ARICHAT: A lower speed limit could soon take shape on a portion of Highway 206 in Petit de Grat, if Richmond County’s municipal councillors are able to get the ears of the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal...
ANTIGONISH: An appeal by a former StFX student on a sexual assault conviction has been dismissed. RCMP charged James Stanton after a November 2017 incident in a female student’s dorm room during a party at MacKinnon Hall.
PORT HAWKESBURY: From developing the first successful commercial maple syrup business on Cape Breton, Jim Mustard is looking to continue to blaze the trail by being a part of a group of individuals looking to start the first cannabis...
D’ESCOUSSE: A local yacht club is expressing its concern with the inability of a lift bridge to open for boaters. Lennox Passage Yacht Club commodore Teddy Poirier said he was told by Cape Breton-Richmond MLA Alana Paon that the Lennox...
HALIFAX: The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) has denied another appeal of a property variance in St. Peter’s. On November 30, the UARB dismissed an appeal by Clair Bouchard and Donald J. MacNeil of a variance for a...
HALIFAX: A spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition says a local Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility cannot lawfully proceed without a federal impact assessment. Ken Summers, who is a representative...
GUYSBOROUGH: The preliminary phase of the Fatality Inquiry looking into what caused retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond to kill his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter, before turning the gun on himself, began May 21 more than two years after the tragic...
INVERNESS: What is happening to the forests in Nova Scotia? That was the question posed at the panel discussion taking place on April 2 at the Inverness Fire Hall. The event was hosted by the Inverness County Chapter of the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The newly re-elected mayor of the Town of Port Hawkesbury says she is an ambitious mayor who will work hard, and will bring the same level of energy and optimism to her next term.
PORT HAWKESBURY: Two major overhauls of town streets are a step closer to becoming reality, according to a presentation made by Port Hawkesbury’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at this week’s regular monthly town council meeting. Terry Doyle provided an updated...




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