MULGRAVE: The committee looking to repurpose the former
Mulgrave Memorial Education Centre hosted a series of meetings last week to
look at their potential options.
Basil Ryan, the director of the Mulgrave and Area
Revitalization Committee told...
ARICHAT: Council defeated a motion to have auditors
review an account connected to the firing of the former Chief Administrative
Officer (CAO).
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council last night in Arichat, councillors...
ARICHAT: Council has agreed to work with the Department
of Municipal Affairs (DMA).
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond
Municipal Council last night in Arichat, District 3 councillor Brian Marchand
was named warden.
ARICHAT: Organizations involved in the tourism sector
in Richmond County have announced a new marketing name for the region.
“Cape Breton: Capes, Keys and Coves – South Coast to
Adventure” will now replace the “Fleur-de-Lis Trail”...
GUYSBOROUGH: A local business owner defeated a retired
educator, a realtor and the marketing coordinator at the Coady International
Institute in the special election for the vacant Municipality of the District
of Guysborough council seat.
Dave Hanhams,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: In the midst of a controversy over the
firing of Richmond County’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and the
resignation of the warden, the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce has weighed in.
A letter dated...
ANTIGONISH: A municipally owned energy group is looking
to diversify.
The Alternative Resource Energy Authority (AREA) - an
intra-municipal partnership involving the Towns of Antigonish, Berwick, and
Mahone Bay, in a 10 turbine wind project - is...
GUYSBOROUGH: Councillors with the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) tackled two concerns dealing with waste and garbage during their latest council meeting.
First municipal council awarded a $3,012,082 contract
to Nova Construction for...
PORT HOOD: Inverness County now has a healthy bit of
provincial funding to assist in the fight against climate change.
“Nova Scotia is a national leader in fighting climate
change and projects like this will build...
“In or about September 2016, an ombudsman’s report about Richmond expenses was leaked to the media and the report erroneously attributed to Marchand an expense for attending a ‘strip club’ in Houston, Texas,” Marchand’s statement of claim reads. “Marchand spent three weeks resolving this error with the ombudsman, without any assistance from Richmond.”