GUYSBOROUGH: Warden Vernon Pitts says he expects to see
the transfer of assets of the Canso Electric Light Utility (CEU) from the
Municipality of the District of Guysborough to Nova Scotia Power (NSP) by the
end of the year.
PORT HOOD: Councillors in Inverness County put forward
a list of J-Roads they’ll submit to the Department of Transportation and
Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR) for repairs.
The project will see the province and the municipality
cost share repairs...
MONTREAL, QC: The Crown Prosecutor’s office here has decided not to proceed with charges of failing to register as a sex offender against a former Strait area businessman who was convicted of sex crimes involving young boys.
ST. PETERS: As clean-up and restoration efforts wind
down, the former Progressive Conservative - now Independent MLA for Cape
Breton-Richmond - says it could have been a lot worse.
Considering what happened in Halifax and in...
HALIFAX: The province’s New Democratic Party and a
group of residents are calling on the government to release more information about
the Highway 104 twinning project.
On September 11, the Public Accounts committee was told
that the...
HALIFAX: The Department of Transportation and
Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR) says the Lennox Passage Bridge will be open for
boaters next year.
DTIR spokesperson Marla MacInnis told The Reporter on September 12 that
work on the only span...
LITTLE ANSE: Canada’s newest political party, the
People’s Party of Canada (PPC), has named its inaugural nominee in Cape
Breton-Canso for the upcoming federal election.
Billy Joyce, who is also the Cape Breton-Canso riding
association’s Chief Executive...
PORT HOOD: The already down-on-its-luck water and waste
water system in Inverness County was done no favours by the category 2
hurricane that recently rolled through the area.
Lengthy power outages that started for most communities
on...
HALIFAX: A local fisherman was one of 35 harvesters
convicted last spring under the Fisheries Act.
On April 14, Gary Colin Negus of Isaac’s Harbour was
fined $500 and given a day’s prohibition from lobster fishing...
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HAWKESBURY: The construction for Destination Reeves Street is
progressing well but town councillors are questioning why certain
previously agreed-upon safety elements are being left out from the final
design.
During Port Hawkesbury’s regular...