IRISH VALE: The natural phenomenon that has attracted young and old alike to the shores of the Bras d’Or Lake has been subject to two safety warnings following an incident last month in which a woman fell trying to...
ANTIGONISH: The town is looking at mixing it up when it comes to its commercial fringe areas.
Brynn Nheiley, planning and development officer with the Town of Antigonish, took the lead on a public input session looking at options to...
ANTIGONISH: The amount of money members of a community group was ordered to pay to a local municipality in legal fees has been reduced from $60,000 to $8,041.59 – a total of 87 per cent.
By Adam McNamara
NOVA SCOTIA: Two years into the Nova Scotia Human Rights Remedy initiative, the provincial government says it is making significant strides toward enabling more people with disabilities to live independently in...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town councillors defeated a motion to hold a plebiscite on a controversial component of the Destination Reeves Street Project.
During the regular monthly meeting on November 6 at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre, town councillor Hughie MacDougall presented...
CAPE BRETON: Following reports in the media of an alleged network of Nazi sympathizers purchasing land in Richmond County for a ‘like-minded colony’ and recruiting other Germans – there has been impulsive and hasty vandalism taking place.
STRAIT AREA: Officials with the towns of Mulgrave and Port Hawkesbury are taking a wait and see approach to a new program administering loans to municipalities.
Despite predicting a $400,000 shortfall due to the...
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Guysborough Journal
GUYSBOROUGH: Alabama-based Vulcan Materials Ltd. could begin work on a new road to its planned rock quarry near Canso as early as...
HALIFAX: Five universities across Nova Scotia, including StFX and Université Sainte-Anne, launched legal action yesterday against the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.
The five universities seek a declaration that the NSTU’s work-to-rule job...
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...