INVERNESS: The Inverness Development Association (IDA) was given provincial-level recognition for making trips to the beach possible for folks with disabilities, seniors, and anyone else with mobility issues.
The association was given a Human Rights Award during a ceremony at...
GUYSBOROUGH: Officials with the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) approved the authorization of staff members to apply for infrastructure funding for a new compost facility at the current landfill site.
Following December’s regular council meeting last Wednesday, Warden...
ANTIGONISH: RCMP have arrested a 21-year-old Antigonish County male for weapons possession following a fight at a local bar.
At 2:43 p.m., on December 12, Antigonish District RCMP responded to a report of a fight in progress at a pub...
PORT HAWKESBURY: An experienced social worker defeated a retired mill worker, a local business owner and the town’s former CAO in Saturday’s special election for the vacant Port Hawkesbury Town Council seat.
Blaine MacQuarrie, a political newcomer, came away with...
ANTIGONISH: An Antigonish man charged with two counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to stab his wife and three-year-old daughter has been found not criminally responsible.
Judge Richard MacKinnon accepted the mental health assessment in Antigonish Provincial Court...
PORT HOOD: As a result of upcoming federal tax changes, municipal leaders in Inverness County voted to increase their honorariums in an effort to keep their net income from being decreased.
“Revenue Canada is no longer identifying a third of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A 14-year-old male from the town was charged after police stopped a car that was doing more than double the posted speed limit.
Just before 2 a.m. Sunday morning, Inverness District RCMP stopped a car on Reeves Street in...
MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK: The captain of a fishing boat involved in the death of an Isle Madame man six years ago was granted his release from prison.
On December 7, the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) granted Dwayne Matthew Samson...
ST. PETER’S: Temporary closures that were supposed to take place from December 18-20 at the St. Peter’s Canal National Historic Site swing bridge have been postponed due to forecasted weather conditions.
They will be rescheduled for a later date.
Parks Canada...
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...