HALIFAX: A former local lighthouse is getting a replacement.
Stephen Bornais, communications advisor with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, said the Canadian Coast Guard determined the Jerseyman’s Island Lighthouse off Arichat was at the end of its life expectancy. However, a...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The RCMP is investigating thefts that have occurred from vehicles in the town.
At 5 a.m. on January 30, Port Hawkesbury RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious person entering unlocked vehicles. Police tracked footprints belonging to the suspect...
HAVRE BOUCHER: Although they’ve been fighting it all day, the Department of Lands and Forestry (DLAF) considers a local wildfire “out of control.”
According to a DLAF statement issued at around 7:30 p.m. this...
STRAIT AREA: Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Locals in Inverness and Richmond counties are demanding improvements in the long-term care sector.
On Nov. 30, supporters and CUPE members came out for a Day...
NOVA SCOTIA: Approximately 50 rural activists from Yarmouth County to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality sat in on local Department of Lands and Forestry offices last week, resulting in several arrests.
They were sitting...
HALIFAX: NDP Leader Claudia Chender held meetings with elected officials and residents in the Strait area last week.
On Feb. 22, Chender hosted a public meeting at the People’s Place Library in Antigonish and...
By: Raissa Tetanish
TRURO: Charlene Bagley was at a loss for words last week as she stood on the sidewalk outside a hotel and convention centre in Truro.
Bagley is...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town council has rescinded a motion after meeting with a doctor who has expressed an interest in working in the region.
During the Nov. 8 regular monthly meeting, Port Hawkesbury Town Councillor...
STRAIT AREA: The Conservative Party of Canada has chosen a new leader and results from local ridings mirror the national result.
On Sept. 10, Napean-Carlton MP and former Minister of Employment and Social Development...
ANTIGONISH: Town and county councils are backing a
proposed affordable housing development.
The Antigonish Affordable Housing Society (AAHS) is
speaking to funding partners regarding their proposal for a new multi-unit
apartment complex near the Antigonish Education Centre...