CHÉTICAMP: Local business owner Claude Bourgeois has been nominated as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the upcoming byelection in the newly created riding of Chéticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay.
The nomination was announced May 11 by the...
Baddeck – At the Municipality of Victoria County’s regular council session on April 20, the county’s Fire Services Coordinator announced provincial funding for the fire services in Victoria County which will go toward firefighter training as part...
ANTIGONISH: St. Martha’s Regional Hospital is among five public buildings across Nova Scotia set to transition to wood-based heating systems as part of a new provincial initiative aimed at supporting the forestry sector and strengthening energy security.
PORT HOOD: Inverness County CAO Keith MacDonald outlined several provincial government changes that could have implications for municipalities, including Inverness County.
Under the Municipal Government Act, the province is required to notify municipalities of...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council approved amendments to By-Law 44, the municipality’s marketing levy bylaw, during its regular monthly meeting last Thursday.
The changes will allow the municipality to collect the marketing levy from...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Two local community initiatives will receive support from Port Hawkesbury town council following decisions made at its May public meeting last week.
Volunteers with the Square Roots Port Hawkesbury group appeared before...
CHÉTICAMP: Nova Scotia’s New Democratic Party has nominated Trevor Poirier as its candidate in the upcoming byelection in Chéticamp–Margarees–Pleasant Bay.
Poirier works in long-term care at Foyer Père Fiset and serves as president of...
PORT HOOD: Inverness County Council approved two grant applications at its regular meeting last Thursday and received additional information on a third request.
The Inverness Victoria Federation of Agriculture will receive $10,000 to support...
SHERBROOKE: Residents and business owners in the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s are divided over council’s decision to raise property taxes, citing rising costs and uncertainty around provincial funding.
The increases, approved...
CHÉTICAMP: The Nova Scotia Liberal Party has nominated Denis Cormier as its candidate in the upcoming Chéticamp–Margarees–Pleasant Bay byelection, positioning a longtime educator and community volunteer to carry the party’s banner in the newly formed riding.