BOYLSTON: Some residents aren’t happy with council’s decision to ask the province to revisit its ban on hydraulic fracturing. On February 21, the Boylston Community Centre hosted a town hall style meeting on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Organizers called the...
ARICHAT: Municipal council has decided to provide two opportunities for the public to address them during meetings. During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on March 22 in Arichat, councillors decided they...
HALIFAX: The leader of the Official Opposition was in Cape Breton last weekend and one leg of that stop was a visit to a riding the Progressive Conservatives want in their column. Last weekend,...
MULGRAVE: Transport trucks have been granted special permission to by-pass a bridge in the town. During their regular council meeting on November 16, a motion was passed by town councillors giving the green light...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town council will look pretty much the same following the municipal election on the weekend. After being acclaimed four years ago, incumbent mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton was re-elected to the position, netting 1,121...
HARBOURVIEW: Inverness RCMP and several other agencies have continued to search for Colin Joseph Beaton since he was reported missing on June 30. The RCMP continues to follow up on tips and information received from the public and has released a new...
STRAIT AREA: For the second time since 2003, the province will have a summer election. Premier Iain Rankin officially dropped the writ on July 17, after meeting with Lt.-Gov. Arthur LeBlanc to dissolve the...
ANTIGONISH: A municipally owned energy group is looking to diversify. The Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA) - an intra-municipal partnership involving the Towns of Antigonish, Berwick, and Mahone Bay, in a 10 turbine wind project - is...
ST. PETER’S: Today the Government of Canada, along with community members from St. Peter’s and Potlotek First Nation, officially re-opened the new two-lane swing bridge at St. Peters Canal National Historic Site. Rodger Cuzner, MP for Cape Breton-Canso and Parliamentary...
PORT HOOD: Inverness County received a response from Nova Scotia Public Works about its list of j-class roads to receive repairs this year. Chief Administrative Officer Keith MacDonald said after council prioritized its list...




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