HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Power (NSP) customers in parts of the region will be receiving new smart meters.
Last week, NSP said it will begin upgrading electrical meters in Cape Breton as part of an...
GUYSBOROUGH: Voting options are increasing throughout the municipality.
Municipal officials with the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) approved the second and final reading of their alternative voting by-law during their regular council...
ANTIGONISH: The Municipality of the County of Antigonish has made an application to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) for an order authorizing and approving a new schedule of rates and charges for water and...
PORT HASTINGS: A former Port Hawkesbury town councillor and deputy mayor is the first person to announce their intention to run in the newly restored riding of Richmond.
Today, Dr. Trevor Boudreau announced that...
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...