HALIFAX: The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) is looking for new locations for two stores, with plans to put a new outlet in the region. NSLC communications advisor Beverley Ware told The Reporter last week that they are looking for...
INVERNESS: Inverness Council, which generally meets at the municipal building in Port Hood, shifted venues on March 5, as the municipal body held its regular monthly meeting at the Inverness Fire Hall. The meeting took place in Inverness because a...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Nova Scotia Landowners and Forest Fibre Producers Association (NSLFPA) and the Cape Breton Privateland Partnership (CBPP) hosted the first Maritime Forest Carbon Opportunities Conference last week in Port Hawkesbury. Kari Easthouse, a forester with the Nova Scotia...
INVERNESS: Inverness Municipal Council will not be lobbying the province to lift its ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Council was approached on January 24 by Guysborough Warden Vernon Pitts who requested Inverness County stand with his municipal unit in lobbying...
HALIFAX: The Premier of Nova Scotia and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs are taking issue with a recent clam quota decision. In September 2017, federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister, Dominic LeBlanc announced his intention to introduce a fourth...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Strait regional school board (SRSB) officials gathered for their final monthly meeting on March 7. Bill 72 passed through the legislature last week, bringing sweeping changes to Nova Scotia’s education system, including the dissolution of all elected English...
ANTIGONISH: A teenager has been arrested and charged in connection with incidents of racist graffiti being spray-painted in the town and county. Between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday night, graffiti was painted on a school bus and a sign...
ANTIGONISH: The town signed-on to a new inter-municipal agreement regarding the management of the Antigonish Arena which will create the Antigonish Arena Corporation to replace the former arena commission. Antigonish CAO Jeffrey Lawrence said the previous agreement dates back to...
MONASTERY: The RCMP is investigating after racist graffiti was spray-painted on a school bus and a school sign, then threats were made against the same school. Between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday night, graffiti was painted on a school...
HALIFAX: In his spare time, a Louisdale native is using technology to improve the lives of people around the globe. Jake Boudreau has become the first person in Nova Scotia to work with “e-NABLE,” a worldwide network of volunteers who...




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