AULD’S COVE : Police are investigating a collision which injured four people early this morning.
Shortly after midnight, Antigonish District RCMP responded to a single vehicle collision in Auld's Cove.
Upon arrival, police learned that two individuals were thrown from the vehicle...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local woodlands conference was so popular, organizers had to turn people away.
Last week, the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre was the site for the “2017 Eastern Hardwood Conference: Exploring Hardwood Potential and Innovation,” hosted by the Nova...
ANTIGONISH: Twinning and tolling were the main topics of conversation at a public meeting last week.
On March 2, the Claymore Inn in Antigonish hosted a public consultation session on highway twinning. The meeting was scheduled for February but was...
ST. PETER’S: The final round of upgrades to the two-lane highway connecting St. Peter’s to Sydney should wrap up later this year, with two levels of government committing a combined $6.52 million towards the remaining 6.2 kilometres of the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local facility looking to grow received some help from the federal government last week.
On March 2, Cape Breton-Canso MP Rodger Cuzner visited the Regional Occupation Centre in Port Hawkesbury to announce $500,000 in federal funds for...
ARICHAT: With three of its 30 food producers now hailing from Richmond County and a potential food drop-off point under consideration for St. Peter’s, the Pan-Cape Breton Food Hub has made a pitch for the municipality to consider contributing...
MULGRAVE: The Town of Mulgrave is withdrawing its application for dissolution from the Nova Scotia Utility and Review (UARB). The decision was made at a special council meeting last night.
The decision comes after the Municipality of the District of...
ANTIGONISH: Council wants to see more people visiting and living in the downtown.
While fielding questions about the decline in the town’s population, Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said council has a few ideas to try and help the town grow.
“We...
ARICHAT: With a municipal council decision on a wide-ranging Richmond County tourism project potentially only days away, residents are suggesting new ways to promote history and culture to visitors and local residents alike.
Isle Madame historian Odilon Boudreau made a...
ARICHAT: Residents in the St. George’s Channel area aired concerns about inaccurate road name descriptions on a globally-used digital mapping system during a recent meeting of Richmond Municipal Council.
Residents Doug Begg and Ross Wagg pointed out that Google Maps...