PORT HAWKESBURY: Several different practitioners of stress-reduction activities from around the Strait area descended on St. Mark’s United Church Hall last weekend, for an evening of workshops and public awareness about the courses and services available around the region...
ANTIGONISH: The organizers of Riverside Estates held an open house last weekend to officially christen four new affordable housing units on a site located just outside the town boundaries.
The Antigonish Affordable Housing Society (AAHS) welcomed several visitors and community...
ARICHAT: Concerns from four members of Richmond County’s municipal Policy Committee, including an elected councillor and three members of the public, have delayed the municipality’s efforts to approve a new Travel and Expense Policy that would see municipal expense...
ANTIGONISH: Town council is looking to maintain the area’s fire trucks.
During the regular monthly meeting of Antigonish Town Council, elected members passed a three-point policy involving a fire levy, a 25-year plan for maintaining fire trucks for the Antigonish...
ANTIGONISH: Municipal council is looking for help with a legacy project.
Last week, council for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish designated up to $45,500 for a pavilion as part of Canada’s 150th anniversary.
Warden Russell Boucher said council is...
ANTIGONISH: The mayor is pleased with news of provincial funding for an upcoming national event.
On March 20, the Province of Nova Scotia announced $1 million in funding for seating improvements at StFX University’s Oland Centre to improve accessibility for...
OTTAWA: Two local Liberal MPs are defending the recent federal budget while it comes under attack from the opposition.
On March 22, the Liberal government announced its budget for the current fiscal year. Strait area MPs touted the innovation heavy...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The province is looking into an incident involving an animal carcass being left near a local building.
In an e-mail sent on March 23, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture representative Krista Higdon stated conservation officers are investigating...
HALIFAX: The health minister is denying opposition claims that a detox unit in the area will close.
A recently released internal report commissioned by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) recommends shutting down detox units at hospitals, including the Strait-Richmond,...
PORT HASTINGS:Police arrested two men for drug offences after a traffic stop on March 27.
Inverness District RCMP's Street Crime Enforcement Unit arrested the men, who are from Newfoundland and Labrador.
The traffic stop occurred on Highway 105 in Port Hastings at...