HALIFAX: One Strait area municipality will receive
funding under two provincial programs.
On September 30, the province announced that eight
communities across Nova Scotia will receive more than $922,000 for water and
wastewater projects through the Provincial...
HALIFAX: The provincial government is designating 17
new and expanded protected areas around the province.
Environment Minister Gordon Wilson announced the new
sites on September 30.
Among the land now designated as protected...
PORT
HAWKESBURY: Two residents of the town were charged after a break-in and theft
at a business on Granville Street.
On
September 30, members of Inverness District RCMP responded to a call of a break
and enter at...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Inverness District RCMP has charged a man with a number of offences, one relates to an incident that occurred August 23 in Port Hawkesbury.
Police
are also reaching out to the public in...
HALIFAX: The recent shake-up in the Progressive
Conservative caucus means a slightly lighter plate for one local MLA.
“We’ve got a new MLA in Murray Ryan for Northside-Westmount, and he’s a certified account,” said Inverness...
ANTIGONISH: Municipal council is looking to team-up
with a local First Nation community on solar projects.
Last week, council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish discussed an application made to the Low Carbon...
ANTIGONISH: The Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA)
recently changed a policy that now gives eligible patients of St. Martha’s
Regional Hospital access to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) services.
In an e-mailed statement, the health authority’s
vice-president...
ANTIGONISH: A pair of potential developments received
the initial nod from municipal council last week.
During a meeting of council for the Municipality of the
County of Antigonish on September 23, councillors dealt with a pair...
GLACE BAY: A former New Democrat (NDP) MP has once
again entered her name in the upcoming federal election – but this time she’s
running as an Independent.
Michelle Dockrill says she continues to see the...
ARICHAT: Councillors want the Emergency Management
Office (EMO) coordinator to appear before council to answer questions about the
response to Hurricane Dorian.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal
Council in Arichat, district 1 councillor James...