HALIFAX: The MLA for Cape Breton-Richmond is unhappy with lack of weed and bush clearing along roadsides in her constituency.
During Question Period in the Nova Scotia Legislature on September 13, Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon told the house about...
PORT HOOD: Inverness County councillors have decided to support an initiative by Port Hawkesbury Town Council to have the word “Unama’ki” added to a sign at the Canso Causeway greeting visitors to Cape Breton.
“It shouldn’t be a big deal,”...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council will meet with
a mediator and an advisor to be appointed and paid for by the Department of
Municipal Affairs (DMA).
During the regular monthly meeting of council on
May 27 in Arichat,...
ANTIGONISH: Despite planning for an
obstetrics vacancy at the St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish, the
Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) says they are prepared for it when it
happens.
“NSHA is working with locum physicians
to fill...
ARICHAT: Meeting for the first time since winning their seats in Richmond County’s new five-district system, the municipality’s newest municipal council chose a third-term councillor and a political newcomer as their warden and deputy warden.
The new Richmond Warden is...
OTTAWA: A new federal act might help avoid future incidents, but will do nothing to get rid of the Dutch Runner.
On October 30, Transport Minister Marc Garneau introduced the Wrecked, Abandon or Hazardous Vessels Act, which the Liberal government...
STRAIT AREA: Hundreds of teachers held protests across the region last Friday, as thousands of their colleagues descended on the provincial legislature in Halifax to protest Bill 75, the Liberal government’s attempt to legislate a new four-year contract between...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With its first-ever central operations centre now operating in Monastery and membership on the rise, Strait Area Ground Search and Rescue (SAGSR) is thanking local municipalities for their support but also requesting additional funds to assist with...
OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet on Wednesday of last week, and it didn’t take long for the Conservative opposition to take issue with the new line-up.
“Trudeau made it abundantly clear that he doesn’t care about Atlantic...
PORT HASTINGS: The Strait regional school board (SRSB) is days away from relocating its central office to one of the board’s high schools.
After two decades at its current home, a refurbished school building in Port Hastings, the board will...