Scotia Exhibition (ENSE) grounds.
Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said...
GUYSBOROUGH: A community is still in mourning following the loss of four lives.
On January 6, Antigonish RCMP confirmed four people passed away as a result of a triple homicide and suicide on January 3 in Upper Big Tracadie. While...
HALIFAX: A doctor who served Strait area patients was reprimanded for an incident three years ago.
Dr. Sockalingam Senthillmohan received a reprimand from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia regarding an incident at the Strait-Richmond Hospital in...
ANTIGONISH: Money is coming from the town to a local fuel fund.
During a council meeting in December, Antigonish Town Council voted to increase the funding provided to the Antigonish Fuel Fund from $2,000 to $5,000.
The AFF asked the town...