HALIFAX: The provincial government is designating 17 new and expanded protected areas around the province. Environment Minister Gordon Wilson announced the new sites on September 30. Among the land now designated as protected...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A town councillor wants to know why the town hasn’t heard more from the Cape Breton Partnership. This question was asked during a presentation by the Cape Breton Partnership at the regular...
ARISAIG: Stevie MacInnis was a fixture in the community and for decades he could catch the tuna no one else could. The 68-year-old MacInnis was born and raised in the coastal community of Arisaig, and spent his whole life making...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotians will be going to the polls at the end of this month. On April 30, incumbent Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil asked Lieutenant- Governor JJ Grant to dissolve the provincial government and call a general election, which...
ANTIGONISH: Representatives with the Antigonish Farmer’s Market say their vendors are extremely relieved to finally moved-in to their brand new building, following a three-month delay due to COVID-19. The building’s operations manager, Lee Daponte,...
ANTIGONISH: StFX University unveiled the largest gift by a private donor in its history and one of the largest of its kind to a university in Nova Scotia. Victor Phillip Dahdaleh, through the Victor...
ARICHAT: In the absence of a committee-of-the-whole meeting earlier this month due to inclement weather, Richmond Municipal Council took care of a number of housekeeping matters at its regular monthly meeting on February 24 in Arichat.
ARICHAT: Councillors denied a request to forgive tipping fees for a group demolishing the former glebe house in Petit de Grat. The St. Joseph Parish finance committee wrote Richmond Municipal Council and explained that when the...
HALIFAX: The MLA for Inverness is happy that upgrades have been made to some transportation infrastructure in his constituency. In a press release issued last week, MacMaster said the Dunmore Road in Inverness County...
ARICHAT: Although they want staff to investigate further, councillors were open to a proposal from the Nova Scotia Community College to use municipal property for training. During the committee-of-the-whole meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on May 13...




Port Hawkesbury Reporter
Translate »