HEATHERTON: Organizers are hoping to hear back on a skate park proposal next month.
On September 21, the Heather Community Centre hosted a meeting to discuss the possibility of a skate park in the area.
Matt Schumacher, president of the Heatherton...
BIG POND: A meeting of the minds took place last Thursday as members of the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Reserve Association (BLBRA) hosted an information session at the Big Pond Community Centre.
“It was very productive,” said Dr. Annamarie Hatcher,...
ANTIGONISH: Universities across Nova Scotia took steps to ensure that the work-to-rule job action taken by members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) would not impact high school students applying for university programs or the classroom practicum requirements...
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK: In Atlantic Canada, the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is delivering over $110 million to businesses and business support organizations.
Mélanie Joly, Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages and Minister...
ARICHAT: Municipal council was asked to back a plan from a community club to develop two trails in the St. Peter’s area.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on May 28, Michele Stone and Rob Groves of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: While principals and officials with the Strait regional school board (SRSB) are still reviewing a new report from Nova Scotia’s Council to Improve Classroom Conditions, the board is already moving ahead on the class-size caps recommended in...
ARICHAT: The organization that oversees property assessment in the province answered tough questions from Richmond Municipal Councillors last week.
Carlos Resendes, vice-president of business and innovations services with the Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC), addressed the January 22 meeting of...
PORT HASTINGS: Repair and upgrade work on the Canso Causeway swing bridge is on schedule, says a provincial project engineer.
Andrew MacPherson, with the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR), explained that work on the base of the Causeway...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster has made his decision, and he’s now backing Pictou East MLA Tim Houston to become the next leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.
“I’ve known Tim for a number of years...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With no concrete leads emerging a week after the disappearance of a town resident, police on the local level and across the province are appealing to the public for assistance with the search for Patrick William Timmons.
The...