ANTIGONISH: St. Francis Xavier University is looking to put a string of controversies behind it after two students withdrew from the university and the president issued a public apology.
In a letter addressed to the campus community, Kent MacDonald said...
POTLOTEK: A new water treatment facility for Potlotek First Nation is long overdue.
Members of the Richmond County band of approximately 745 members, have been dealing with water quality issues for decades and the construction of a new facility has...
ANTIGONISH: The Bishop of the Diocese of Antigonish says the release of new guidelines for the church is very important as there’s a real sense of crisis surrounding sexual abuse.
To stimulate a cultural transformation in attitudes about sexual abuse,...
PORT HOOD: Members of the Cape Mabou Community Pasture Co-operative Limited visited Inverness Council last Thursday to give a brief overview of what’s going on with the group, which receives financial support from the municipality.
Leading the discussion was Robbie...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Mayor of Port Hawkesbury says her first reaction was disappointment after the Community Park public washroom was subject to vandalism in recent weeks.
Following the Port Hawkesbury Town Council’s regular monthly meeting on October 2, Brenda Chisholm-Beaton...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A tentative date has been set by Port Hawkesbury officials for a by-election to fill a vacant council seat.
The by-election comes as the result of former town councillor, Jeremy White moving outside of town limits, and in...
STRAIT AREA: Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh is heading back to Canadian soil after the former Strait area businessman was released from a Nepalese prison.
MacIntosh’s release comes after serving half of his seven-year sentence stemming from his arrest in 2014 on...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The RCMP is looking for information on a rash of ATV thefts.
On September 30, an ATV was reported stolen from the front yard of a home on Sub-division Road in Waycobah. It is a 2017 Honda TRX...
WEST ARICHAT: The RCMP expects to lay charges after they searched a residence and arrested a man last week.
On September 28, members of Richmond County RCMP and the Inverness Richmond RCMP Street Crime Enforcement Unit searched a home in West Arichat.
Several people were inside...
STRAIT AREA: Last week, the folks at Strait Area Transit visited with municipal leaders in Victoria County, and the topic of discussion was expanding the local busing service into new territory.
“Council is on board,” said Jessie MacDonald, executive director...