Cape Breton Regional Municipality has approved the first draft of a rooming house bylaw. Some people in the property business say regulations are welcome, but a licensing fee and enforcement may pose a problem for landlords.
The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg appears poised to move ahead with land-use bylaws and planning rules related to coastal protection, which could make it the first council to do so after the provincial government announced it was abandoning the Coastal Protection Act.
Elected officials in Cape Breton Regional Municipality are raising concerns about the future of economic development in the area after the province cut a rail line subsidy and announced funding for a light-rail study without consultation.
Winter in the Maritimes might have been warmer than expected, but there was still plenty of snow and slush from December to March, which meant there were also plenty of overnight parking bans and, for some cities, plenty of tickets and towed vehicles.