PORT HAWKESBURY: From January to May 2018, approximately 20 students in the Discovering Opportunities 9 class at Richmond Academy in Louisdale took part in an impressive and innovative intergenerational communication project with the residents of the Richmond Villa Nursing...
GUYSBOROUGH: Councillors have asked municipal staff to change the existing Dog Control By-law, following an incident in Canso.
During a meeting of council for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough on July 4, a motion was passed to have...
ROCKY BAY: An Isle Madame group is planting a garden that doesn’t just look pleasing to the eye, but can also make the community healthier.
Isle Madame Garden Club treasurer Claire Doyle said after starting up in April, 2017, the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town councillors have agreed to a pair of funding requests from a long-running local historical society and a regional palliative care support group.
A unanimous vote greeted a funding request of $500 from the Strait Area Palliative Care...
ARICHAT: The community of Isle Madame will soon receive a new facility for people with disabilities.
Late last month, the province announced that over the next two years it will develop eight community-based homes for Nova Scotians with disabilities.
The Department...
HALIFAX: A resident of Richmond County pleaded guilty and was fined for evading the payment of duties and taxes on jewelry.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that Lobsters ‘R Us owner Blaire Vincent Martell of Rockdale pleaded guilty...
HARBOURVIEW: A Bedford man who was missing in Inverness County for six days has died.
On July 5, at around 9 a.m. searchers found the body of 31-year-old Colin Joseph Beaton in the ocean near Judique. The RCMP worked with...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Former Port Hawkesbury Mayor and MLA Billy Joe MacLean has decided to back Cecil Clarke in the race to lead Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative Party.
“I made the decision only after I learned that Allan MacMaster wasn’t going...
HALIFAX: Wilson Cameron of the Celtic Shores Coastal Trail, was announced this year’s recipient of the Nova Scotia Trails Federation (NS Trails) White Hill Summit Award.
This award is named after the highest point of land in Nova Scotia and...
JUDIQUE: Human remains have been found in the ocean near Judique.
At approximately 9 a.m. today, searchers located a body in the water. The RCMP is working with the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner's Service to identify the individual. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre...