PORT HAWKESBURY: A local society dedicated to supporting the unique needs of adults with intellectual and physical disabilities in the Strait area is preparing to revamp its facility and business offerings.
The Regional Occupational Centre (ROC) Society will be remodeling...
ARICHAT: The Canadian Coast Guard now has community support to replace another lighthouse in the area.
During a public meeting on October 3 in Arichat, residents approved a proposal, endorsed by the Isle Madame Lighthouse Preservation Society, for the Coast...
INVERNESS: The federal government has committed to investing $2 million in Cabot Golf to help the Inverness-based golf resort expand operations at Cabot Cliffs.
“Nova Scotia’s tourism industry had its best year in history in 2017 and its fourth consecutive...
MULGRAVE: Launched only two weeks after the final round of classes at Mulgrave Memorial Education Centre (MMEC), an on-line fundraising campaign to re-imagine the building for a variety of community uses is gaining momentum.
The “Move Mountains For Mulgrave” campaign...
ARICHAT: An amendment to a sub-division by-law was passed by council last week.
During a virtual meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on September 28, council voted to add provisions to the Richmond County Sub-division...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A federal lawyer has defended the role of Veterans Affairs Canada in the lead up to the triple murder-suicide that rocked the small, tight-knit, historically Black community of Upper Big Tracadie on Jan. 3, 2017.
MARBLE MOUNTAIN: Being unable to use a phone during power outages has one local woman calling on Canada’s largest telecommunications company to provide answers, along with improved service.
“They said it was a power surge that knocked out the battery...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Town of Port Hawkesbury posted a surplus for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.
The town’s financial statements and audit report was presented by Ryan Armstrong of Grant Thornton during the September council meeting on September 11.
Port Hawkesbury ended...
PORT HAWKESBURY: On February 14, a 12-year-old girl was approached by a man in a small grey car and asked if she wanted a ride. The girl didn't know the man and declined. He asked again, and she declined....
OTTAWA: The release of child poverty rates in Nova
Scotia by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) garnered a lot of
reaction.
Last week, the CCPA released its 2019 Report Card on
Child and Family Poverty...