ANTIGONISH: County council is hoping the province will allow them to remove a whale carcass from a local beach.
During last week’s regular monthly meeting of council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, councilor Gary Mattie mentioned receiving...
AINSLIE GLEN: Christmas in Boston will be a little brighter this year due to a Cape Breton first.
“Nova Scotia has been contributing a Christmas tree to the people of Boston for decades,” said Lloyd Hines, Minister of Natural Resources....
MULGRAVE: There is still an empty seat on town council but it might remain vacant.
As of 5 p.m. on November 8, the Town of Mulgrave did not receive any nomination papers from prospective candidates looking to fill the one...
PORT HAWKESBURY: An inspector with the International Transport Workers Federation (ITWF) arrived here earlier this week, hoping to wrap up payment and security issues for four of the five sailors who have spent the past three months working on,...
GUYSBOROUGH: A local warden is looking for an apology from a Strait area MLA.
During question period in the provincial legislature on November 8, Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster asked about expense practices in Guysborough. Specifically, he asked about Guysborough CAO...
ANTIGONISH: A local university now has guidelines in place to respond to reports of sexual assault.
Last week, StFX University unveiled a new policy overseeing the handling and prevention of sexual assault.
The policy includes language making sure the StFX Community...
GUYSBOROUGH: A recent report suggesting the Province of Nova Scotia concentrate port development efforts in Halifax over places such as Melford and Sydney is drawing criticism.
Richie Mann, vice president of marketing for the Melford International Terminal, referred to the...
HALIFAX: The lawyer representing three of the four people implicated in a defamation lawsuit launched by former Richmond County Warden Steve Sampson cited the right of his clients to hold elected officials to account.
David Hutt made the remarks in...
ANTIGONISH: A local man is set to serve close to a year in jail following sentencing last week.
On November 9, Dion Roderick O’Hara was sentenced to 322 days in prison for his role in an incident in Afton last...
ARICHAT: The new warden of Richmond County wants to institute new rules governing public meetings of council.
Immediately after being named warden following a swearing-in ceremony at the Richmond Municipal Building in Arichat, district 3 councillor Brian Marchand sought councillors’...