INVERNESS: Inverness Municipal Council, holding its regular monthly meeting at the Inverness Fire Hall, was asked for a slight increase in terms of its funding for Strait Area Ground Search and Rescue (SAGSR).
Tony Sampson, who serves as treasurer of...
HALIFAX: A local MLA is concerned that the province’s plan for dealing with legalized cannabis will put young people at risk.
The Cannabis Control Act, which will set the rules for the sale and use of cannabis in the province,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local student wants to establish a more environmentally-friendly way of dealing with organic waste in Port Hawkesbury.
Chad Kelly, a second-year Natural Resources and Environmental Technologies student at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) has been working on...
HALIFAX: StFX has received the largest single donation in the university’s 165-year history.
At the university’s inaugural National Dinner EAST event in Halifax, StFX president Kent MacDonald announced a gift of $10 million from Amelia and Lino Saputo of Montreal....
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Strait Area Campus has introduced a new program to help students gain hands-on work experience.
On Friday, the NSCC officially unveiled a new two-year pilot project through the Make Way Campaign for...
HALIFAX: A local container terminal project is close to signing its engineering team.
Mike Uberoi, Chief Executive Officer for the Melford Atlantic Gateway, said the company planned to select a team of engineers by the end of day, April 10....
ANTIGONISH: April 3 was a special day at Shannex Parkland as the Sisters of St. Martha celebrated moving to their new home.
“It had been originally suggested that we hold this celebration on March 8, International Women’s Day, in recognition...
ANTIGONISH: Sean Fraser, Member of Parliament for Central Nova, visited Club 60 on Tuesday of last week to officially announce funding for the facility.
“We’re celebrating the successful application for a grant through the New Horizons for Seniors Program,” said...
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...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Councillors in the Town of Port Hawkesbury are disappointed that controversial changes to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) have passed through the legislature so quickly.
On March 29, Bill 85 to amend Chapter 18 of the MGA received...