PORT HAWKESBURY: Town Council voted against a motion asking for a pause to the ban of single use plastic water bottles.
In a 3-1 vote during the regular monthly meeting of Port Hawkesbury Town...
STRAIT AREA: An unwanted milestone was celebrated
earlier this month.
On February 4, 1970, the Liberian registered oil tanker
Arrow ran aground on Cerberus rock,
off the coast of Isle Madame. Four days later, the wreck broke...
ST. PETER’S: As two lanes of traffic flow over the St. Peter’s Canal for the first time, current and former residents of the village are experiencing mixed emotions about the replacement and dismantling of the 81-year-old one-lane bridge that...
ANTIGONISH:
It was another successful event for the area.
With the Nova Scotia 55-Plus Games wrapping up the first weekend
in August, Antigonish County Warden Owen McCarron called the event good for the
area.
WHYCOCOMAGH: A request for Inverness Municipal Council to help with repairs to the Al MacInnis Sports Centre caused a bit of argument last week at the regular monthly meeting.
Representatives from the Port Hood and District Recreation Commission applied for...
ANTIGONISH: Last week, StFX University reported its lastest positive case of COVID-19 on their campus.
In a letter to the campus community on Oct. 19, VP Finance and Administration Andrew Beckett advised that an...
CANSO: Thanks to unusually warm waters, and plenty of prey in the North Atlantic off Canso, fishermen from around the province are calling it a record-breaking year for local landings of the fabled Bluefin Tuna.
ANTIGONISH: As the new academic year approached, two local post-secondary institutions took slightly different approaches to the way students, faculty and staff return to normal.In anticipation of a return to campus learning, the Nova Scotia Community College...
GOLDBORO: Dustin Angelo is hoping to dig up some history of his own in Guysborough County.
The president of Anaconda Mining is proposing a $93-million high-grade, advanced exploration and development project for Goldboro. The Goldboro Gold Project recently received its...
ARICHAT: The family of a young man who succumbed to cancer only a year ago has turned its grief into giving.
The family of the late Jason Marryatt recently completed a toy drive in which they collected six large bins...