It’s time to start preparing for the coming election. The Municipality of Pictou County (MOPC) set polling dates during its April 15 finance and property meeting. Polls will be open from midnight on Oct. 6 until 7 p.m. on Oct. 19. They will be ...

Switching to solar panels and doing energy-efficient upgrades have just become more accessible. The Municipality of Pictou County (MOPC) council voted to decrease interest on the loans that residents who apply through Switch MOPC receive to do ...

Premier Tim Houston says the provincial government has reached an agreement in principle with the Nova Scotia Teachers Union.  Houston said the deal, announced to reporters on Thursday after a cabinet meeting, will result in "significant investments ...

The Nova Scotia Teachers Union will get a seat at the table, after all. The Tories have walked back their controversial decision to exclude the union from appearing as witnesses at an upcoming public accounts committee meeting on violence in ...

“Volunteer work is part of a full and happy life.” Christine McLean is a local Nova Scotian and has been volunteering with Friendly Calls for two years, a Red Cross program that provides people with emotional support and a listening ear. Callers over ...

One of the men charged this week with the August 2022 homicide of Barry Albert in Springfield, Annapolis County, “graduated” from Dartmouth wellness court in December 2020 after pleading guilty to assaulting a female Mountie with a knife. Kris ...

After volunteering for almost 60 years, Gordie MacKinnon, a resident of Lismore, was awarded the 2024 Volunteer of the Year award by the Municipality of Pictou County (MOPC). “I’m quite humbled by the honour,” said MacKinnon in an interview after the ...

New Glasgow Regional Police are investigating a single motor vehicle collision that occurred on April 16 at approximately 8:00 p.m. in New Glasgow. On Tuesday evening, officers responded to a report of a collision on North Provost Street and St ...

The Municipality of Shelburne has reduced tax rates in its $9,508,377 operating budget for 2024-25. The residential tax rate has been set at $1.26 per $100 of assessment, down from $1.28 last year. The commercial tax rate is $1.82 per $100 of ...

Four people charged in the 2022 killing of Barry Albert, a Bridgewater man whose remains were found in Springfield, Annapolis County, almost two months after he went missing, made brief court appearances Wednesday. Derrick Wayne Charles Robar, 32, of ...