INVERNESS: Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster is happy to report that funding for the Inverness Raceway was green lit in the provincial budget.
“I had to opportunity to ask the Minister of Agriculture if he could confirm that would be...
PORT HOOD: The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s (DEECD) decision to close schools temporarily due to safety issues doesn’t sit well with Inverness Municipal Council.
Council met on December 5, and newly-minted district 5 councillor John MacLellan brought...
PORT HOOD: With October 17 set as the date for recreational marijuana to become legal across Canada, two health boards in Inverness County are questioning their municipal leaders about how the legalization will be handled locally.
“They were wondering what...
ANTIGONISH: Ridership numbers for Antigonish Community Transit have shown steady growth since the program was officially launched in 2015.
“Our ridership numbers are increasing way beyond what we ever anticipated, so we’re really thrilled by things,” said Dale Bogle, Antigonish...
PORT HOOD: John Dowling, the Inverness County councillor looking after district 6, has some questions he’d like answered about his municipal group’s funding for the Port Hawkesbury Airport.
Dowling is also a member of the Port Hawkesbury Airport Committee, and...
PORT HAWKESBURY: An eruption of cheers and applause filled the SAERC Auditorium last week, as the Strait regional school board ended a fractious school review by voting to continue operating all five schools in the Dr. John High Gillis...
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...
HALIFAX: The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) recently dismissed an application by the Attorney General to re-open a hearing regarding compensation to S&D Smith Central Supplies Limited for the expropriation of land.
In its decision, the UARB stated...
HALIFAX: The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) is looking for new locations for two stores, with plans to put a new outlet in the region.
NSLC communications advisor Beverley Ware told The Reporter last week that they are looking for...
HALIFAX: A pair of winter storms before and after New Year’s featured hurricane-force winds and left thousands in the Strait region without power.
After recovering from a Christmas Day storm that knocked out power to 14,564 people in the Strait...