ANTIGONISH: As StFX will be only one of two universities across the province to welcome students back to campus for an in-person fall semester, the school is also requiring their students to sign a COVID-19 liability waiver...
INVERNESS: Another local municipality is moving towards electronic voting for the upcoming municipal election in October.
Inverness Municipal Councillors passed the first reading of their Internet and phone voting by-law during their monthly council...
STRAIT AREA: Each year, more than eight million metric tonnes of plastic end up in the world’s oceans.
Lost, abandoned and derelict fishing nets and commercial fishing gear, known as ghost gear, as well...
ANTIGONISH: Two drivers from Alberta were fined, had their licenses suspended and their vehicles seized after they were clocked driving more than 120 kilometres an hour over the speed limit.
On July 19, an...
ANTIGONISH: Officials with StFX University unveiled their plan for students to return to campus and hold in-person classes during two separate virtual meetings on July 15.
The university has started a phased-in return to...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The education minister will release plans for the 2020-2021 school year this week.
On July 16, Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Zack Churchill told reporters that plans include a full return...
MULGRAVE: Officials in the Town of Mulgrave have held the line on their tax rates.
Councillors approved their 2020-21 budget during a special meeting on June 29.
Mulgrave’s rates remain at...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The RCMP is looking for a man carrying a red gas can who was seen on MacLeod Avenue just before a home there was damaged by fire.
Cpl. Jennifer Clarke said that...
ANTIGONISH: The RCMP have laid charges against a 52-year-old Antigonish man for sexual assault in relation to two separate alleged historical sexual assaults in Antigonish and Guysborough County between 2009 and 2015.
Stephen Lawrence...
CANSO: Tittle Bridge, the only link from Durrell’s Island to Canso, collapsed on July 7 under the weight of a transport truck and crane as contractors were hauling equipment on site to begin construction on a replacement...