PORT HOOD: The gallery was full. The gallery was so full that extra chairs had to be brought in. And, even then, a line of spectators remained stationed at the council chamber’s door.
That was the scene at Inverness Council’s...
STRAIT AREA: A letter from the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) seeking support in lobbying the provincial government to lift its ban on hydraulic fracturing came before two local municipal councils.
Inverness County’s stance on fracking is being...
GUYSBOROUGH: Construction projects will soon be underway at two schools within the Strait regional school board (SRSB).
A tender for the amount of $597,149 has been awarded to Dora Construction Management Limited for the construction of the new Skilled Trades...
GUYSBOROUGH: Strait regional school board (SRSB) officials say they are continuing with business as usual until they receive further information on the board’s impending dissolution.
Following February’s monthly meeting of the SRSB, chair Jamie Samson said he is waiting for...
ANTIGONISH: Another midwife is coming to the area.
On February 5, Antigonish MLA Randy Delorey said he is pleased the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is adding two full-time permanent midwifery positions in the province, including one in Antigonish.
The other...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Organizers behind a local air show continue to make progress.
In December, Celtic Air Services Ltd. announced that the Port Hawkesbury Airport will host Airshow Cape Breton on May 30. Since then, Celtic Air Services president David Morgan...
SYDNEY: The incoming leader of Cape Breton University (CBU) says he wants to engage all regions of Cape Breton in his new role.
CBU announced last Wednesday that David C. Dingwall has been chosen as its next President and Vice-Chancellor....
MABOU: After 131 years of service, St. Joseph Convent and Renewal Centre are closing.
“It wasn’t so much the finances of the building. It’s more so the poverty of personnel in these years that we face,” said Sister Rebecca McKenna,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The planned redesign of Port Hawkesbury’s main thoroughfare has raised some safety concerns for a local first responder.
Port Hawkesbury Volunteer Fire Department Chief Curtis Doucette says he is worried that the plan to reduce four lanes of...
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...