CACHING IN: The 2024 Earth Day celebration in Sherbrooke included geocaching. Participants Tyler MacLaughlin (left), Dennis Rycroft, Mike Thistle and Ashlyn Breen (front) are shown on the hunt, which also included Edna Fitzherbert and Charlene Porter (not pictured). See story in this week's edition.
Photo Credit: Charlene Porter
Townhouse style apartments to be built in Guysborough
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH — The Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) has cleared the way for a new housing development, green lighting the direct sale of a four-acre parcel of land at Cutler’s Brook Estates to Atlantic Edge on Properties Inc. of Antigonish for $50,000.
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CACHING IN: The 2024 Earth Day celebration in Sherbrooke included geocaching. Participants Tyler MacLaughlin (left), Dennis Rycroft, Mike Thistle and Ashlyn Breen (front) are shown on the hunt, which also included Edna Fitzherbert and Charlene Porter (not pictured). See story in this week's edition.
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
May 8 2024
GUYSBOROUGH — The Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) has cleared the way for a new housing development, green lighting the direct sale of a four-acre parcel of land at Cutler’s Brook Estates to Atlantic Edge on Properties Inc. of Antigonish for $50,000. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
COUNTRY HARBOUR — Despite worries raised at Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) council last week, there’s no scheme to permanently cut back the Emergency Health Services (EHS) base in Country Harbour, a provincial spokesperson told The Journal last week. READ MORE
By Corey LeBlanc
STORMONT — An historic building here – a pillar of the community for a century – will be the venue for an upcoming gospel concert to mark that milestone. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
CANSO — It’s the kind of tale any seadog might tell while sitting on the edge of his seat. But, Billy Bond, Canso fisher of everything from lobster to bluefin tuna for more than five decades, seems almost laid back when he recounts that time on the water, some six years ago, when he interrupted a great white shark in mid-meal.
SUBSCRIBEBy Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
CANSO — With a two-year continuation of its environmental approval secured last month, work on meeting conditions is getting underway on the long-delayed Black Point quarry near Canso, says a spokesperson for Alabama-based Vulcan Materials.
SUBSCRIBEBy Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE — The Municipality of the District of St Mary’s held its inaugural First Responders Day, in honour of local firefighters, police officers and paramedics, on May 1 in Sherbrooke.
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By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH — As part of its plans to generate gigawatts of power from wind farms it intends to build in Guysborough County, EverWind Fuels Inc. has struck a community benefits agreement (CBA) that could pour millions of dollars into the local economy over the next several years, according to the company’s engagement manager Mark Stewart. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
CANSO — Due to supply problems caused by the the war in Ukraine, Maritime Launch Services (MLS) says it is pivoting away from sending its own rockets into space and becoming “more of an airport model” for others, says founder and CEO Steve Matier. READ MORE
By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
HALIFAX — The president of the St. Mary’s River Association (SMRA) is the recipient of the 2024 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Conservation. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH — The Housing Trust of Nova Scotia (HTNS) is sharpening its scissors for a December ribbon-cutting on eight affordable, townhouse-style rental homes it will construct this fall at Cutler’s Brook Estates in Guysborough. READ MORE
By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE — The Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s has its budget in place for the 2024-25 fiscal year. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
MULGRAVE — Shaunna Scott of the Mulgrave and Area Medical Centre’s (MAMC) food pantry is still fathoming the good news. With a $150,000 grant this month from the provincial government, her operating budget has ballooned by ten-fold, literally overnight. READ MORE
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