MONASTERY: Antigonish District RCMP is turning to the public for help getting information on an incident that left one local volunteer fire department scratching their heads. In a media release issued Aug. 11, it...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The waterfront in the Town of Port Hawkesbury is soon to undergo a multi-phase strategic plan. Cape Breton-Canso MP Mike Kelloway, Allan MacMaster, the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Inverness...
STRAIT AREA: The findings from a homelessness count completed throughout Eastern Nova Scotia in November of 2021 were released on August 3 and it highlights a need for housing strategies throughout all counties in Cape Breton Island,...
POTLOTEK: Wilbert Marshall will remain Chief of the Potlotek First Nation. Elections for Office of Chief and Councillors for Potlotek were held on Aug. 5, and results started to come in around midnight.
MARGAREE FORKS: An Inverness County woman drowned after tubing a local river this past weekend. The 58-year-old, who has not been identified, was found near Coady Road along the Maragree River in Margaree Forks.
MELROSE: Two people are dead following a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred along Highway 7. According to information provided by the RCMP, at approximately 5 p.m. on August 7, Guysborough County District RCMP, fire...
HALIFAX: The provincial government said the addition of more Emergency Health Services (EHS) transport operators will help take stress off the emergency response system. The province announced recently that EHS is hiring 100 more...
ARICHAT: The first day on the job for the new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Municipality of the County of Richmond will be Aug. 22. During a special meeting on July 26, Richmond...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A very successful businesswoman with ties to a local community has left a $2-million legacy gift for the students at the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) in Port Hawkesbury. “We had worked...
ANTIGONISH: Despite Nova Scotia Public Health dropping all mask mandates, StFX University has decided to keep their mandate active for the upcoming academic year to protect the university itself, the Town of Antigonish and surrounding communities.




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