OTTAWA: The release of child poverty rates in Nova
Scotia by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) garnered a lot of
reaction.
Last week, the CCPA released its 2019 Report Card on
Child and Family Poverty...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With the announcement of funding from a school restart fund, the Strait regional centre for education (SRCE) and the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP) are now setting their priorities.
On December 2,...
ANTIGONISH: Senior staff with the Town of Antigonish want to discuss a number of things with their local RCMP that have been causing problems throughout the town.
During the town’s regular monthly council meeting...
BRIDGEWATER: A former resident of Potlotek First Nation eluded authorities for six days after a police officer was stabbed.
Law enforcement officials had been hunting for Tobias Charles Doucette ever since July 20, when...
ANTIGONISH: The RCMP has suspended its search for a missing man.
“The search will continue when conditions improve,” stated an RCMP press release issued on Tuesday morning.
Antigonish District RCMP began searching for 23-year-old Craig Joseph Perry after receiving a call...
ARICHAT: Richmond County wants to quantify problems in the long-term care sector.During the regular monthly meeting on Dec. 20, Richmond Municipal Council directed staff to find information on the amount of hours worked, over time hours, sick...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The town addressed two matters surrounding solid waste collection.
During the regular monthly meeting on April 6, Port Hawkesbury Town Council decided to open its site for leaf and yard waste along...
ARICHAT: Richmond County’s brand new council was sworn into office and the council elected the new warden and deputy warden.
Following a swearing-in ceremony Monday night at the municipal building in Arichat for each...
GUYSBOROUGH: After falling to the incumbent by one vote in 2016, Mary Germaine Desmond defeated Sheila Pelly by 26 votes to represent district 2 for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG).
Desmond...
HALIFAX: An Isle Madame native is retiring from the public service.
Speaker of the House of Assembly Kevin Murphy announced on November 5 that Annette Boucher, acting Chief Clerk of the House of Assembly,...