PORT HAWKESBURY: The level of local cooperation and the natural advantages of the Strait of Canso were common themes, as members of the region’s business community gathered for a general update and a pep talk.
The Strait Area Chamber of...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council wants to know much it will cost to expand the Babin’s Hill look-off in West Arichat.
During the regular monthly meeting on Jan. 23 in Arichat, councillors approved a recommendation...
ARICHAT: Family, friends and municipal councillors are each remembering Lorenzo Boudreau in their own way, nearly two weeks after the former Arichat businessman and Richmond County historian passed away at the age of 94.
A moment of silence was held...
NEW GLASGOW: A local family physician who also served as an MLA for Guysborough in the late 80s died last month following a brief illness.
Dr. Charles “Chuck” MacNeil passed away peacefully in the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A man facing sex charges involving an underage person will be back in court next week.
Jason Frank Seymour, 45, was in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on March 28 for arraignment on...
ANTIGONISH: A potential merger between the East Coast Credit Union and two of its sister unions didn’t go through as planned.
In May, the East Coast Credit Union, along with the Teachers Plus Credit...
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...
PORT HOOD: The spirit of Christmas giving extended into the New Year for Inverness County Council as the municipal unit green-lit three funding requests and wrote off inactive tax accounts late last week.
The biggest ticket item was an allocation...
PORT HAWKESBURY: During the
regular monhtly council meeting on February 4, Port Hawkesbury Mayor Brenda
Chisholm-Beaton provided councillors with an update on the Cape Breton Gateway
project.
Referencing a meeting she had
with Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal Minister...
ANTIGONISH: The amount of money members of a community group was ordered to pay to a local municipality in legal fees has been reduced from $60,000 to $8,041.59 – a total of 87 per cent.