HALIFAX: The Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) has received interest from a physician considering locating in Richmond County.
NSHA Eastern Zone spokesperson Greg Boone confirmed last week they are in discussions with a physician.
“In this situation, we have someone who...
MABOU: The past few seasons have been particularly hard on farmers; early frosts, Hurricane Dorian, last year’s late spring, and now COVID-19 is added to a long list of variables farmers are facing on a daily basis.
L’ARDOISE: Sherry Sampson, managing director of the Dr. Kingston Memorial Community Health Centre in L’Ardoise explained that Dr. Kristen Iverson, who has been practicing out of the Richmond County medical clinic for the past two years, would be returning...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia’s Electoral Boundaries Commission
is recommending the return of the riding of Richmond and for the Town of Port
Hawkesbury to rejoin the riding of Inverness.
On Monday, the independent commission released its
final report...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Local residents facing drug charges were in court last week.
Following an appearance in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court on May 4, Walter Hinkley pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine and possession of stolen property not exceeding $5,000. He received...
LYNCHE’S RIVER: The RCMP is investigating a single vehicle collision last night which sent the driver to hospital with life threatening injuries.
At approximately 8:30 p.m., Richmond County District RCMP was notified of a...
ANTIGONISH: A local bus program made a difference in the lives of a number of seniors recently.
Local resident Olivia Rossong said she saw an ad posted by the Seniors Getting Involved Association in the fall. She applied for the...
ANTIGONISH: With the Town of Antigonish set to dissolve, the town and the Municipality of the County of Antigonish are requesting the province draft special legislation that will guide the consolidation transition process.
Despite...
ARICHAT: Provincial officials said they are working to have the emergency department open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and make inpatient care fully operational at the Strait-Richmond Hospital.
During the regular...
ANTIGONISH: A 48-year-old Antigonish County man has been found guilty in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in relation to two historical sexual interference charges.
The man, who can’t be identified because of a publication ban...