Indigenous harvesters around the Strait area are currently on the water fishing lobster.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced earlier this month week that it reached an understanding with We’koqma’q First Nation that will...
Although this region has worked to get involved in greener, more sustainable forms of energy – like wind and solar – it appears that green hydrogen and ammonia also offer great promise.
Port Hawkesbury...
Considering the questions that need to be answered, and the amount of interest that’s been generated, holding a plebiscite seems to be the best way to decide the Antigonish consolidation debate.
After months of...
Now that a review of federal electoral boundaries is underway, this is the time to take the Glace Bay area from the current Cape Breton-Canso riding.
Strait area residents will have their say at...
If people are remembered for even a single gesture, it’s safe to assume the late John MacLellan would be proud that his gift will be honoured for many years.
In his will, MacLellan left...
The reaction to the province’s approval of new taxes on non-resident landowners has been greeted with a surprising amount of skepticism.
On April 8, the provincial government passed the Non-Resident Deed Transfer and Property...
After hearing from the company proposing the Rhodena Wind Farm in Inverness County, opponents have now made their voices heard.
During the March 3 regular month meeting of Inverness Municipal Council, Keith Towse, with...
The recent announcement by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to temporarily suspend the commercial herring and mackerel fisheries is a blow for local fishermen who use those fish as bait, particularly in the lobster fishery.
The provincial government’s budget, prescribing heavy spending in the health care sector and projecting a deficit of more than half a billion dollars, is what the Progressive Conservatives were elected to do.
The government...
There seem to be mixed signals coming from the provincial government.
On March 21, most province-wide public health restrictions were lifted, including gathering limits, physical distancing and mask requirements. Some measures will remain in...