OTTAWA: Despite their importance to the fishing industry, Fisheries and Oceans Canada said declining stocks was the reason for temporarily suspending the commercial herring and mackerel fisheries.
On March 30, Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray...
HALIFAX: The seizure of lobster traps belonging to Potlotek First Nation by officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada is being challenged in court.
On the opening day of the season in Lobster Fishing Area...
ARICHAT: In the absence of a committee-of-the-whole
meeting earlier this month due to inclement weather, Richmond Municipal Council
took care of a number of housekeeping matters at its regular monthly meeting on
February 24 in Arichat.
POTLOTEK: The RCMP is looking for information on fire at a wharf in this First Nations community.
On November 19 at 5:25 p.m., Richmond District RCMP responded to a call of a suspicious fire that appeared to have been set...
GUYSBOROUGH: The CAO of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) says while councillors are disappointed, they’re not surprised Pieridae Energy pulled the plug on their Goldboro LNG facility.
“We don’t invest in...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Reeves Street has been given the municipal stamp of approval for the road re-design, transitioning from four lanes to three and the Destination Reeves Street project has been given its final green light.
Town councillors in Port Hawkesbury...
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...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Residents are being asked to take precautions following a string of bear sightings within the Town of Port Hawkesbury.
A spokesperson for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says they have trapped two bears after receiving reports of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A 48-year-old man from Nunavut died this morning after a car he was driving went off the road.
At around 7:30 a.m., Port Hawkesbury RCMP said they received a report of a collision...
HALIFAX: The province's independent Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) has commenced an investigation into the arrest of a female youth on the Waycobah First Nation late on the evening of August 23.
Shortly before midnight, a member of the Port...