HALIFAX: Officials in the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) have started the process to redesign the formula to fund public education.
Education minister Zach Churchill confirmed the news during a media scrum at Province House in Halifax...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A first for the Strait area will take place Wednesday as Celtic Air Services Ltd. (CASL) hosts the Atlantic Canada International Air Show at the Port Hawkesbury Airport.
“It’s pretty surreal,” said Damian MacInnis, vice president of Celtic...
HALIFAX: The fatality inquiry into the deaths of Lionel Desmond and his family will be held in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, close to the community where the tragedy occurred.
On January 3, 2017, the bodies of Desmond,...
HALIFAX: Survivors of sexual assault can now call on a lawyer who will be working out of Port Hawkesbury.
The province announced on May 16 that survivors of sexual assault will have access to 11 more lawyers providing free, independent...
CANSO: A 26-year-old is facing five charges after he broke-in to a residence and assaulted two people last weekend.
Guysborough District RCMP responded to an incident at a residence in Canso on Sunday afternoon after receiving a call that a...
PICTOU COUNTY: The driver of a motorcycle died and his passenger was sent to hospital with serious injuries following a collision with a truck early Sunday morning on Highway 104.
At 12:30 a.m. this morning, Pictou District RCMP responded to...
GUYSBOROUGH: Police charged four people in connection with two incidents related to a dispute over fishing licences.
On May 13 at 6 a.m., Guysborough District RCMP responded to a complaint of one fishing boat being deliberately rammed by another. Although...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Canadian Red Cross is modifying a service in Port Hawkesbury that provides free, short-term loans of wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, commodes, bath-transfer seats and other mobility aids for people recovering from injury, illness or surgery.
The Red Cross...
PORT HOOD: Representatives of Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) stopped by Inverness Municipal Council’s meeting last week to explain the ways the power utility is working to ensure its customers get their money’s worth.
Paul Casey, vice president of transmission...
PORT HOOD: A huge economic opportunity exists locally, and those leading the working group in charge of the Strait of Canso Development project have a plan to take advantage of it.
“We recognize that is still undeveloped but there’s...