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...
PORT HASTINGS: With the first day of spring less than two weeks away, officials at the Strait regional school board (SRSB) are cautiously optimistic that the 8.5 school days lost to region-wide weather-related closures will not have a major...
PORT HASTINGS: The Strait regional school board (SRSB) is days away from relocating its central office to one of the board’s high schools.
After two decades at its current home, a refurbished school building in Port Hastings, the board will...
PORT HASTINGS: The committee reviewing the future of three Inverness County schools for the Strait regional school board (SRSB) will get an extra 30 days to complete their work this spring.
Originally slated to wrap up their review of Mabou’s...