ANTIGONISH: A senior staff member at the Coady International Institute says because of the migration of male farmers to urban areas in search of better jobs in the global South – the burden of agriculture has fallen...
HALIFAX: The project lead for a new diversity initiative says those who don’t look like society’s majority are going to fall short somewhere, and it usually affects the individual’s quality of life.
Fifteen African...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Although public health restrictions have forced schools to use bottled water for the time being, the Strait regional centre for education (SRCE) says it is monitoring the water quality in its schools.
ANTIGONISH: The great niece of Donald Marshall Jr. says Nova Scotians need to respect that everyone is on un-ceded Mi’kmaq territory.
Membertou’s Salena Sylvester made the comments on October 17, as she addressed a...
ANTIGONISH COUNTY: In the only contested races for seats on the council of the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, two of the three incumbents were defeated.
In district 2, Donnie MacDonald was the...
MULGRAVE: With a newly elected mayor and two new female faces, things will be different around the council table.
Ron Chisholm, who was a current town councillor, received 232 votes and defeated former mayor...
GUYSBOROUGH: After falling to the incumbent by one vote in 2016, Mary Germaine Desmond defeated Sheila Pelly by 26 votes to represent district 2 for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG).
Desmond...
ANTIGONISH: After a four-year departure from municipal politics following a failed mayoral bid, a former town councillor has re-gained his seat at the table.
Sean Cameron, a town councillor of 16-years who came up...
HALIFAX: More land was added to an already protected area, and another large piece of property was added to the protected list.
Last week, the province announced it added 10 more designated protected areas,...
PORT HOOD: The warden and two incumbent councillors lost, and there will be three women on council in Inverness County.
In district 5 (Port Hood-Mabou), warden Betty Ann MacQuarrie lost to first time candidate...