PAQ’TNKEK: A police officer sustained minor injuries thanks to his body armour after being stabbed by a 15-year-old Sunday morning in Antigonish County.
At around 9:40 a.m. Antigonish District RCMP responded to a call on Mugasun Road in Paq'tnkek. The...
GUYSBOROUGH: The Warden of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough says there are a number of projects he’s looking forward to getting off the ground in 2019.
Vernon Pitts says the latest development with Anaconda Mining Inc. – filing...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The board of directors of the recently formed Public School Administrators Association of Nova Scotia (PSAANS) announced on December 20 that Ford Rice has been appointed interim executive director.
As executive director, Rice will work with a board...
ANTIGONISH: Town and county council are looking at a potential ban on plastic bags.
On December 17, Antigonish Town Council sent the matter to staff during a regular council meeting.
In November, council discussed the ban and voted to discuss the...
ANTIGONISH: County and Town Councils looked into their stipends following changes to federal tax rules.
Previously, one-third of the stipend for municipal representatives was not taxable. As of January 1, the entire stipend is taxable.
In December, Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher...
ARICHAT: The executive director of the Eastern District Planning Commission (EDPC) will be asked to mediate a right-of-way request.
During December 19’s Richmond Municipal Council committee-of-the-whole meeting in Arichat, Richmond Chief Administrative Officer Kent MacIntyre told council about a “unique...
ARICHAT: Once again, the subject of grant funding to community groups has generated debate around the council table.
During Richmond Municipal Council’s committee of the whole meeting on December 19 in Arichat, council approved a one-year extension to the timeline...
ARICHAT: Councillors voted to give themselves an 11 per cent increase in their stipends to offset federal tax changes.
During the committee of the whole meeting of Richmond Municipal Council last night in Arichat, Chief Administrative Officer Kent MacIntyre told...
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK: One of the men found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of Phillip Boudreau in 2012 has been granted full parole.
On Tuesday, the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) granted James Landry his release from...
GUYSBOROUGH: Officials with the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) approved the authorization of staff members to apply for infrastructure funding for a new compost facility at the current landfill site.
Following December’s regular council meeting last Wednesday, Warden...