ANTIGONISH: A new hospital unit focused on palliative care is on its way.
Late last month, the Nova Scotia Health Authority approved the construction of a new palliative care inpatient unit at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish. Construction on...
DARTMOUTH: It’s a busy week for a company looking to establish a rocket launch site in the Strait area.
Maritime Launch Services (MLS) hosted a Canso Spaceport project team kick-off event on December 11, which included partners Lindsay Construction and...
PORT HASTINGS: With construction now underway on its new terminal building, the new ownership group that set up shop at the Port Hawkesbury Municipal Airport earlier this summer is pleased with its progress and already looking ahead to a...
HALIFAX: The Premier answered questions from a Strait area MLA over the issue of palliative care.
On September 26 in the Nova Scotia Legislature, Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon asked Premier Stephen McNeil about the “unacceptable” level of palliative care...
ARICHAT: Richmond County is hoping the establishment of a new trust can help finance improvements to broadband Internet in parts of the municipality.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on March 26 in Arichat, CAO Kent MacIntyre...
PAQ’TNKEK: A local First Nations community is in favour of a land exchange.
Of the 411 eligible voters in the Paq’tnkek Mi’kmaw Nation, 277 took part in a vote on whether or not to surrender 32 acres of land and...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council is mulling over the pros and cons of a policy that shifts the cost of managing specific wastes/recycling materials from municipalities to producers.
Putting the bug in council’s ear about the policy, called Extended Producer...
POINT TUPPER: A load retention tariff at the local paper mill continues to do what it was intended.
On January 23, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) issued a decision regarding the Nova Scotia Power Inc. and Port...
HALIFAX: Thousands of Strait area residents were left in the dark last week.
On March 13, the region was hit by a powerful late-winter storm - featuring gale-force winds, high surf and a mix of snow and rain - which...
ARICHAT: Differing opinions have arisen at the municipal council table, regarding the concept of providing priority lists of crumbling roads to the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR).
District 2 councillor Alvin Martell and interim Chief Administrative Officer...