Jake Boudrot

ANTIGONISH: The provincial government said more than 1,000 Nova Scotians were involved in a series of community health care conversations that took place locally late last year. According to a press release issued earlier this month, the province said it recently wrapped up “one of the largest public health care tours in the province’s history,” […]

HALIFAX: The provincial government announced funding to help Réseau Santé – Nouvelle-Écosse attract and recruit bilingual mental health professionals. According to the province, Réseau Santé was approved for $73,000 to develop a website in French and English to attract French-speaking mental health care professionals to Nova Scotia. The site will include testimonials from French-speaking health […]

HALIFAX: The Official Opposition is criticizing the jump in the number of Nova Scotians looking for a family doctor, as well as the cost of hiring travel nurses. According to a press release issued on Feb. 14 by Nova Scotia Health (NSH), more than 27,000 people signed up for the Need a Family Practice Registry […]

POINT TUPPER: The company planning an industrial scale green hydrogen and green ammonia facility got the greenlight for the first phase of the project. EverWind Fuels announced on Feb. 7 that they received approval from the Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman for Phase 1 of its $6 billion (US); 1 million tonnes per […]

PORT HOOD: The municipality was asked to enter the debate over a proposed golf course that could use a portion of the West Mabou Beach Provincial Park. During the committee of the whole session on Jan. 26 in Port Hood, Nadine Hunt, with Save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park, addressed council about the park’s values […]

PORT HAWKESBURY: Town Council would like to meet with the RCMP Staff Sergeant to discuss policing issues. During the regular monthly meeting of Port Hawkesbury Town Council on Jan. 17, Deputy Mayor Hughie MacDougall invited all members of council to attend upcoming meetings of the Police Advisory Committee to ask questions or bring up any […]

PORT HAWKESBURY: Taylor Linloff’s journey of self-discovery has taken them into the literary world. Released last week on Amazon, Heirloom Seeds was written and self-published by the Port Hawkesbury resident. Broken down into 17 poems, the work is 30 pages, plus acknowledgements, which makes it a short collection of poetry called a chapbook. “I was […]

DARTMOUTH: A panel tasked with making recommendations to address environmental racism has been established by the provincial government. The provincial government said Agassou (Augy) Jones was appointed as the first panel member and his initial duties are to recommend other panel members and develop terms of reference. Jones is the principal of the Nova Scotia […]

ST. PETER’S: A Grade 12 student at Richmond Academy, who has been fundraising for autism programs, recently made donations to two local schools and an organization. Last summer, Grace DeWolfe made and sold homemade sugar fudge, handcrafted sand dollar magnets, held a fundraiser selling three differe…

PORT HAWKESBURY: A series of public meetings that have been held around the province discussing the state of health care made a stop here recently. Provincial government officials hosted a community conversation on Dec. 2 in at the Bear Head Conference Room in the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Healt…