ANTIGONISH: The province’s transportation minister said a local interchange project is due to open in the fall.
Last week, Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie MLA and Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal minister Lloyd Hines said he understands the Paq’tnkek Interchange project is...
MULGRAVE: Tax rates in Mulgrave will not change in the coming fiscal year.
On May 22, members of Mulgrave Town Council passed the town’s budget and tax rates for 2018/2019.
The combined residential tax rate will hold steady at $1.80 per...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Strait Area Campus has introduced a new program to help students gain hands-on work experience.
On Friday, the NSCC officially unveiled a new two-year pilot project through the Make Way Campaign for...
CHETICAMP: Inverness Municipal Council greenlit the capital purchase of a used solid waste rear packer truck at last Thursday’s monthly meeting of council. The estimated cost of the machine is $225,000.
The county also...
HALIFAX: The provincial government said health care is at the centre of Budget 2023-2024.
On March 23, Finance and Treasury Board Minister Allan MacMaster tabled the budget which the province said commits to “historic...
SYDNEY: The incoming leader of Cape Breton University (CBU) says he wants to engage all regions of Cape Breton in his new role.
CBU announced last Wednesday that David C. Dingwall has been chosen as its next President and Vice-Chancellor....
PORT HOOD: The gallery was full for Inverness Municipal Council’s October 3 regular meeting that saw the municipal body pass the second reading of a purposed amendment allowing Cabot Links to build cabins at the northwest end of Beach...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Strait regional school board (SRSB) officials gathered for their final monthly meeting on March 7.
Bill 72 passed through the legislature last week, bringing sweeping changes to Nova Scotia’s education system, including the dissolution of all elected English...
ARICHAT: Municipal officials in Richmond County are continuing to investigate ways to increase transparency and conduct more of their business in full view of the public eye.
The most recent regular meeting of Richmond Municipal Council saw an effort to...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Officials in Port Hawkesbury passed a
motion to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an inter-municipal
Information Technology (IT) service, while also approving a $5,000 line item
for consultation efforts.
During the town’s regular...