BADDECK: The Municipality of the County of Victoria council passed a two cent increase on residential and commercial property taxes during a recent council session.
This is the first increase in more than a decade. The residential rate is now...
MULGRAVE: Ralph Hadley, who has experience with Mulgrave Town Council stretching back over 15 years, will now sit at the head of the table for council sessions.
Hadley won the mayor’s seat last Saturday over incumbent Mayor Lorne MacDonald in...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council is leaning
toward helping out two local bussing services but, in both cases, it’s unlikely
the municipal unit will pull the trigger to fully fund the requests it was
given.
Council members...
SYDNEY: A local First Nations Chief is facing a charge of assault.
Assembly of First Nations regional chief Morley Googoo faces charges of assault and causing a disturbance. He is set to appear in Sydney Provincial Court on July 25,...
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...
GUYSBOROUGH: A former cable building has seen the last of its days.
On September 5, the former Commercial Cable Station in Hazel Hill came down. Warden Vernon Pitts commended the Commercial Cable Rehabilitation Society (CCRS) for their efforts in trying...
ANTIGONISH: Nova Scotia Gaelic instructors came together last week to share ideas and hone their skills.
Cruinneachadh Sgioba nan Taoitearan 2018 (The Gàidhlig aig Baile Instructors’ Team Gathering 2018) took place on April 20 and 21 at the People’s Place...
CHETICAMP: Inverness Municipal Council greenlit the capital purchase of a used solid waste rear packer truck at last Thursday’s monthly meeting of council. The estimated cost of the machine is $225,000.
The county also...
HALIFAX: The province’s recently released plan for cannabis sales is already drawing criticism.
On January 30, Mark Furey, Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Bret Mitchell, president and CEO of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC), officially announced the...
ANTIGONISH: The former franchise owner
of an illegal medicinal dispensary says ever since her charges were dropped
back in March and she turned a leaf on a new business venture – she’s been
targeted and harassed by the RCMP.