SYDNEY: A year-and-a-half after employment services centres across the province were united under Nova Scotia Works, the organization is reflecting on how the change has impacted local job seekers.
January marks the 18-month anniversary of Nova Scotia’s newly restructured employment...
MABOU: The saga of Cabot Golf’s local development continued last week as an official with the provincial government confirmed a meeting took place between developers and the province relating to a golf course being set up in the area...
STRAIT AREA: Doctors Nova Scotia (DNS) taking a closer look at how family physicians in the province are compensated for their work.
On January 6, more than 25 family doctors from throughout the province met in Dartmouth to discuss what...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Traffic remains reduced to one lane over a bridge located just south of Port Hood.
“In early December 2017, a bridge inspection revealed a number of broken piles on the right lane of the bridge towards Port Hood,”...
HALIFAX: A representative from Nova Scotia’s Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) explained the results of an investigation into an incident involving a local youth that occurred last summer.
On January 12, SiRT released a report clearing the RCMP following an...
ANTIGONISH: A new program is looking at reducing local homelessness.
“A Roof Over Your Head,” a federally funded program supported by the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) and the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS), is being introduced in Antigonish...
ANTIGONISH: A recent meeting between representatives from StFX and the councils of Antigonish Town and County looked at a number of issues including possible solutions to problems stemming from last year’s edition of homecoming at the university.
Antigonish County Warden...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Last July might feel like a distant memory, given the snow fall and power outages as of late, but odds are the twenty second of that month are well-remembered by those who had their lives saved by...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town officials are putting their support behind a proposed addition to signage at the Canso Causeway that would better represent Cape Breton’s First Nations communities.
At January’s regular monthly meeting, Port Hawkesbury Town Council approved a draft of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The winner of a recent entrepreneurship contest is moving ahead with plans to open her new business.
After the Town of Port Hawkesbury’s January council meeting, Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton gave an update on the winner of the Start-Up...