GUYSBOROUGH: Councillors in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) are calling for a meeting with representatives with Emergency Health Services (EHS). Starting their regular municipal council meeting on November 18, Janet Peitzsche,...
ANTIGONISH: The construction of boarding houses in the fringe area of Antigonish County will no longer be permitted. During the regular council meeting on November 9, councillors voted to amend the Antigonish fringe municipal...
MULGRAVE: Town councillors and community members are raising concerns with a reduction in garbage collection in the town. During their regular council meeting on November 16, council addressed the garbage pick-up agreement it maintains...
ANTIGONISH: With the upcoming winter semester at StFX University and students returning to the community after their Christmas break, the mayor says despite having underlying concerns, she feels they’ll be ready. Mayor Laurie Boucher...
HALIFAX: With the numbers of new COVID-19 cases rising, the provincial government has introduced new public health measures. During a media briefing today in Halifax, the province announced new province-wide requirements that limit the...
IRON MINES: L’Arche Cape Breton wants roadside littering to stop. On November 5, staff and residents of the Inverness County facility attended a “peaceful, anti-littering rally” along Orangedale Road. L’Arche outreach...
HALIFAX: An Isle Madame native is retiring from the public service. Speaker of the House of Assembly Kevin Murphy announced on November 5 that Annette Boucher, acting Chief Clerk of the House of Assembly,...
WE’KOQMA’Q FIRST NATION: Another Cape Breton First Nations community has made the decision to withdraw from the Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office (KMKNO). The Chief for We’koqma’q First Nation indicated the reason why she left...
ARICHAT: The returning officer in the recent municipal election had some advice for the new council. During a committee-of-the-whole meeting on November 9 in Arichat, Municipality of the County of Richmond returning officer Clair...
WE’KOQMA’Q FIRST NATION: A new position has been created on the We’koqma’q First Nation band council, deputy chief. Chief Annie Bernard-Daisley, who was recently elected the first female chief of the community, created the...




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