ARICHAT: Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP) wants to set the record straight about its forestry practices.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on April 23, PHP’s Andrew Fedora, leader in sustainability and outreach, and Dennis Boulet, operations superintendent...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With its first-ever central operations centre now operating in Monastery and membership on the rise, Strait Area Ground Search and Rescue (SAGSR) is thanking local municipalities for their support but also requesting additional funds to assist with...
PORT HOOD: Good things are happening in Inverness County according to the local planning authority.
“Over the last four years, the trend has been upward with the exception of construction values which slightly dipped,” said John Bain, Director of Planning...
HALIFAX: Organizations and municipalities in the Strait
area were approved for provincial sport and recreation facility funding.
On August 20, the Department of Communities, Culture
and Heritage announced the 2019-2020 Recreational Facility Development Grant
recipients which include...
PORT HAWKESBURY: While principals and officials with the Strait regional school board (SRSB) are still reviewing a new report from Nova Scotia’s Council to Improve Classroom Conditions, the board is already moving ahead on the class-size caps recommended in...
MULGRAVE: Board members are hoping to get word from the province on the town’s medical facility.
Last week, Mayor Ralph Hadley said the chair of the Mulgrave Medical Centre called an emergency meeting for all board members to discuss keeping...
LOWER RIVER INHABITANTS: A local stretch of road is getting some work done.
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR) is looking to finish up work on a 7.5 kilometre section of Highway 104, near Lower River Inhabitants, from...
ARICHAT: Council will soon be considering changes to the municipal noise by-law and drafting a new communications strategy.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on September 24 in Arichat, a draft of Richmond County’s noise by-law was...
INVERNESS: Inverness Municipal Council underwent a facelift on October 15 as three new members were elected to the six-person body.
Laurie Cranton (district 2: Margaree and St. Joseph), John MacLennan (district 4: Whycocomagh, Orangedale, and Lake Ainslie), and John Dowling...
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,...