MULGRAVE: The planned dissolution of a local town and its amalgamation into a neighbouring municipality has hit a roadblock.
During a special meeting of Mulgrave Town Council last week, members voted to withdraw their application to dissolve town status and...
PAQ’TNKEK: Representatives from the Paq’tnkek Mi’kmaw Nation, the Municipality of the County of Antigonish County, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and CANDO, a national Aboriginal organization involved in community economic development, were in Paq’tnkek last week to begin work...
PORT HASTINGS: Needed upgrades will lead to some delayed traffic at the Canso Causeway.
On October 27, the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal announced that the Canso Canal will be closed to marine traffic from November 1 to May...
MARBLE MOUNTAIN: Officials with the Trans Canada Trail (TCT) recently visited Marble Mountain and gave their final blessing to the community’s access point to the Bras d'Or Lake Water Route of The Great Trail.
The access point was officially opened...
ANTIGONISH: During a recent joint council meeting, Antigonish Town Council and Antigonish Municipal Council members received an update on the status of the town and fringe sewer system capacity along with some preliminary findings from an environmental assessment.
“The main...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Town of Port Hawkesbury has taken part in a data collection pilot project as part of a province-wide effort to support municipalities with infrastructure management.
At the Town of Port Hawkesbury’s regular monthly council meeting on May...
PORT HOOD: After having announced its office in Port Hawkesbury will close by the end of this month, representatives from Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC) visited Inverness Municipal Council last week.
The visit was to offer some insight on the...
PORT HASTINGS: The Pan-Cape Breton Food Hub wants more municipal funding but the group is also willing to do more to help local producers grow their businesses.
That was the message from Alicia Lake, Food Hub coordinator, and Jim Mustard,...
ANTIGONISH: Money is coming from the town to a local fuel fund.
During a council meeting in December, Antigonish Town Council voted to increase the funding provided to the Antigonish Fuel Fund from $2,000 to $5,000.
The AFF asked the town...
RICHMOND COUNTY: A former Richmond County warden made a successful return to municipal politics, joining three incumbents and a first-time councillor for the inaugural edition of the county’s new five-district municipal council.
Former warden James Goyetche defeated Rod Samson, the...