HALIFAX: Grants awarded through the new Mineral Resources Development Fund will help in the search for new mineral discoveries, move projects closer to production and attract investment into Nova Scotia.
Energy and Mines Minister Derek Mombourquette announced the 28 grants...
ANTIGONISH: He wants to light a fire under the youth of Canada.
Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire took part in the recent “X Talks Life” event at StFX University. Dallaire was the headlining speaker during an evening when people shared their...
HALIFAX: Like many during the coronavirus pandemic, former Nova Scotia politician and lifelong environmentalist Megan Leslie is having a tough time avoiding single-use plastics.
“I try hard,” says Leslie, a full-time environmental steward since...
ANTIGONISH: The amount of money members of a community group was ordered to pay to a local municipality in legal fees has been reduced from $60,000 to $8,041.59 – a total of 87 per cent.
Respected educator founded Antigonish Badminton Club
By Corey LeBlanc
ANTIGONISH: A long-time educator who pioneered a thriving badminton community in Antigonish is being remembered not only for developing talented athletes for...
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Guysborough Journal
GUYSBOROUGH: When it comes to crime and punishment, no news is good news, and the local branch of the RCMP delivered a...
HALIFAX: Central Nova MP Sean Fraser has started welcoming Afghan refugees to Canada in his role as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, including a plane that landed in Halifax last month.
“First of...
Public transportation groups receive accessibility funding
HALIFAX:
The provincial government is providing funding under the Accessible
Transportation Assistance Program to help groups purchase accessible vehicles.
Eighteen
organizations will receive funding under the program to...
By: Janet Whitman
HALIFAX: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting jabs over Canada’s vaccine supply glitches, but the slowdown in deliveries isn’t expected to derail the province’s plan to have 75 per cent...
By: Chris Benjamin
Halifax Magazine
HALIFAX: Although she has trouble pinning down a single event that led to the City of Halifax having one of the most progressive government...