urray are the newest members of Antigonish Town Council.
Farrell, an Antigonish native who is a self-employed hair stylist, said a few of her clients started suggesting she run for office a few years ago. She decided to take their...
ANTIGONISH: A project that would have seen the expansion of natural gas services into Antigonish has been postponed.
In 2014, Dartmouth-based Heritage Gas received approval from the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (NSUARB) to distribute natural gas to Antigonish...
HALIFAX: A decision by the province to make sweeping changes to Nova Scotia’s education system is raising concerns in the Strait area.
Last Wednesday, the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development Zack Churchill announced the province will adopt the...
HALIFAX: Richmond County’s warden is pledging that the municipality will do its part to implement the seven closing recommendations of the final report from Nova Scotia’s Office of the Ombudsman regarding expense claims filed by municipal councillors and staff...
ANTIGONISH: The hospital foundation is hoping for a financial contribution from the county.
During the November 15 meeting of council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, representatives of the St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Foundation made a presentation to...
ANTIGONISH: Despite following a strict work-from-home
mandate from provincial and federal governments, two local chambers of commerce
are actually seeing slight increases in membership numbers during this
unprecedented time.
Since the pandemic spread to the Strait area,...
ARICHAT: Council was unable to amend a municipal travel expense policy which is a source of confusion for municipal officials.
During its regular monthly meeting on November 27, councillors defeated a motion from district 4 councillor Gilbert Boucher to remove...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Water woes recently left taps and toilets dry in the communities of Inverness, Mabou, and Port Hood, but Inverness Warden Betty Ann MacQuarrie said the municipality’s public works department was quick to respond to the matters.
“It happens,...
DARTMOUTH: It’s a busy week for a company looking to establish a rocket launch site in the Strait area.
Maritime Launch Services (MLS) hosted a Canso Spaceport project team kick-off event on December 11, which included partners Lindsay Construction and...
STRAIT AREA: Deanna Gillis, the communications coordinator for the Strait Regional Centre for Education (SRCE), has confirmed library technician services in local schools have been dialed back for the 2018-19 academic year.
“For the 2018-2019 school year, all of the...