PORT HAWKESBURY: On the heels of hosting a two-day conference involving school board representatives from across Nova Scotia, the Strait regional school board (SRSB) is continuing to push for progress on issues that have arisen at the local and...
PORT HAWKESURY: With three of its school feeder system reviews now complete and none on the horizon for the coming academic year, the Strait regional school board (SRSB) will devote more time to putting its school bus routes under...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Despite the reported impact of this past year’s job action by the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union (NSTU), officials with the Strait regional school board (SRSB) are continuing with mentorship programs and other initiatives designed to solidify recent...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait regional school board (SRSB) has approved its school renovations plan for the coming year, while officially bidding goodbye to the building that housed the board’s central offices for the past two decades.
Board members voted unanimously...
GUYSBOROUGH: On June 7, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) awarded PEV International Research and Development Incorporated $303,912.17 for legal and other costs to be paid by the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) in respect...
PAQ’TNKEK: A local First Nations community will vote next month on a land exchange agreement involving the twinning of Highway 104.
“We’re in the process of voting on July 13 on basically surrendering - which is a term in the...
ANTIGONISH: Last week, StFX played host to the 51st annual conference of the Canadian Economics Association.
Frances Woolley, program chair for the conference and president of the association, said the conference hosted people from all over the world. The event...
HALIFAX: Last week, the province’s medical examiner decided against an inquiry in relation to the death of Lionel Desmond and three others.
Sarah Gillis, media relations officer with the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, stated the medical examiner did not...
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: A new seniors facility will receive power from the province’s power supplier.
Last week, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review (UARB) Board announced Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) will provide power to a senior’s care facility being built by...