HALIFAX: A local MLA wants to know what is being done to recruit and retain nurses in the province. In the Nova Scotia legislature on April 11, Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster asked Health Minister Randy Delorey what is causing a...
PORT HOOD: A group of concerned citizens visited Inverness Municipal Council’s committee-of-the-whole meeting on July 18 and implored municipal leaders to take a stand against the building of an $18 million airport in the Inverness area. “It’s...
HALIFAX: After more than a decade as MLA, Allan MacMaster wants to continue representing the constituency of Inverness. The incumbent Progressive Conservative was first elected in 2009. “It’s not something I...
ARICHAT: A municipal councillor who was suspended for breaching the code of conduct is taking issue with the sanctions imposed by council. During the committee of the whole session on May 9, District 2...
PORT HAWKESBURY: An affordable housing plan to develop vacant apartments received help from the provincial and federal governments. A joint press release from the Governments of Nova Scotia and Canada said $1.2 million has...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local businessman said new provincial taxes being levied on non-resident landowners could hurt the economy of Nova Scotia. Rolf Bouman, president of Canadian Pioneer Estates Ltd. and Canec Land Developments Inc.,...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council will meet with a mediator and an advisor to be appointed and paid for by the Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA). During the regular monthly meeting of council last night...
YARMOUTH: A group representing fishers from around the Strait area wants to be involved in a legal challenge of fisheries regulations. On June 17, the Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFCA), an organization of commercial...
COUNTRY HARBOUR: Senior staff in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) are mourning one of their own, following his death last week. District 7 Councillor Rickey McLaren, who served as the representative...
ANTIGONISH: StFX University has relaxed their on-campus mask policy. In a letter to the campus community, university President Andy Hakin advised as of October 1, those on campus will no longer be required to...




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