PORT HAWKESBURY: Town officials here have reduced and revamped the fees charged to mobile food vendors and similar ventures, nearly eight months after town council approved a new vending by-law that left Port Hawkesbury with some of the highest...
PORT HOOD: With rumours circulating that Cabot Golf is looking to open a third course in the area of West Mabou Beach Provincial Park, members of Inverness Municipal Council mulled over what position they ought to adopt if they...
HALIFAX: The government is providing funding to cover expenses related to a local rail line.
Last week, the provincial government signed an agreement with Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway Ltd. for the preservation of the rail line between...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A group of local teachers has taken part in a program designed to help them develop as leaders in their schools.
At the December meeting of the Strait regional school board (SRSB), 10 educators who recently completed the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town officials here are already putting the wheels in motion to develop a portion of Reeves Street land that the town acquired from the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR) in late April.
Chief Administrative Officer...
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...
PORT HOOD: Inverness County is making a priority of getting water to two housing units in the Port Hastings area.
Councillor Dwayne MacDonald brought to council’s attention the situation of D&R Fox Developments Ltd., a Port Hastings-based company that’s anxious...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article was changed from the version which appeared in the January 11 edition of The Reporter and which was then posted on-line. The segment which required correction is below in bold type.
MONASTERY: After surviving a...
HALIFAX: The Honourable Arthur Joseph LeBlanc took the oath of office, on June 28 in Halifax as Nova Scotia’s 33rd lieutenant-governor since Confederation.
Premier Stephen McNeil noted that Lt.-Gov. LeBlanc has made numerous contributions to the Acadian community and has...
HALIFAX: Proposed changes to the province’s Municipal Government Act (MGA) continue to attract opposition in the Strait area.
Last week, the provincial government gave second reading to Bill 85, which would amend Chapter 18 of the MGA respecting Cape Breton...