ANTIGONISH: Nova Scotia’s Regional Enterprise Networks (RENs) are hoping to work together to find new ways of growing the local economy.
On May 29, RENs from throughout the province came together in Antigonish for a roundtable discussion on regional opportunities...
ARICHAT: Richmond County started the process of amending grant policies, which was laid out in last month’s municipal budget.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on May 28, council gave notice to adopt a Grants Policy and...
ARICHAT: Municipal council was asked to back a plan from a community club to develop two trails in the St. Peter’s area.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on May 28, Michele Stone and Rob Groves of...
ANTIGONISH: The county’s tax rates are staying the same.
Last week, council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish announced its budget and tax rates for the current fiscal year. The residential rate stays at $0.88 per $100 of...
D’ESCOUSSE: A local yacht club is expressing its concern with the inability of a lift bridge to open for boaters.
Lennox Passage Yacht Club commodore Teddy Poirier said he was told by Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon that the Lennox...
HALIFAX: The provincial government and Port Hawkesbury Paper are promising no more reoccurrences of an incident in which old growth forest was cut in Guysborough County.
The Department of Natural Resources recently assessed 27 forest stands in the Lawlor Lake...
OTTAWA: Canada’s Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner is investigating the minister of fisheries’ recent decision to award an arctic surf clam quota.
Jocelyne L. Brisebois, a spokesperson for the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner confirmed...
HALIFAX: Melford Atlantic Gateway has taken the next step toward building a proposed container terminal project in Guysborough County.
Melford Atlantic Terminal Inc. has selected Colorado-based company BergerABAM to provide engineering services for the planned Melford Atlantic Gateway Terminal and Logistics Park. The...
HALIFAX: The fatality inquiry into the deaths of Lionel Desmond and his family will be held in Guysborough.
On January 3, 2017, the bodies of Desmond, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, his wife, 31-year-old Shanna, their 10-year-old daughter,...
L’ARDOISE: A Richmond County woman wants to give caregivers a helping hand with her new business.
Last week, Jamie Morrison launched Out & About Respite, which operates the area’s first adult day program at the Dr. Kingston Memorial Community Health...