PORT HAWKESBURY: Next week, from
Tuesday to Friday, Nova Scotia Power will conduct repairs to the concrete
foundations that support the transmission structures located along the Canso
Causeway and this work may cause traffic delays.
There...
Photos by Drake LowthersThe Antigonish Volunteer Fire Department was assisted by the Town of Antigonish Electric and Public Works Department, Antigonish RCMP, EHS and the Canadian Red Cross.
A safety officer chats...
ARICHAT: The future of a closed school in Richmond County will be discussed by the Eastern District Planning Commission (EDPC) and the municipal Planning Advisory Committee.
The former West Richmond Education Centre property in...
ARICHAT: Funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) was announced for a program to revitalize the municipality’s shire town.
This morning in Arichat, Cape Breton-Canso MP Rodger Cuzner announced that ACOA invested $700,944 through its Innovative Communities Fund to...
HALIFAX: More Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC)
stores across the province will start selling cannabis to address geographical
gaps and to better combat the illicit market.
Finance and Treasury Board Minister Karen Casey
announced today that renovations...
EASTERN PASSAGE: It would be difficult not to root for a guy like Derrick Bona. The amiable 41-year-old chef is working hard to improve his health, and he is inspiring a lot of people along the way.
ARICHAT: A familiar face in Strait area municipal politics has become the interim Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Richmond County, as the municipality prepares to search for a permanent replacement for recently-departed CAO Warren Olsen.
Maris Freimanis, who served as...
PORT HAWKESBURY: As an oil tanker remains anchored in the Strait of Canso, local residents, groups and businesses wanted to show the isolating crew that they care.
On April 20, a care package was...
D’ESCOUSSE: A long-time municipal councillor and former warden passed away recently.
Former district 4 councillor, Richmond Warden and Deputy Warden Malcolm Beaton died on February 5 at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish.
Beaton was first elected in 1988 and served...
ARICHAT: The community of Isle Madame will soon receive a new facility for people with disabilities.
Late last month, the province announced that over the next two years it will develop eight community-based homes for Nova Scotians with disabilities.
The Department...