HALIFAX: The company behind a proposed natural gas project celebrated another milestone.
On March 20, Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNGL) announced Transport Canada has completed its review of Bear Head LNG Corporation Inc.’s TERMPOL report.
A release from LNGL described the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: It has been a busy year for Strait Area Transit (SAT).
SAT office manager Jessie MacDonald says the community-based transit system has seen a significant increase in ridership over the past year, and is working on a proposal...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The planned redesign of Port Hawkesbury’s main thoroughfare has raised some safety concerns for a local first responder.
Port Hawkesbury Volunteer Fire Department Chief Curtis Doucette says he is worried that the plan to reduce four lanes of...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Power is warning that anyone taking the risk of stealing copper wire from their equipment is putting themself at risk of severe injury or death by doing so.
The company has been the target of a rash...
MULGRAVE: Board members are hoping to get word from the province on the town’s medical facility.
Last week, Mayor Ralph Hadley said the chair of the Mulgrave Medical Centre called an emergency meeting for all board members to discuss keeping...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Complaints about the loud noise generated by the brakes of large trucks have led town officials to seek out their options for turning down the volume, particularly in the overnight hours.
During a recent special meeting of Port...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait Area Pool is among the considerations for the Cape Breton YMCA as it continues to negotiate with town officials to launch a more permanent partnership, nine months after reaching a temporary agreement to continue the...
ANTIGONISH: An aged building is coming down to make way for a new facility at a local university.
StFX’s former Nicholson Hall is being removed from the campus in order to facilitate the construction of the school’s future Brian Mulroney...
HALIFAX: Proposed changes to the province’s Municipal Government Act (MGA) continue to attract opposition in the Strait area.
Last week, the provincial government gave second reading to Bill 85, which would amend Chapter 18 of the MGA respecting Cape Breton...
WHYCOCOMAGH: For the second year in a row, Strait regional school board (SRSB) officials are pleased that the steady decline in enrolment they have seen over the past two decades appears to be slowing down.
“We only had 46 fewer...