Pictou County has made significant progress in cleaning up after last weekend's winter storm that left parts of the county impassable and trapped residents in their homes, according to the municipality's warden.
The project, which is the only one of its kind in Nova Scotia, is taking longer and costing millions more than originally expected. But officials say it should still eventually allow the county to pocket millions of dollars a year.
The six municipalities in Pictou County have committed $224,000 in capital funding towards the new Nova Scotia SPCA facility in Stellarton. The Muncipality of Pictou County and the Towns of New Glasgow, Pictou, Stellarton, Trenton and Westville announced their contribution to the new home for North Nova SPCA, currently under…
It wasn’t unanimous, but Pictou County council passed second reading of its own Marketing Levy by-law. Like other municipalities, the County will collect a three percent levy on room rates for hotels, motels and B&B’s beginning in 2024, which will be given to DEANS to fund tourism marketing of Pictou…
At last night’s regular monthly meeting, Warden Robert Parker gave an update to Pictou County Council on the progress of the Crisis Mental Health Working Group. The group, which was originally the County Warden and the Mayors of New Glasgow & Pictou, was formed soon after the Aberdeen Hospital closed…