PORT HAWKESBURY: Nova Scotia Power said it is investing more than $850,000 on improving service reliability for residents and businesses in Port Hawkesbury over the next two months. The work – beginning tomorrow (February 6) – involves replacing 32 power...
ARICHAT: Councillors had strong words for other municipalities which do not fund a group trying to promote the Strait of Canso. On January 28 in Arichat, during the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council, Chief Administrative Office Kent MacIntyre...
ANTIGONISH: The RCMP is reaching out to the public for assistance to solve two complaints of indecent acts that have been reported in the Antigonish area. On January 25, a complainant told police that a man was masturbating in his...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town council has a major decision on its hands. Council can move forward with the Destination Reeves Street project or proceed with a newly-elected councillor’s motion to remove the road re-design out of the project altogether, a move...
MULGRAVE: It may be her first go around with municipal administration but Mulgrave’s new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) is no stranger to the wider community and is used to meeting with A board of directors in closed meetings, so...
ANTIGONISH: Nova Scotia RCMP's Northeast Traffic Services arrested six impaired drivers since January 19. Members of the Traffic Unit, which covers Antigonish, Pictou, and Guysborough counties, have identified these drivers through a variety of methods, including traffic stops, check stops, and...
ANTIGONISH: Town staff will re-evaluate bids on a proposed intersection project. The Town of Antigonish received three bids for the Hawthorne-Main Intersection Upgrades Project with B.D. Clifton Contracting offering the lowest bid at just over $593,000, plus HST, with a...
ARICHAT: The municipality received provincial funding to develop an age-friendly plan and is hiring a consultant to implement it. Sharla Mombourquette-Sampson, physical activity leadership coordinator with Richmond County’s Department of Recreation, Leisure and Community Relations, said the successful candidate will...
ANTIGONISH: The Town of Antigonish had some cleaning up to do thanks to recent flooding. Early last week saw flooding affect several areas of the town, including parts of Braemore Avenue, the end of Court Street, St. Andrew’s Street, Whidden’s...
HALFWAY COVE: A municipal councillor who served for three decades was killed in an ATV accident last weekend. At 7:58 p.m. on January 26, Canso RCMP responded to a fatal ATV crash off Highway 16 in Halfway Cove. Preliminary investigation revealed the...




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