ANTIGONISH: Residents on Pinevale Road are asking for assistance from the provincial government. During the regular monthly meeting of council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, Deputy Warden Hughie Stewart informed council of a petition put forward by...
HALIFAX: A local MLA is still questioning the province about Internet and cellular phone service. During a question period in the House of Assembly on March 27, Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon asked Nova Scotia Business Minister Geoff MacLellan about...
ESKASONI FIRST NATION: The Northeast Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit has charged a third person in the 2021 homicide of Andrew Carter Morris. On August 9, 2021, at approximately 5:45 a.m., Eskasoni RCMP responded...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Councillors in the Town of Port Hawkesbury are disappointed that controversial changes to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) have passed through the legislature so quickly. On March 29, Bill 85 to amend Chapter 18 of the MGA received...
ARICHAT: Richmond County residents will soon get a closer look at the activities and expense claims of their municipal councillors and municipal staff, as the result of two motions unanimously approved by councillors at their latest regular monthly meeting. The...
ANTIGONISH: Another midwife is coming to the area. On February 5, Antigonish MLA Randy Delorey said he is pleased the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is adding two full-time permanent midwifery positions in the province, including one in Antigonish. The other...
ANTIGONISH: The province cleaned up a beached whale following requests from local residents. Last week, Antigonish Municipal Councillor Gary Mattie said the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) buried a whale which beached itself on Tracadie Island facing St. George’s Bay. “They...
By: Catherine Knott PORT HAWKESBURY: “I think it’s an important issue. An issue that should be talked about… there are so many veterans who are silently suffering from PTSD.” Fourteen-year-old Sara Pluta is a Grade 9 student at SAERC in Port...
HALIFAX: Schools in the Strait area will be hosting a new program, as well as more busing for pre-primary students. On August 20, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development announced locations for the Nova...
GUYSBOROUGH: A former cable building has seen the last of its days. On September 5, the former Commercial Cable Station in Hazel Hill came down. Warden Vernon Pitts commended the Commercial Cable Rehabilitation Society (CCRS) for their efforts in trying...




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