Based on the feedback of residents, and others who regularly use Reeves Street in Port Hawkesbury, the town’s main thoroughfare requires more changes.
In a press release dated June 24, the Town of Port...
There was an unexpected, but nonetheless welcome, item of good news for local residents, fishermen and boaters.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada recently confirmed plans by the Canadian Coast Guard to replace the lighthouse on Jerseyman’s Island - just off Arichat...
Only two months after the death of Allan J. MacEachen, comes the loss of another Strait area political icon.
On November 23, Gerald “Gerry” Joseph Doucet died in Halifax at the age of 80.
Born on May 4, 1937 to Marie...
As the result of new provincial regulations and an agreement over Crown land, two companies proposing a large scale green energy project in the Strait area are moving ahead.
EverWind Fuels Company was recently...
StFX University issued a surprising decision recently by announcing it will welcome students back to campus in September.
Even though every other post-secondary institution across Nova Scotia has announced they are moving to on-line...
It’s good to see the provincial government is willing to re-open now, and is considering the easing of more public health restrictions now that daily COVID-19 numbers remain low across Nova Scotia.
According to...
Rarely is an exclamation point within the headline of an editorial more appropriate than on the eve of an election.
In this case, school board and municipal elections are taking place around the Strait area on Saturday, and it is...
A series of recent arrests and charges against Strait area residents for their involvement in the distribution and sale of illegal drugs shows just how bad the drug problem has become.
Inverness District RCMP got the ball rolling in January...
The provincial government could have done a better job communicating about their plans for accessing the border with New Brunswick, but for a group to protest closed borders, by closing a border, is absurd.
Now that the dust has settled, voters have gone to the
polls, the ballots have been counted, and the winners declared, this is a good
time to review the federal election campaign.
On Monday night, Canadians...