PORT HAWKESBURY: A former RCMP officer charged in relation to a standoff will receive restorative justice.
Byron Arthur “Brad” Parks was expected to face charges of unauthorized possession of a firearm and uttering threats during an appearance in Port Hawkesbury...
ANTIGONISH: Some Nova Scotia Power (NSP) customers are accusing the power company of secrecy and dishonesty over its new smart meters program.
Former Cape Breton University professor and current Senior Scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Beaton,...
ANTIGONISH: There is going to be at least a three week
delay for the budget in Antigonish County.
Warden Owen McCarron made the statement in a
teleconference briefing with reporters Wednesday morning, following the county’s
regular monthly...
ARICHAT: Richmond County’s incoming Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) has confirmed that two municipal staff positions have been eliminated as the result of an organizational review of the county’s operations that got under way this past spring.
Louis Digout, who assumed...
ANTIGONISH: Taxes rates in the Town of Antigonish will be increasing.
During a special council meeting on June 1, town councillors approved the 2022-23 municipal budget of $11,788,431, which has a capital project plan...
PORT HOOD: Those with a taste for local history would
be well advised to take advantage of the Chestico Museum and Historical
Society’s Yesteryear Tours this summer.
Dressed in period clothes, John and Cathy Gillies will
lead...
LITTLE ANSE: Despite having doors slammed in its face for more than a decade, a local group will continue trying to fix an aging breakwater that no longer protects the community.
Constructed in 1948, the breakwater in Little Anse has...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council is mulling over the pros and cons of a policy that shifts the cost of managing specific wastes/recycling materials from municipalities to producers.
Putting the bug in council’s ear about the policy, called Extended Producer...
HALIFAX: As of today, Nova Scotia has 428 confirmed
cases of COVID-19 after 21 new cases were identified on Good Friday.
In the Eastern Zone – taking in eastern Nova Scotia and
Cape Breton – no...
MULGRAVE: An employee of the town has garnered praise
from colleagues around the region for her efforts to ease the effects of the
global pandemic on her neighbours.
While most residents have been staying near home;
leaving...