ANTIGONISH: Municipal council will feature a pair of new representatives for the next four years in another election that featured a low voter turn-out.
Individually, 46.39 per cent of eligible voters came out in district 1; 34.45 per voted in...
STRAIT AREA: The operators of schools located inside and outside local Mi’kmaw communities are offering a variety of approaches and opinions, in the wake of recent figures that suggest a high suspension rate for aboriginal students attending classes within...
INVERNESS: Last Sunday saw locals gather at the Inverness Fire Hall to mull over concerns related to forests.
“Basically, we’re looking to make people aware of what’s going on,” said Johanna Padelt, media contact person for the Inverness County Chapter...
INVERNESS
COUNTY: The RCMP is trying to find the person who forced a teenager from
Inverness County to share nude pictures on the Internet.
A press
release from Nova Scotia RCMP said on July 1, a parent...
ARICHAT: Local lottery players almost missed out on a big prize.
Premium Maintenance workers Marc Touesnard, Shelly Marchand, Leo Peeples, and Spencer Green are splitting $1 million after winning on a ticket they purchased as a group.
The group initially assumed...
HALIFAX: A local community might end up with an interstellar reputation.
Last week, Maritime Launch Services (MLS) hosted an open house at the Canso-Hazel Hill Volunteer Fire Department to discuss the possibility of a rocket launch base in the area.
MLS...
MULGRAVE: The town office building is coming down.
Mulgrave Chief Administrative Office (CAO) Jim Davis said the Town of Mulgrave’s offices moved into one of the units at the Strait of Canso Superport Corporation units.
Davis said the council meetings are...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council will meet with
a mediator and an advisor to be appointed and paid for by the Department of
Municipal Affairs (DMA).
During the regular monthly meeting of council on
May 27 in Arichat,...
HALIFAX: Despite introducing similar legislation in 2013 as part
of the official Opposition, earlier this month, the Stephen McNeil-led Liberal
party nixed two separate fixed-date amendments to the province’s Elections Act.
Independent Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana...
ARICHAT: Council has decided to hold off in making a
decision whether to participate in a program to erect charging stations in
Richmond County for electric vehicles.
During a teleconference meeting of Richmond Municipal
Council on April...