“It will have an exponential impact on our ability to support the quality of life that we feel the residents of this region deserve.”
STRAIT AREA: Cape Breton Partnership, in collaboration with provincial research...
MABOU: The Code Blue rang across the speakers at Dalbrae Academy at approximately noon on October 29 and the school entered into a complete lockdown.
After receiving a report of a possible threat to the school made using Instagram, school...
ANTIGONISH: Antigonish Town Council is waiting to hear back from the province’s Utility and Review Board (UARB) in relation to an effort to keep things green for homeowners.
Some members of the Antigonish Community Energy (ACE) Co-operative have purchased equipment...
HALIFAX: The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) is looking for new locations for two stores, with plans to put a new outlet in the region.
NSLC communications advisor Beverley Ware told The Reporter last week that they are looking for...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Following appeals to the Town and County of Antigonish, the fundraising campaign for the region’s largest hospital has made a pitch to another Strait area municipal council.
Five members of St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Foundation arrived at last...
MULGRAVE: Town council is trying to gauge interest in filling the final council seat.
Mulgrave Mayor Ralph Hadley said council told the Department of Municipal Affairs that a by-election will prove too costly for taxpayers. He also pointed to the...
MABOU: After 131 years of service, St. Joseph Convent and Renewal Centre are closing.
“It wasn’t so much the finances of the building. It’s more so the poverty of personnel in these years that we face,” said Sister Rebecca McKenna,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Members of the Port of Welcome Settlement Association (POWSA) are happy to report their efforts will soon result in a five-member Syrian family relocating in the area.
“This is a mile marker, not the end mark,” said Iaian...
STRAIT AREA: A provincial study says it will be expensive to use tolls to twin highways in parts of the Strait area.
A Nova Scotia highway twinning feasibility study found that tolls for sections of highway between Port Hastings and...
ANTIGONISH: A new on-line tool will make it easier for people to find information on doing business in the Strait region.
On January 22, the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN) celebrated the launch of their Economic Development Investment Mapper...