HALIFAX: Removing asbestos at power stations, including a local facility, could cost the province’s power provider a lot of money.
In a letter to Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board regulatory affairs officer/clerk Doreen Friis, Nova Scotia Power (NSP) capital...
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...
HALIFAX: The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR) has confirmed the closure of a bridge on Isle Madame.
On December 18, the DTIR issued an advisory that Port Royal Bridge on Port Royal Road is closed until further notice....
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait regional school board (SRSB) is moving ahead with a province-wide effort to improve student attendance.
The board has hired an attendance support worker who will serve students at Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High School in...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Strait regional school board (SRSB) has rejected changes to its policies that would have affected how board members can use technology to participate in meetings remotely.
Following a discussion at the SRSB’s regular monthly meeting on January 3,...
GUYSBOROUGH: Following last month’s release of the province’s five year highway improvement plan, the transportation minister said the plan lets residents know where and when they can expect road work in their areas.
Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Minister Lloyd Hines,...
GUYSBOROUGH: Local trailblazers recently got some help from the province.
On December 22, Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie MLA Lloyd Hines announced $50,000 in funding for the Guysborough County Trails Association. Hines said the funding was part of the government’s commitment of $1...
HALIFAX: The province’s head medical examiner wants some answers.
On December 28, Nova Scotia Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Matt Bowes announced his recommendation of an inquiry into the deaths of Lionel Desmond and members of Desmond’s family.
On January 6, 2017,...
MARBLE MOUNTAIN: Being unable to use a phone during power outages has one local woman calling on Canada’s largest telecommunications company to provide answers, along with improved service.
“They said it was a power surge that knocked out the battery...
ANTIGONISH: News report list Wafic Said, Victor Dahdaleh, Wilbur Ross, and David Koch as donors to StFX University’s Mulroney Institute of Government and Xaverian Commons, a multi-million dollar project on the Antigonish school’s campus for which the former Canadian...