ANTIGONISH: The status-quo is among the possibilities under consideration for each of the two committees carrying out school reviews for the Strait regional school board (SRSB) in Antigonish and Inverness counties.
The final week of January kicked off with a...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council is getting
another look at a by-law that will give the elected body the power to stop
property owners from allowing discharges in their wastewater that cause harm to
the sewer system.
ARICHAT: Strait Area Ground Search and Rescue (SAGSR) needs municipal funding to continue offering its services.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on February 26 in Arichat, Tanya McChesney with the SAGSR reminded councillors they cover the...
HALIFAX: On January 24, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal concluded a 2012 change to Nova Scotia’s electoral boundaries violated Section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by altering the electoral districts of Clare, Argyle and...
HALIFAX: Cell coverage continues to be an issue in rural communities.
On March 7, Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon brought up the topic of cell coverage in her riding, particularly the areas of Forchu, Framboise, Grand River, and Dundee. Paon...
PORT HOOD: Criticisms from a group of local farmers left Inverness Councillor John Dowling with questions for Maple Brook Co-Operative Pasture Limited, and those questions made their way to the municipal unit’s October meeting.
Dowling maintains that he was approached...
GUYSBOROUGH: A company looking for gold met with municipal council last week for an update.
On July 5, representatives from council for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough met with Anaconda Mining officers to discuss the company’s plans for...
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...
ST. PETER’S: A Strait area MLA is accusing the governing Liberals of shutting down discussion of doctor recruitment in Nova Scotia.
On October 30, Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon submitted the topic of recruiting strategies within the Nova Scotia Health...
AULD’S COVE: Nova Scotia Power has completed the installation of six new transmission towers that will carry clean hydroelectricity from Muskrat Falls to mainland Nova Scotia.
Tom Flewwelling, Senior Project Engineer, said to see every component of the project in...