HALIFAX: Public health officials in the province have
determined one COVID-19 case in the province is linked to community spread.
While most cases to date have been connected to travel
or a known case, public health...
ANTIGONISH: Better Internet is on the way for parts of
the county and municipal council is aiming for better cell phone coverage as
well.
On February 7, Develop Nova Scotia announced the first
round of Internet for...
ARICHAT: Richmond County and the Town of Port
Hawkesbury have officially entered into an agreement over fire protection
services.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond
Municipal Council on June 20 in Arichat, Deputy Warden Alvin Martell...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Inverness District RCMP have arrested a 22-year-old man from Whycocomagh following a fatal collision in Glencoe last evening.
On August 8 at approximately 8 p.m. Inverness District RCMP were called to a...
SYDNEY: A Richmond County native received federal prison time for his role in sexual assaults over a 23-year span.
During a sentencing hearing in Sydney Supreme Court on February 13, Major Robert Gullickson received seven-and-a-half years in a federal prison...
ANTIGONISH: The Board of Governors of StFX University announced
the appointment of Dr. Andrew Hakin as the University’s 19th
President and Vice-Chancellor.
Dr. Hakin comes to StFX from the University of
Lethbridge where he began as a...
PORT HASTINGS: Police and charged two men after finding drugs and cash following a traffic stop on Wednesday.
The traffic stop occurred on Route 19 at approximately 7:30 p.m. The RCMP’s Eastern Traffic Services seized over 400 grams of cocaine, marijuana and...
HALIFAX: There are now even more places in the Strait area to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination.
Last week, the provincial government announced that Nova Scotians ages 63 and 64 will be the first group...
POINT TUPPER: Reducing the
reliance on fossil fuels for energy and increasing the sustainability of paper
production operations, Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP), Canada
Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and IFE Project Management Canada (IFE) announced
December 17 the signing of a Memorandum of...
ANTIGONISH: The Nova Scotia Health Authority has approved the establishment of a new palliative care inpatient unit at St Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish.
Tate Construction has been awarded the contract and renovations to create the new unit will begin...