HALIFAX: A forecaster with the Canadian Hurricane Centre says Atlantic Canada will experience three to six major storms this upcoming hurricane season, which will be the seventh year in a row the region will experience an above-normal...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Municipality of the County of Inverness, and its partners Develop Nova Scotia and UPLAND Planning + Design Studio, said they are continuing to prepare an Inverness Growth Management Strategy.
Inverness Chief...
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...
MILLBROOK FIRST NATION: The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs (ANSMC) said it is “frustrated” by the recent seizure of a fishing boat and equipment by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).
Over a month...
ANTIGONISH COUNTY: The Municipality of the County of Antigonish will commit $73,696 in the 2023-24 fiscal year to support a funding application for a multi-use path connecting Bethany Gardens to St. Martha’s Regional Hospital as part of...
NOVA SCOTIA: Changes to the Province of Nova Scotia’s rent supplement program will expand eligibility for low-income seniors and put more money in the pockets of seniors who receive the supplement.
Minister of Municipal...
HALIFAX: The MLA for Cape Breton-Richmond is unhappy with lack of weed and bush clearing along roadsides in her constituency.
During Question Period in the Nova Scotia Legislature on September 13, Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon told the house about...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council decided to approve a development agreement for tourist accommodations, and rezoning for a subdivision.
At the regular monthly meeting of council in Arichat on Jan. 23, properties in St. Peter’s...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Municipal representatives from Inverness County recently had a sit-down meeting with the one man in Nova Scotia best equipped to remedy road issues.
“It wasn’t a major breakthrough, but we opened some lines of communication,” said Inverness Deputy...
By: Raissa Tetanish
DEBERT: “You’re my angel.”
That’s a sentence Crystal Blair has heard on more than
one occasion over the last couple of weeks while offering free meals to
truckers amid...