ARICHAT: Richmond municipal councillors debated several grant requests at their latest regular monthly meeting, including two requests from organizations that take in funds from multiple partners, including neighbouring municipalities.
Councillors voted 3-1 to approve a request for $10,000 from the...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council has formally committed $2 million towards an ambitious sidewalk and streetscape program that is scheduled to take shape over the next two years in this Isle Madame community, pending the financial participation of three other...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council is a step closer to overhauling its system of distributing municipal grants, but the chair of council’s municipal Policy Committee says his group wasn’t consulted about the new system.
Councillors unanimously approved the new Grants Policy...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town officials here expect to decide by this fall whether to continue with their membership in the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN).
Launched in 2015 to replace the Regional Development Authorities (RDAs) that had previously guided community...
ANTIGONISH: The contract is signed.
During a regular monthly meeting last week, Antigonish Town Council signed on to the Eastern District Planning Commission. The town officially joined the commission on July 2.
Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said the move exemplifies the...
ANTIGONISH: County council heard from a local paper mill last week.
During a recent regular meeting of council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, members heard from representatives of Port Hawkesbury Paper on what has been happening with...
ANTIGONISH: Antigonish Town Council is looking at a new flood plain study.
Following a special meeting to set the Town of Antigonish operating budget and tax rates last week, Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said one item in the budget is...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Local MLA Allan MacMaster is pleased to see that work on Inverness County Roads is coming.
“I want to make sure we get our fair share,” MacMaster told The Reporter last week, just days after issuing a press...
CHANDLER, QUEBEC: A new electronic logbook is now available to fishermen.
The Regroupement des pêcheurs professionnels du sud de la Gaspésie (RPPSG) launched JOBEL, a new electronic logbook for commercial fishing.
JOBEL is the initiative of professional fishermen who wanted a...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Department of Community Services wants Nova Scotians to know about changes to their programs and benefits.
On June 20, Deputy Minister of Community Services, Lynn Hartwell and Brandon Grant, executive director of Employment Support and Income Assistance...