HALIFAX: To address concerns raised by local residents, Nova Scotia Power will begin installing new navigation lights on its transmission towers at Auld’s Cove Monday.
Transport Canada requires the utility to have navigation lights on the towers but some customers...
ARICHAT; After just two weeks of playing the lottery together, fish plant coworkers Marc Touesnard, Shelly Marchand, Leo Peeples, and Spencer Green landed a big one. The foursome – all from Richmond County – claimed the $1 million guaranteed...
PORT HASTINGS: Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster is happy to hear the towers Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) plans to build across the Strait of Canso won’t be quite as hard on the eyes as their predecessors.
“They told me when...
ARICHAT: Richmond County’s embattled chief administrative officer (CAO) has resigned from his post, days after the release of a forensic audit involving expenses incurred by Richmond municipal staff and councillors.
Warren Olsen confirmed last week that October 31 was his...
ANTIGONISH: Cape George resident William Leigh Brady said he has asked the local crown to either return marijuana police took from his home in 2012 or repay him.
“It’s supposed to be that if charges are dropped, or the cases...
ANTIGONISH: A single vehicle collision left one person dead last week.
Shortly after midnight on October 27, Antigonish District RCMP responded to a call of a single vehicle leaving the road, rolling, and striking a light pole on Highway 4...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives have released an e-mail they claim is from the former warden of Richmond County.
Late on Thursday, PC Leader Jamie Baillie received an e-mail related to the investigation into allegations Richmond municipal councillors were reimbursed...
HALIFAX: For the first time ever, Nova Scotia's evergreen Christmas gift to Boston is coming from Cape Breton and the Mi'kmaw community will help celebrate its send-off.
The large Christmas tree that is given as part of the annual thank...
HALIFAX: The Canso Canal will be closed for an extended period starting November 1 to May 14, to marine traffic as work continues on the Canso Causeway swing bridge.
The swing bridge is 60-years-old and requires significant upgrades to ensure...
BREAKING: Shortly after midnight, Antigonish District RCMP was called to the scene of a collision on Highway 4 in Afton Station.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 30-year-old woman from Antigonish, died at the scene. The vehicle...