Two visitor information centres will not reopen this year and seven provincial parks in Nova Scotia will switch to self-service as part of a program review that will save more than $1 million a year by 2016. The changes will affect 58 seasonal staff, 38 at the parks... read more
However, council will support the event in principle. Bruce McNab, originally from Dartmouth is proposing the “Escape Across The Gulf,” commemorating the magician’s 1896 ferry crossings on the SS Yarmouth to New England. The proposed festival would... read more
A process will soon be launched to map out what to do with the old Yarmouth high school on Parade Street. The Town of Yarmouth’s Economic Development Officer Natalie Smith presented a plan for execution of the project at yesterday’s Committee of the Whole... read more
The Town of Yarmouth will begin budget consultations for the 2015-2016 fiscal year next month. Once again, a tight budget is expected with not much room to move, with staff indicating the town is already within $75,000 of the total budget. Last year, the budget was... read more
Because the bus would not leave town limits, Utility and Review Board approval is not needed. Councillor Phil Mooney tells CJLS, that could bring the service back in a more timely manner. http://cjls.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Mooney-Transit-1.mp3 A change in the... read more
Nova Scotia’s education minister says she may have to step in to determine how some school boards will make up lost classroom time because of winter storm days. Karen Casey says it’s up to school boards to figure out how the lost time will be made up... read more
