HALIFAX: St. Martha’s Regional Hospital is among the health care facilities which will receive funding under a new provincial opioid treatment program
The province announced it will invest $800,000 this year to create 470 new spots in the program. The...
PORT HAWKESBURY: At their Annual Organizational Meeting on November 1, the Strait regional school board (SRSB) elected new leadership for the upcoming year.
Jamie Samson has been selected as the new chair of the SRSB, and Richelle MacLaughlin will serve...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait regional school board (SRSB) has taken the first steps towards a Skilled Trades Centre at Richmond Education Centre/Academy in Louisdale.
The School Steering Team (SST) for the project met for the first time in October, and...
ARICHAT: The municipality wants to post the results of their organizational review on-line, but how exactly to do that is the subject of debate.
During the monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on October 23, Warden Brian Marchand wanted to...
OTTAWA: A new federal act might help avoid future incidents, but will do nothing to get rid of the Dutch Runner.
On October 30, Transport Minister Marc Garneau introduced the Wrecked, Abandon or Hazardous Vessels Act, which the Liberal government...
ANTIGONISH: Representatives from town council and the RCMP are hoping to take part in a meeting about last month’s StFX Homecoming Weekend.
Antigonish RCMP Sgt. Warren MacBeath said police dealt with a number of incidents during the September 30-October 1...
PORT HASTINGS: The Strait of Canso Transmission Crossing has the president of one local company wishing his business could have done more for the project.
In a Facebook post, David Morgan of Celtic Air Services Limited said he would have...
HALIFAX: A trio of local businesses is looking for compensation from the provincial government.
Three groups, Phyllis Baker, Henri Steeghs, and Pleasant Valley Nurseries Ltd., along with Ernest Curry and Tri-City Management, as well as Eileen Curry and Justamere Café...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Superintendent Ford Rice says the Strait regional school board (SRSB) is taking recent knife-related incidents at two local schools very seriously.
“It will continue to be of utmost importance to ensure that students and staff are in a...
ARICHAT: The Clean Nova Scotia Foundation (CNSF) wants people to know about two programs to increase residential energy efficiency.
During the monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council in Arichat on October 23, Michael MacKay with CNSF told councillors about the...