Category Archives: Covid-19

Town councillors in Antigonish have passed their budget with no tax rate increases. They approved the 2020-21 fiscal plan at a special meeting Monday night. The residential rate stays $1.09/$100 of as...

Tax rates in Antigonish Co. are staying put. Councillors passed their 2020-21 budget at June's regular municipal council meeting Monday night. The residential rate remains $0.88/$100 of assessment; th...

Justin Trudeau is promising to make real changes to address systemic racism and discrimination in Canada. Speaking in front of his Ottawa home, the Prime Minister said repeatedly that while his govern...

Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer continues to call on the Trudeau government to hold in-person sittings of parliament. Scheer feels the Liberal government isn’t being accountable for t...

With other municipal offices in the Quad Counties reopening, there isn't a firm plan for Inverness Co. yet. Warden Betty Ann MacQuarrie says there are a few staff in the building, but it remains close...

A new poll says a lot of us want virtual doctors’ appointments to continue after the pandemic. The Canadian Medical Association is out with the results of an Abacus Data poll in mid-May. Out of ...

Municipal officials in Inverness Co. have held the line on tax rates. Councillors approved a residential rate of $1.05/$100 of assessment and a commercial rate of $1.91/$100 of assessment when they pa...

The federal government is providing support for people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime minister Justin Trudeau announced a one time, maximum payment of 600 dollars to cover the c...

The acting executive director of the Strait Area Chamber of Commerce says there's a mix of nervousness and anxiousness among business owners to re-open. Susan Fox says many of those business owners to...

Seniors continue to be hardest-hit by COVID-19, according to new numbers from Canada’s chief public health officer. Dr. Theresa Tam says eight per cent of Canadians with the virus have died, and...