ANTIGONISH: Antigonish Warden Owen McCarron said council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish continues to look at cell service and high speed Internet as issues for the area, calling them “huge gaps in our county.”
“We’re continuing to...
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: Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) is trying to get the word out to local businesses in about the services they offer.
On February 22, NSBI president and CEO Laurel Broten stopped in Port Hawkesbury to meet with over...
GUYSBOROUGH: Council wants things to be fair for all municipalities.
Following the regular monthly meeting of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough’s council, economic development director Gordon MacDonald explained the provincial government is undertaking an initiative to update the...
PORT HOOD: Power outages caused a number of headaches in Inverness County this winter, and not just in terms of having no heat during the chilliest part of the year.
In Lake Ainslie and Marble Mountain, reports circulated that landline...
PORT HOOD: Not a whole lot has changed in Inverness County’s revamped dog control by-law, but the municipality is in the process of instituting a new version of its measures to keep dogs safe and sound.
The first reading of...
ANTIGONISH: Last week, the Antigonish Chamber of Commerce hosted a business connects meeting to offer the Town of Antigonish a chance to discuss a potential Business Improvement District (BID).
Steve Scannell, special projects coordinator for the Town of Antigonish, said...
MULGRAVE: Town councillors expressed concerns about the possibility of a liquor store coming to Auld’s Cove.
In late December, the Province of Nova Scotia issued a request for proposals (RFP) “to qualified landlords to submit proposals for the location of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: It has been a busy year for Strait Area Transit (SAT).
SAT office manager Jessie MacDonald says the community-based transit system has seen a significant increase in ridership over the past year, and is working on a proposal...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Nova Scotia’s plan to distribute cannabis at nine Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) locations across the province has sparked some discussion around the council table.
At Port Hawkesbury Town Council’s monthly meeting on February 6, Deputy Mayor Hughie...