HALIFAX: Cassidy Bernard is a name a local MLA doesn’t
want Nova Scotians to forget.
Last Thursday, Inverness MLA Alan MacMaster invited the
family of the late 22-year-old mother of two to Halifax as he introduced...
HALIFAX: The departure of Dr. Jeannie MacGillivray, a
surgeon who was serving at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital and also working out
of the Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, was a hot topic during the
April 9 sitting of the legislature.
ANTIGONISH: The Bishop of the Diocese of Antigonish
will soon be leaving the region.
On April 13, the Diocese of Antigonish issued a press
release confirming that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Brian Dunn as the
Coadjutor...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia’s Electoral Boundaries Commission
is recommending the return of the riding of Richmond and for the Town of Port
Hawkesbury to rejoin the riding of Inverness.
On Monday, the independent commission released its
final report...
GUYSBOROUGH: The fatality inquiry into the triple
murder-suicide of Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond and his family is
scheduled to begin hearing evidence in Guysborough this September.
The bodies of Desmond, his 31-year-old wife Shanna,
their 10-year-old...
HALIFAX: The provincial government wants to protect
wildlife habitat on two small islands off Isle Madame.
The Crid Islands lie on the outer edge of Arichat
harbour, between Jerseyman’s Island and the bottom of Babin’s Hill,...
DARTMOUTH: Local projects in the seafood and
aquaculture sectors received government funding last week.
On April 10, the provincial and federal governments
announced funding support to 11 regional organizations through the Atlantic
Fisheries Fund. The funding—a total...
EAST TRACADIE: A Monastery man has been identified as the victim of a fatal
collision that happened in Antigonish County earlier this month.
According to Jennifer Clarke, RCMP public information officer, a 55-year-old
man from Monastery,...
ANTIGONISH: Municipalities within Central Nova received an unexpected $3.8
million boost from Ottawa during an election-year announcement that sees the
2019-20 one-time top up transfer double from previous years.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s 2019 budget included...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council will contact its
auditors to examine and report on an account that was connected to the firing
of the Chief Administrative Officer earlier this month.
During a committee-of-the-whole meeting on April 8...