PORT HAWKESBURY: Town council decided to start meeting in-person, with virtual options, and approved a policy mandating that all employees receive two COVID-19 vaccinations.
During the regular monthly meeting of Port Hawkesbury Town Council...
D’ESCOUSSE: Award-winning author, environmental activist and long-time local volunteer Silver Donald Cameron passed away this morning at the age of 82.
An Order of Canada, Queen’s Jubilee Medal and Order of Nova Scotia recipient...
STRAIT AREA: The federal and provincial governments are joining forces to make improvements at long-term care facilities in the region.
On May 27, federal and provincial officials announced funding for upgrades to 33 long-term...
GUYSBOROUGH: The warden in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) says it’s great to see the political process at work with a interest from community members to be on council.
Only three...
ANTIGONISH: StFX University says it has suspended a first-year student who was charged in connection to an Ontario human trafficking investigation.
Investigators with the York Regional Police (YRP) Special Victims Unit announced on Dec....
MULGRAVE: Councillors in the Town of Mulgrave are frustrated and at their wits end over the increasing mandatory contributions they’re required to transfer to the province, while the equalization payments they receive have been stagnant.
ANTIGONISH: The mayor and warden are disappointed the consolidation process is being undermined.
“We started this process, we unanimously agreed to the process, and how we get there with our guiding principles and that...
ANTIGONISH: During the regular monthly council meeting on February 19, Antigonish County passed a motion to file a notice of withdraw from the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN), following their decision to re-sign for another one-year period last...
PORT HAWKESBURY: An Inverness County man was sentenced to serve time in federal prison.
On June 14 in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court, 34-year-old James Edwin Tyler Goswell received a three-year sentence (including credit for the year-and-a-half he already served in...
GUYSBOROUGH: They were in, then they were out, and now, they may be back in again.
Municipal councillors in Guysborough want to know they’ll be getting a bang for their buck if they decide to rejoin the Eastern Strait Regional...