HALIFAX: St. Martha’s Regional Hospital is among the health care facilities which will receive funding under a new provincial opioid treatment program
The province announced it will invest $800,000 this year to create 470 new spots in the program. The...
ANTIGONISH: The founder and CEO of Peace by Chocolate, who officially became a Canadian citizen earlier in the year - has been shortlisted by an esteemed panel of judges as being recognized as an inspirational immigrant who...
ST. PETER’S: Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon says ongoing landline telephone issues have become a safety concern for residents of Richmond County.
On February 13, Paon hosted a community meeting for the residents of Framboise, Fourchu and Grand River who...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A major overhaul of the town’s most-travelled roadway is now in the hands of the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR), and Port Hawkesbury’s new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) is hoping these efforts will move...
ANTIGONISH: Last week, StFX played host to the 51st annual conference of the Canadian Economics Association.
Frances Woolley, program chair for the conference and president of the association, said the conference hosted people from all over the world. The event...
POINT TUPPER: On April 25, Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) announced it sold the former Federal Gypsum property in the Point Tupper/Bear Head Industrial Park to Point Tupper Property ULC, an affiliated company to Acadia Drywall Supplies Ltd.
A release...
GUYSBOROUGH: Work is underway for a new recreation centre.
Following last week’s regular monthly meeting of council for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG), Warden Vernon Pitts said workers are already on site and working on the Chedabucto...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town councillors are disappointed with the lack of consideration given to the Strait area as a site for the legal sale of cannabis.
At the Town of Port Hawkesbury Council’s regular meeting on April 3, councillors shared a...
ARICHAT: Council has decided to hold off in making a
decision whether to participate in a program to erect charging stations in
Richmond County for electric vehicles.
During a teleconference meeting of Richmond Municipal
Council on April...
GUYSBOROUGH: After two straight years of five-cent
increases to the residential and commercial tax rates in the Municipality of
the District of Guysborough, a new fiscal plan has held the tax rate.
Municipal councillors approved the...