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...
ST. PETER’S: A local veteran who was recently honoured for his commitment to the air cadet program passed away late last month at the age of 77. Jim Mullins was born in Halifax in...
EASTERN ZONE: The provincial minister of Health and Wellness says as a result of the $10,000 incentive program to return to the system, the Eastern Zone has gained a total of 88 full-time nurses across 12 primary...
GUYSBOROUGH: The psychiatrist who assessed retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond - just two days before he fatally shot his mother, wife, and 10-year-old daughter before taking his own life - says the former rifleman didn’t show any signs of acute psychosis...
MI’KMA’KI: The executive director of the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR) says a first-of-its-kind partnership is bringing traditional and ancestral Mi’kmaw knowledge to the Nova Scotian forestry sector. Lisa Young told The Reporter the initiative...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A social worker at the Ste. Anne’s Hospital was worried about something that stood in the way of retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond’s treatment as he was making minor progress under treatments that usually produced results.
ANTIGONISH: The founder and driving force behind the MacLeod Group, the premiere nursing home provider in rural Nova Scotia, has lost his courageous, multi-decade fight with cancer. Brian MacLeod passed away on Dec. 24,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A community think tank hosted a discussion last week and released recommendations on ways to bring more affordable housing to the Strait area. The Town of Port Hawkesbury and the Municipality of the County of Richmond partnered with...
PORT HASTINGS: Nova Scotia’s NDP are claiming the governing Liberals are only pretending to care about important issues as the provincial election gets underway. The day before Premier Iain Rankin called a provincial election...
ANTIGONISH: Hannah Chisholm, founder of Eggcitables, a plant-based egg alternative, says she wouldn’t be where she is today without networking, and meeting the people she has. Speaking at the Connect @ X event on January 17 at StFX University, the...




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