ST. ANDREWS: A local senior housing association celebrated the grand opening of a series of energy efficiency improvements highlighted by the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system.
As Harry Daemen sat in the...
BADDECK: The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is embarking on its first large-scale conservation project in Cape Breton, with the goal of protecting 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares) of ecologically-significant land in the central part of the island over the...
HALIFAX: The number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
cases in the Nova Scotia Health Authority’s Eastern Zone has increased by
three.
In the area covering eastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, there have been 27 total cases...
HALIFAX: The provincial government announced it is investing $750,000 to help start-up businesses seize opportunities emerging from COVID-19.
Business incubators Volta, Ignite and the Organization for Nova Scotia Innovation-Driven Enterprise (ONSIDE) will receive funding...
PORT HOOD: The good news is the municipality is working
toward remedying problems at the Inverness and Whycocomagh waste water
treatment plants, but the bad news is the revisions didn’t come quickly enough
to avoid fines from two provincial departments,...
HALIFAX: Improving the efficiency of one of the province’s busiest transportation corridors, the transportation minister said the twinning project of highway 104, will create a safer roadway for everyone.
Minister of Transportation and Active...
ANTIGONISH: The RCMP is investigating an allegation of sexual assault following a complaint made by an 18-year-old woman on November 22.
The assault occurred on the StFX campus during the weekend of November 18-19. RCMP arrested two men on the evening...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Mayor of Port Hawkesbury says town
officials are close to finalizing the 2019-20 budget.
Officials with the town began their budget
deliberations prior to their previous fiscal year ending at the end of...
HALIFAX: Bear Paw Pipeline Corporation Inc announced that it received environmental assessment approval from Nova Scotia Environment for its natural gas pipeline.
“The environmental assessment approval is an important regulatory component that furthers our goal to be the leader in...
ANTIGONISH: The vice president of advancement for StFX University says the university is excited to be able to return to tradition this year by hosting in-person X-Ring and fall convocation ceremonies.
“There were a...