STRAIT AREA: A letter from the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) seeking support in lobbying the provincial government to lift its ban on hydraulic fracturing came before two local municipal councils.
Inverness County’s stance on fracking is being...
PORT HOOD: With October 17 set as the date for recreational marijuana to become legal across Canada, two health boards in Inverness County are questioning their municipal leaders about how the legalization will be handled locally.
“They were wondering what...
INVERNESS: Water issues in Inverness County were mulled over by councillors during their regular monthly meeting on April 9.
Funding of the county’s water capital was one of the matters discussed and, as a result, it was decided the cost...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council is looking to make sure locals are able to get out and about following snowstorms this winter.
“Most of Inverness County is rural, and a lot of us are in the same boat,” said John...
GUYSBOROUGH: The lines of communication remain open.
Municipality of the District of Guysborough Warden Vernon Pitts said staff is still communicating with the province in regards to a letter of intent concerning the proposed dissolution of the Town of Mulgrave.
“We’re...
AULD’S COVE: Nova Scotia Power has completed the installation of six new transmission towers that will carry clean hydroelectricity from Muskrat Falls to mainland Nova Scotia.
Tom Flewwelling, Senior Project Engineer, said to see every component of the project in...
RICHMOND: Despite not endorsing any of the leadership nominees, a local member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) party is welcoming the election of Pictou East MLA Tim Houston as the party’s new leader.
Alana Paon, MLA for Cape Breton-Richmond, said...
PORT HOOD: Rumours still circulate
about the development of a federally and provincially funded airport somewhere
near the community of Inverness, and Inverness Municipal Council would like the
air cleared as to what’s actually going on.
The...
PORT HASTINGS: After touching base with the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster is hoping frequent delays at the Canso Causeway will be a thing of the past.
“If people are delayed at the Causeway, and...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Water woes recently left taps and toilets dry in the communities of Inverness, Mabou, and Port Hood, but Inverness Warden Betty Ann MacQuarrie said the municipality’s public works department was quick to respond to the matters.
“It happens,...