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...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait regional school board (SRSB) is hoping to re-launch its region-wide science fair next spring, after this year’s event was scuttled by a variety of factors including recent job action by the Nova Scotia Teachers Union...
ARICHAT: The priest overseeing Isle Madame’s Roman Catholic parishes is “looking to the silver lining” in the early days of an effort to preserve Our Lady of Assomption (OLA) Church in Arichat, less than a month after warning a...
ARICHAT: Despite pledging to push the federal and provincial governments to fund individual tourism developments throughout Richmond County, municipal officials received an angry reaction Monday evening for their decision to withdraw from a multi-million-dollar county-wide tourism strategy
Councillors voted 3-1...
ANTIGONISH: The province is investing more than $500,000 in improved facilities for veterans, seniors, people with disabilities, and their families in Antigonish.
Finance and Treasury Board Minister Randy Delorey announced the funding today, on behalf of Tony Ince, Minister of...
PETIT DE GRAT: The province is investing $250,000 in a trust fund that will support activities and new projects for La Picasse Community Cultural Centre on Isle Madame.
Michel Samson, Minister of Acadian Affairs and Francophonie, announced the funding today...