PAQTNKEK MI’KMAW NATION: Education on consent continues
to be an important sexual violence prevention activity in schools,
universities, and colleges.
Up to now, consent education methods have been
developed for the general population in those educational institutions.
Considering...
HALIFAX: Lands and Forestry Minister, Iain Rankin,
appointed a new advisory committee with 14 members from environmental
non-government organizations, industry, the Mi’kmaq and academia.
Advisory committee members include Angie Gillis, with
Mi’kmaw Conservation Group and Confederacy of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local resident has received national
recognition in his field.
Robb Baird, manager of the McDonald’s restaurant in Port Hawkesbury, has been
awarded the company’s 2019 Outstanding Manager of the Year Award recognizing
managers who...
ANTIGONISH: Municipal council has its plan.
During a committee of the whole meeting on September
17, Council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish approved its
five-year capital plan.
Warden Owen McCarron...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council is getting
another look at a by-law that will give the elected body the power to stop
property owners from allowing discharges in their wastewater that cause harm to
the sewer system.
PORT HAWKESBURY: Officials in Port Hawkesbury passed a
motion to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an inter-municipal
Information Technology (IT) service, while also approving a $5,000 line item
for consultation efforts.
During the town’s regular...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Nova Scotia’s Minister of Fisheries
and Aquaculture was in the area last week to improve communication and
cooperation between fisheries groups in the province.
On September 4, Keith Colwell hosted an information
session at the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: During the summer months, the Town of
Port Hawkesbury moved forward on a number of safety improvements around their
community park.
“Council felt it was essential to move the crosswalk
from its present location, which...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Officials in Port Hawkesbury passed a
motion to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an inter-municipal
Information Technology (IT) service, while also approving a $5,000 line item
for consultation efforts.
During the town’s regular...
CHETICAMP: Eva Moores, the manager of the Department of
Municipal Affairs and Housing’s Municipal Flood Line Mapping (MFLM) project,
visited Inverness Municipal Council on September 5, to give municipal leaders
the low-down on her project and how Inverness County may...