PORT HOOD: The provincial government has denied a request from the municipality for assistance clearing trees and branches from roads. During the regular monthly meeting of Inverness Municipal Council on Sept. 2, correspondence was...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A man charged with drug trafficking saw his conviction overturned last week. During an appearance in Antigonish Provincial Court on April 27, 2016, William Leigh Brady received 18 months of house arrest. A jury found Brady guilty of...
ANTIGONISH: For the second year in a row, the exhibition grounds off of James Street in Antigonish will remain vacant as this year’s Eastern Nova Scotia Exhibition (ENSE) has been cancelled. In a recently...
ST. PETER’S: An official opening ceremony was held last week for a new piece of infrastructure in the community. On November 16 in St. Peter’s, residents, government officials and elected representatives officially re-opened the new two-lane swing bridge at the...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Inverness County District RCMP arrested and charged three people and seized drugs after two traffic stops last week. At 5 p.m. on August 24, RCMP members conducted a traffic stop on Highway 105 in Port Hastings. As a...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council has decided on permit fees and penalties under its Vending Bylaw. The decision was reached during the May 4 regular monthly meeting after council reviewed the fees charged by...
MONASTERY: Providing a full range of educational opportunities by ensuring students have the right combination of training and exposure, the provincial government announced in their 2019 school capital plan, and East Antigonish Academy will be receiving a...
ARICHAT: Council had no objection to a quick claim deed from a property owner in the municipality. The committee-of-the-whole meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on March 9 reviewed correspondence from municipal revenue manager Clint Samson  regarding a Quick...
ANTIGONISH: This past summer, the Antigonish Walmart was given a bit of a facelift inside and out as part of a $16-million investment in Nova Scotia. The investment into eight stores across the province...
MULGRAVE: The town’s new Chief Administrative Office (CAO) is a familiar face in Strait area municipal politics. Last week’s regular monthly meeting of Mulgrave Town Council was Jim Davis’ first as CAO for the town. Davis, who previously served as...




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