ANTIGONISH: The county’s tax rates are staying the same.
Last week, council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish announced its budget and tax rates for the current fiscal year. The residential rate stays at $0.88 per $100 of...
ANTIGONISH: A local bridge is once again open to traffic.
On October 20, Antigonish Town Council reopened the Braemore Bridge to traffic.
Council awarded Nova Construction with the $1.345 million contract to replace the span back in June. At the time,...
JUDIQUE: Insights were offered on how to encourage young people to appreciate and get out into nature.
On September 23, the Judique Community Centre hosted a Re-Connecting with Nature Workshop.
“These workshops help leaders feel more comfortable taking children outside and...
PORT HOOD: John Dowling, the Inverness County councillor looking after district 6, has some questions he’d like answered about his municipal group’s funding for the Port Hawkesbury Airport.
Dowling is also a member of the Port Hawkesbury Airport Committee, and...
PORT HOOD: A recent tour of Inverness County has councillor Jim Mustard thinking the municipality needs a group to look at accessibility issues.
“I think we could probably do a better job,” he said, noting some examples of how easy...
OTTAWA: Buckling up when entering a vehicle has become second nature to nearly everybody, and now that same mindset will be clicking in whenever boarding a bus.
Seatbelts will soon be a mandatory requirement on all newly built highway buses,...
LOUISDALE: Affordable housing and the continued need for a literacy outreach worker dominated the first of two municipal candidates’ forums designed to discuss local seniors’ issues.
Ten of the 14 people who put their names forward for Richmond Municipal Council’s...
ANTIGONISH:
County council is stepping up to the plate to help fund a pair of residents to
attend a conference focused on women in politics.
A pair of
Antigonish County residents will receive funding to attend the...
ANTIGONISH: Antigonish Town Council is looking at a new flood plain study.
Following a special meeting to set the Town of Antigonish operating budget and tax rates last week, Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said one item in the budget is...
ARICHAT: Having secured temporary funding to keep its community outreach and support worker operating in the county until early November, the Richmond County Literacy Network (RCLN) is now approaching three levels of government to make the post a permanent...