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The decision by Richmond Municipal Council to deny
funding for participants wanting to take part in an upcoming Female Leadership
School has, ironically, done more to help the event and the underlying causes
it is promoting, than any approval could...
After exploring how the provincial health care system,
and civilian and military authorities let down Afghanistan veteran Cpl. Lionel
Desmond, and led to the tragic murder-suicide, the Desmond Fatality Inquiry
looked into how he was able to obtain the murder...
A total lack of communication and coordination between
health care professionals, provincial departments and civilian and military
authorities let down retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond, and helped contribute to the
tragic deaths of his family.
During the Desmond...
Naming Port Hawkesbury as one of 14 sites for a new
Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) outlet selling cannabis and cannabis
products was a positive development heading into the recent long weekend.
On February 14, Finance...
Residents of the Town of Port Hawkesbury and
surrounding areas were shocked to hear that the YMCA of Cape Breton was leaving
the region.
On January 28, the YMCA of Cape Breton’s board of
directors voted to...
The decision to move the murder and child abandonment
trial of Austin Isadore to the new court in the Wagmatcook First Nation should
be reviewed.
After 405 days of remaining tight-lipped, late last
year, the RCMP finally...
Surely there is some solution to be found in the
dispute between the Town of Mulgrave (CAO) and the town’s fire department.
After being asked by the Town of Mulgrave to account
for the manner in...
More than four years removed from the tumult in
Richmond County over municipal spending practices which resulted in the
resignation of the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), the warden deciding not
to run and staffing changes, comes more news from neighbouring...
Amid local and provincial attempts to fight problems in
the health care system, it was very disappointing to learn that two emergency departments
in the Strait area were closed a total of 1,664-hours during 2018-19.
According...