GUYSBOROUGH: The community continues to show support for a proposed launch site in eastern Guysborough County.
Last month, Maritime Launch Services (MLS) hosted an open house at the Canso Fire Hall to discuss the possibility of selecting the Canso area...
UPPER BIG TRACADIE: On January 3, Antigonish RCMP confirmed four people passed away as a result of an incident in Upper Big Tracadie. The victims were 10-year-old Aaliyah Desmond, 52-year-old Brenda Desmond, 31-year-old Shanna Desmond, and 33-year-old Lionel Desmond.
The...
HALIFAX: A local MLA is concerned that the province’s plan for dealing with legalized cannabis will put young people at risk.
The Cannabis Control Act, which will set the rules for the sale and use of cannabis in the province,...
ANTIGONISH: Municipal councillors in Antigonish County have joined their counterparts from the town in putting their commitment and support back into the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN) – for the time being.
During last Tuesday’s committee-of-the-whole meeting, councillors voted...
ANTIGONISH: County council heard from the province’s property assessors last week.
Prior to last week’s meeting of council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, members heard from representatives of Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC). PVSC, the assessment authority...
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...
PORT HAWKESBURY: While town voters largely went with experience as they selected their new town council, one of four first-time candidates was able to crack the council roster on Saturday evening.
Jeremy White, a former Port Hawkesbury Rotary Club president...
PORT HOOD: A stalemate of opinions regarding the proposed expansion of the Margaree airport has Inverness Municipal Council considering recruiting a facilitator to help the six-person municipal unit decide its official position on the matter.
“We seem to be going...
LENNOX PASSAGE: News that repairs for the Lennox Passage Bridge have gone to tender has left Cape Breton-Richmond’s MLA breathing a sigh of relief.
“The rehabilitation of the bridge is long overdue,” Alana Paon told The Reporter late last week,...
ARICHAT: Councillors had some questions for Clean Nova Scotia about the qualifications for its programs.
On September 24 in Arichat, during the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council, Clean Nova Scotia’s Sonia Smith told councillors about her group and...