ANTIGONISH: There is a new mayor, with some familiar and new faces at the council table.
During Saturday’s municipal election in the Town of Antigonish, voters selected Laurie Boucher to serve as the new mayor. Boucher’s 758 votes helped her...
ANTIGONISH: Municipal council will feature a pair of new representatives for the next four years in another election that featured a low voter turn-out.
Individually, 46.39 per cent of eligible voters came out in district 1; 34.45 per voted in...
GUYSBOROUGH: Pending a recount, municipal council will remain the same.
While the final results are still unofficial at this time, Sheila Pelly defeated Mary Desmond by one vote in the contest to represent district 2 for the Municipality of the...
MULGRAVE: Ralph Hadley, who has experience with Mulgrave Town Council stretching back over 15 years, will now sit at the head of the table for council sessions.
Hadley won the mayor’s seat last Saturday over incumbent Mayor Lorne MacDonald in...
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...
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...
PORT HOOD: The gallery was full for Inverness Municipal Council’s October 3 regular meeting that saw the municipal body pass the second reading of a purposed amendment allowing Cabot Links to build cabins at the northwest end of Beach...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Despite the protests of several Strait area residents and a mobile food distributor which is now warning of price increases for town customers, Port Hawkesbury Town Council has passed a controversial by-law that will hike permit fees...
HALIFAX: Richmond County's former warden is claiming that a current councillor and a former municipal official are among those behind a Facebook group at the centre of a libel suit.
In a notice of action and statement of claim filed...
ARICHAT: With municipal elections looming and the fallout continuing from a leaked draft report by Nova Scotia’s Office of the Ombudsman, Richmond County’s warden now expects to receive a forensic audit on five years’ worth of expense claims by...