HALIFAX: On January 24, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal concluded a 2012 change to Nova Scotia’s electoral boundaries violated Section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by altering the electoral districts of Clare, Argyle and...
ANTIGONISH: The status-quo is among the possibilities under consideration for each of the two committees carrying out school reviews for the Strait regional school board (SRSB) in Antigonish and Inverness counties.
The final week of January kicked off with a...
GUYSBOROUGH: A local municipality wants in on a new clean energy project.
Last week, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) expressed its interest in being a part of the proposed Atlantic Link.
On January 11, Emera Inc. began seeing...
ARICHAT: The warden of Richmond County feels that the $250,000 spent on lawyers and legal services by the municipality over the past two years was “maybe not” acceptable and is describing a recent forensic audit of expense claims as...
PORT HASTINGS: Things are set to go back to normal at local schools, at least for the moment.
On January 20, both the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development announced the parties...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article has been corrected from the version which originally appeared on-line and which was published in the January 25 edition of The Reporter. The corrected areas are in the bold type.
ARICHAT: A developer aiming to...
ANTIGONISH: A former cab driver found guilty of sexual assault is appealing his conviction.
The lawyer for William Roger MacLellan appeared before a judge in chambers at the Antigonish Justice Centre on January 3 to make a motion for the...
STRAIT AREA: A provincial study says it will be expensive to use tolls to twin highways in parts of the Strait area.
A Nova Scotia highway twinning feasibility study found that tolls for sections of highway between Port Hastings and...
ARICHAT: Richmond County’s two largest business development groups are concerned that delays in launching a county-wide tourism strategy could negatively impact tourism prospects and potentially hamper a major façade and streetscape program taking shape in Isle Madame.
In late November,...
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...