PORT HAWKESBURY: Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil made three Strait area stops during the second week of the spring election campaign, pledging to respond to a court ruling regarding Acadian communities’ rights within provincial electoral boundaries and insisting that a...
In the fall of 2011, NewPage filed for creditor protection. One of the major issues facing our community was the state of the mill’s pension plans and their unfunded liability. I met and heard from retirees, widows and current employees...
A new Liberal government will assemble a working group of MLAs, senior bureaucrats, and representatives from the community to engage the union and retirees in exploring possible solutions. This statement was made by Michel P. Samson, Liberal candidate for Cape...
Every three or four years in Nova Scotia we have an election. With this come promises from politicians of all stripes. My experience over the years has been that promises are made to sway voters even though the politicians know...
ANTIGONISH: The only four-candidate election debate in the Strait area saw education issues spark some of its liveliest exchanges, as the would-be MLAs for the riding of Antigonish squared off at a public forum hosted by StFX University. Taking place...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With a potential spring election on the horizon, the province’s NDP leader is pleased with the people serving as the party’s the candidates. Nova Scotia NDP leader Gary Burrill, who passed through the area last Sunday for the...
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...
“We have had enough and we are not going to take it any more” was the call from the podium on May 7 in Sydney Mines (with the Minister of Health in the audience). Eighty doctors had signed a declaration...
It has been a very interesting few weeks in politics, hasn’t it? This being election season, you’re stuck with it, whether or not you follow it. And while the platforms and party politics are interesting, the most fascinating part of...
MABOU: The three candidates looking to represent the people of Inverness County visited the Mabou Community Hall last Thursday night and, at times, hotly debated the issues. Incumbent Allan MacMaster was on hand, representing the Progressive Conservatives. He was joined...




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