GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY: Subsequent to the Department of Environment and Climate Change announcing three new approvals for pesticide spraying covering 2,306 hectares earlier this summer, a provincial group is protesting the spraying.
Two locations on...
POINT TUPPER: Port Hawkesbury Paper is continuing with plans to construct Nova Scotia’s largest wind farm.
On Feb. 12, PHP issued a press release announcing that it took “another significant step” in developing the...
GUYSBOROUGH: The first civilian psychiatrist to meet
with retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond after he was released from the military’s care
testified Monday at the fatality inquiry looking into what caused him to kill
his mother, wife, daughter and himself, that...
MABOU: After winning Music Nova Scotia’s Entertainer of the Year, Rankin MacInnis says he’s ready to move from focusing on strictly his performance and is transitioning to the world of recording.
The award ceremony...
HALIFAX: The province said it will help African Nova Scotians gain clear title to their land.
On March 5, Premier Iain Rankin announced a $3 million compensation fund aimed at addressing the legacy of...
PORT
HOOD: Amanda MacDougall, the executive director of the Atlantic Costal Action
Program (ACAP), came to Inverness Municipal Council last week hoping to forge
an eco-partnership with the local municipality.
“We
call ourselves ACAP Cape Breton, but really...
BIG BRAS D’OR: Victoria County District RCMP have obtained a warrant for the arrest of a man in connection with an incident of intimate partner/family violence on August 6, in Big Bras D’Or.
Logan...
PORT HAWKESBURY: As retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond struggled to find the necessary help he desperately needed as his mental health deteriorated in late 2016, the Province of Nova Scotia didn’t offer any culturally-specific mental health programs.
EVANSTON: Supporters of the Strait-Richmond Hospital made their pitch to the community.
During a meeting of the Strait-Richmond Healthcare Foundation on June 5 at the Riverdale Community Centre, the Shannon family confirmed their donation of $300,000 for the first phase...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A fire at a rental property did not result in injuries, but a young family is now homeless.
The family of three was displaced by the fire that “extensively damaged” a two-storey...