HALIFAX: As students start learning from home, the
province has made available a breakdown of COVID-19 cases in each part of the
province and is taking steps to do more testing and enforcement.
Accounting for approximately...
PORT HAWKESBURY: On the week of International Women’s Day, facilitators at the Strait Area Women’s Place (SAWP) were busy raising awareness of the services they provide to women in the region.
On Tuesday, women’s services facilitator Mary Elizabeth Cameron and...
PORT HASTINGS: Traffic was backed up at the Canso Causeway last Friday, and the reason for the delay left locals wondering what exactly was the issue.
“Sometimes when people are kept waiting, there are questions being asked,” said Andrew MacPherson,...
ANTIGONISH: A fake $20 bill found its way into circulation in Antigonish County.
A social media post on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nova Scotia Facebook page on Oct. 11, indicated Antigonish County...
GUYSBOROUGH: Nova Scotia’s chief firearms
office doesn’t have the authority to ask for an additional medical opinion
after reinstating a firearms licence, unless the applicant gets flagged by the
RCMP, a doctor, or a citizen from the community.
SYDNEY: The sixth year of the Bras d’Or Watch will be different from previous incarnations.
Project manager Jen Cooper explained how it will vary.
“We did two different kinds of outreach...
ANTIGONISH: A representative from the Strait Regional Centre for Education (SRCE) says they plan to offer a program to increase pro-social skills and positive identity in adolescent girls to a broader audience during the program’s launch event at StFX...
STRAIT AREA: Two emergency departments in the Strait
area, less than 50-kilometres apart, were closed a total of 1,664-hours during
2018-19, according to the recent release of the annual Accountability Report on
Emergency Departments, published by the Department of Health...
MULGRAVE: Some strong language was used around the table at the regular council meeting in Mulgrave on May 15 concerning a discussion about the town’s public works crew.
According to Councillor Bob Russell, a...
ROCKY BAY: An Isle Madame group is planting a garden that doesn’t just look pleasing to the eye, but can also make the community healthier.
Isle Madame Garden Club treasurer Claire Doyle said after starting up in April, 2017, the...