GUYSBOROUGH: For the second time in as many years, there is a five-cent increase to the residential and commercial tax rates in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough.
Municipal councillors passed the $17,987,246 budget during their regular municipal council...
PORT HAWKESBURY: This month municipal and First Nations leaders from throughout Cape Breton will come together in Port Hawkesbury.
On November 23 and 24, Port Hawkesbury will host the “2017 One Cape Breton: Future Forward Leaders’ Summit.” This will be...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council dissolved its accessibility committee, a group mandated to make the county more accessible to those with disabilities, but a new committee is already in place to take up the challenge.
Council decided to make this...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Profits are up, expansion is underway,
and those sitting around the table during Strait Area Transit’s annual general
meeting last Thursday night seemed pleased with the direction of the local bus
service.
“As our buses...
STRAIT AREA: Each year, more than eight million metric tonnes of plastic end up in the world’s oceans.
Lost, abandoned and derelict fishing nets and commercial fishing gear, known as ghost gear, as well...
ARICHAT: A presentation on coastal protection generated
a lot of discussion around the council table last week.
Amanda MacDougall, representing the Atlantic Coastal
Action Program (ACAP) Cape Breton, made the presentation during the regular
monthly meeting of...
IRON MINES: An announcement by the provincial government last Friday means that L’Arche Cape Breton is one step closer to having its members enjoy a community centre of their own.
“The Gathering Space has been a dream of L’Arche Cape...
GUYSBOROUGH: The Afghanistan war veteran who purchased
a rifle to use later that same day to kill his family and then himself were
victims of “systemic failures” that created barriers to accessing mental health
care, Nova Scotia’s chief medical examiner...
ANTIGONISH: Municipal council has been finalized.
Council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish held a swearing-in ceremony prior to its council meeting on October 25.
District 1’s Mary MacLellan, district 2’s Donnie MacDonald, district 3’s Hughie Stewart, district 4’Vaughn...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia’s main political parties have differing opinions on the provincial budget.
On March 26, Finance Minister Karen Casey tabled Budget 2019-2020, which estimates a surplus of $33.6 million, with revenue of $11.01 billion and expenses of $10.98 billion....