PORT HAWKESBURY: Strait regional school board (SRSB) chair Francine Boudreau is looking for answers after a letter from Education Minister Karen Casey - that was addressed to Boudreau and SRSB superintendent of schools Ford Rice - found its way...
POINT TUPPER: On April 25, Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) announced it sold the former Federal Gypsum property in the Point Tupper/Bear Head Industrial Park to Point Tupper Property ULC, an affiliated company to Acadia Drywall Supplies Ltd.
A release...
HALIFAX: The province announced some highway twinning but no tolls.
Last week, Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Minister Geoff MacLellan announced $390 million in additional funds for highway improvements over the next seven years. Included in the project list...
ARICHAT: Differing opinions have arisen at the municipal council table, regarding the concept of providing priority lists of crumbling roads to the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR).
District 2 councillor Alvin Martell and interim Chief Administrative Officer...
ARICHAT: A lower speed limit could soon take shape on a portion of Highway 206 in Petit de Grat, if Richmond County’s municipal councillors are able to get the ears of the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal...
ANTIGONISH: A stay of proceedings in a sexual assault case will not be appealed by the crown.
In a written decision dated March 31, Justice Patrick J. Murray announced his decision to enter a stay of proceedings on the matter...
PORT HAWKESBURY: An eruption of cheers and applause filled the SAERC Auditorium last week, as the Strait regional school board ended a fractious school review by voting to continue operating all five schools in the Dr. John High Gillis...
GUYSBOROUGH: Municipal tax rates aren’t changing for the municipality.
Council for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough approved the 2017-18 budget during a special budget meeting on March 22. Council maintained the residential tax rate at $0.61 per $100...
RICHMOND: A local MLA said he is ready to run should a provincial election be called.
Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Michel Samson will take part in his seventh nomination meeting on Sunday, April 30.
“I’m looking forward to the opportunity to defend...
ARICHAT: A local MLA is rejecting opposition calls to step down as Minister of Acadian Affairs as the status of protected ridings remains unknown heading into the provincial election.
Last week, the Progressive Conservatives’ Acadian Affairs critic Chris d’Entremont called...