PORT HAWKESBURY: News that the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) approved an application from the Strait regional school board (SRSB) to amend its motor carrier license sits well with officials from the school board.
“We made our license...
GUYSBOROUGH: A company looking for gold met with municipal council last week for an update.
On July 5, representatives from council for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough met with Anaconda Mining officers to discuss the company’s plans for...
GUYSBOROUGH: Officials with the Municipality of the District of Guysborough approved an amendment to a policy dealing with the public disclosure of the travel expenses of all elected officials during its regular council meeting last Wednesday.
Following the meeting, Warden...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local student wants to establish a more environmentally-friendly way of dealing with organic waste in Port Hawkesbury.
Chad Kelly, a second-year Natural Resources and Environmental Technologies student at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) has been working on...
INVERNESS: Inverness Council, which generally meets at the municipal building in Port Hood, shifted venues on March 5, as the municipal body held its regular monthly meeting at the Inverness Fire Hall.
The meeting took place in Inverness because a...
HALIFAX: The fatality inquiry into the deaths of Lionel Desmond and his family will be held in Guysborough.
On January 3, 2017, the bodies of Desmond, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, his wife, 31-year-old Shanna, their 10-year-old daughter,...
PORT HOOD: Recent closures of the Canso Causeway have Inverness Municipal Council mulling over what can be done to make bad situations more tolerable.
Councillor John Dowling brought up the matter during the petitions and resolutions section of the municipality’s...
ANTIGONISH: The federal government is kicking in funding for a local sporting facility.
On July 31, the Government of Canada announced $500,000 in funding for upgrades for StFX University’s Oland Stadium. The money will go toward replacing the stadium’s outdoor...
ANTIGONISH:
County council is asking the province for help with another problematic
intersection.
Councillor
John Dunbar brought up some issues travellers are having with the intersection
of New France Road and Highway 104. The concern is that it’s...
ANTIGONISH: With the Strait regional school board (SRSB) set to determine the fate of Antigonish Education Centre (AEC) later this month, residents of the town and surrounding communities have launched an on-line petition and are lobbying board members to...