Minister Lebouthillier announced that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) will not open the 2024 elver season, which, in turn, also means a non-renewal of the Kespukwitk Elver Harvest Document for the season. The Kespukwitk...
As we approach Remembrance Day, I am hoping that perhaps your readership can assist me with a solemn, but important, task related to veterans.
I am the coordinator of the Last Post Fund’s Unmarked...
On March 8, International Women’s Day, women from around the world will join together with a shared purpose. We will reflect on the amazing strides we have made and how much more we have to do to achieve gender...
Bill Lahey’s Independent Forestry Review Report is a long-awaited vindication of what many woodlot owners, harvesters, and environmentalists have been saying for years: we need a forestry industry that leaves a significant portion of forest intact for the next...
In keeping with my commitment to transparency and accountability, please take the time to read this Letter to the Editor.
I am consistently asked by citizens about the cost of the Civic Centre to the Town of Port Hawkesbury. I...
Attention and assessment is needed concerning three exit sites in Port Hawkesbury; two sites coming from McDonalds and one site coming out from the Causeway Shopping Centre exit.
I witnessed heavy volumes of vehicle...
Discussions about sexual conduct are sometimes taboo and can be rife with stigma and cultural repercussions, and have been frowned upon, but that is changing - I hope.
While being a controversial topic, sexual behaviours are personal and private realities...
A determined group of Nova Scotia taxpayers is working to hold municipal officials and staff accountable for how they are spending, and in some cases covering up their spending, of our tax dollars.
Although we have a Municipal Government Act,...
I just
read your recent news article in The
Reporter entitled “Mulgrave residents concerned with increases in
assessments.”
We are
seeing the same thing all over the province now with regards to taxation. The
federal government sends this province...
I am writing in response to the recent article in the August 17 edition of The Reporter “Customers opt-out of smart meter program.” I would appreciate the opportunity to provide some information in regard to few comments...