ARICHAT: Council has approved a request to cover extra
costs for a water and wastewater project with gas tax revenue.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond
Municipal Council on September 23 in Arichat, council approved...
ARICHAT: Councillors agreed to write-off taxes for a
number of properties in the municipality.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond
Municipal Council on September 23 in Arichat, Chief Administrative Officer Don
Marchand forwarded a list from...
PORT HOOD: Inverness Municipal Council is getting
another look at a by-law that will give the elected body the power to stop
property owners from allowing discharges in their wastewater that cause harm to
the sewer system.
PORT HAWKESBURY: Officials in Port Hawkesbury passed a
motion to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for an inter-municipal
Information Technology (IT) service, while also approving a $5,000 line item
for consultation efforts.
During the town’s regular...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait area has been graced with
the presence of two new businesses.
On September 14, the official opening of Nani’s Esthetics & Laser Centre
was held at 308 Philpott Street, then on September...
ANTIGONISH: Sixty-four years after arriving at StFX
University at only 16-years-old, carrying a cardboard suitcase and wearing the
only blazer he owned in the fall of 1955, Brian Mulroney said StFX taught him
about the power of ideas to transform...
MABOU: Clive Doucet, the Green Party candidate
eyeballing the MP position for Cape Breton-Canso, stopped by the Red Shoe Pub last week, hoping to
touch base with local voters mulling over next month’s federal election.
“There...
PORT HASTINGS: Members of the Port Hastings Historical
Society celebrated their 41st anniversary last week which made for a wonderful
opportunity to unveil a new feature at the Strait Area Museum. An accessibility
ramp is now in place.
HALIFAX: The MLA for Cape Breton-Richmond, who was
removed from the Progressive Conservative caucus in June, has now been locked
out of her constituency office in St. Peter’s.
The building’s owner, Jeff Stanley, changed the locks
on...
ANTIGONISH: Officials with the Nova Scotia Health
Authority (NSHA) say five family medicine and four specialist positions have
been filled in the Eastern Zone.
During the authority’s board of directors meeting in
Antigonish last Thursday, Tim Guest,...