MULGRAVE: The planned dissolution of a local town and its amalgamation into a neighbouring municipality has hit a roadblock.
During a special meeting of Mulgrave Town Council last week, members voted to withdraw their application to dissolve town status and...
CANSO: Maritime Launch Services Ltd. (MLS) recently selected eastern Guysborough County as the site of a rocket launch base after looking at several communities in North America.
Guysborough Warden Vernon Pitts explained the site is between Canso and Little Dover.
“That’s...
LOUISDALE: A man and a woman are facing charges after an RCMP search of a home netted drugs and drug paraphernalia.
On March 10, Inverness District RCMP's Street Crime Enforcement Unit executed a search warrant at a residence in Louisdale. As...
AULD’S COVE : Police are investigating a collision which injured four people early this morning.
Shortly after midnight, Antigonish District RCMP responded to a single vehicle collision in Auld's Cove.
Upon arrival, police learned that two individuals were thrown from the vehicle...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local woodlands conference was so popular, organizers had to turn people away.
Last week, the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre was the site for the “2017 Eastern Hardwood Conference: Exploring Hardwood Potential and Innovation,” hosted by the Nova...
ANTIGONISH: Twinning and tolling were the main topics of conversation at a public meeting last week.
On March 2, the Claymore Inn in Antigonish hosted a public consultation session on highway twinning. The meeting was scheduled for February but was...
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...