ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council will stick to a May decision to allow individual councillors to access the Global Positioning System (GPS) units in vehicles provided by the municipality to its employees, rather than following a suggestion from their outgoing...
ARICHAT: A municipally-owned playground in this community will get some attention from Richmond County officials, as a result of concerns raised by one of Isle Madame’s two municipal councillors.
Staffers with the county’s recreation and public works offices will investigate...
ARICHAT: A senior policy adviser with Nova Scotia’s Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA) has advised Richmond Municipal Council to move “quickly” on hiring a new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and to ensure transparency for all of its activities until...
ARICHAT: Richmond Municipal Council is still without an operating budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year, following two failed motions on the budget itself and a proposed tax reduction at council’s annual general meeting.
With councillor James Goyetche missing the first...
ANTIGONISH: Police are turning to the public to help the search for a kayaker missing since Sunday.
Jason William MacGrath, 32, left the Cape George area around noon on July 9. His kayak was located at approximately 5:30 p.m. Tuesday...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Taking a page from reality television, organizers of a new contest are looking to draw new business to town.
On July 1, the Eastern-Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN) and the Town of Port Hawkesbury launched Start-Up Port Hawkesbury,...
AULD’S COVE: Participants in a series of Canada Day protests whose sits included the mainland side of the Canso Causeway are pleased with the response they received from passing motorists and vowing to continue their efforts.
The national aboriginal organization...
PORT HAWKESBURY: After spending several days promoting the town and the entirety of Cape Breton Island to municipal leaders in Vietnam, Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton now has a greater appreciation for her homeland as well as the Asian nation that...
PORT HAWKESBURY: People charged in relation to a shooting last month are set to appear in provincial court later this month.
RCMP arrested and charged Justin Francis Goswell, 27, and James Edwin ‘Tyler’ Goswell, 33, and Makayla Sutherland, 21, following...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Celtic Air Services Limited, a local airport services company, will begin operating the Port Hawkesbury Airport this Saturday (July 15) just in time for the summer’s peak season.
“We’re incredibly excited to get everything finalized in time to...