PORT HASTINGS: Two people were arrested for drug trafficking earlier this week.
At approximately 3 p.m. on October 30, members of the Inverness District RCMP conducted a traffic stop in Port Hastings. A 43-year-old man from Halifax and a 39-year-old...
ARICHAT: The Clean Nova Scotia Foundation (CNSF) wants people to know about two programs to increase residential energy efficiency.
During the monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council in Arichat on October 23, Michael MacKay with CNSF told councillors about the...
ARICHAT: Council turned down a request to make a funding commitment toward a signage project promoting the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere.
Richmond Municipal Council did agree to send a letter of support for the project to the Atlantic Canada Opportunities...
PORT ROYAL: An aging bridge serving three communities on Isle Madame is under a weight restriction as the province continues to monitor its condition.
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal’s Eastern District bridge engineer, Chasta Boudreau explained that a...
ARICHAT: Volunteers with the Catholic church here are confident they can undertake the repairs and raise the money needed to keep the historic building operating.
Odilon Boudreau, with the Friends of Our Lady of Assomption, said volunteers Gerry Samson and...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The push is on for Nova Scotia to establish a child advocate office.
Last Thursday, the Strait Region Society for Children, Youth, and Families hosted an information session with child advocacy consultant, Marvin M. Bernstein, who spoke in...
ARICHAT: Richmond County’s new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) will be on the job at the beginning of 2018.
On October 23, during the monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council, Warden Brian Marchand announced the appointment of Kent MacIntyre as CAO...
HALIFAX: Authorities are satisfied that the humpback whales spotted recently near the Canso Causeway are not in distress.
The Marine Animal Response Society (MARS) and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) responded this week to reports of whales swimming...
PORT HASTINGS: After touching base with the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster is hoping frequent delays at the Canso Causeway will be a thing of the past.
“If people are delayed at the Causeway, and...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Local entrepreneurs pitched their business ideas to a live panel of judges last Thursday night, and three were selected to move on the final round of judging on November 23.
Thursday’s event was the second round of judging...