The Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Colchester has been appointed to a new committee of the House of Commons.

Cumberland Municipal Council continues to look at big ticket items to find taxpayer savings. Waste collection and disposal, police and fire services, and the size of council still top the list.

You can’t see the forest for the trees came to mind tonight at the Pugwash Village Commission meeting as Pugwash Communities in Bloom (CiB) asked permission to consider a “tree blitz” to replace trees lost in hurricane Dorian.

Tolls will remain in place for the Cobequid Pass as the province uses the revenue for other projects.

Conservative Lands and Forestry Critic Tory Rushton is demanding that Lands and Forestry Minister Iain Rankin answer critical questions raised by members of the forestry industry.

The MLA for Cumberland South says arson creates a huge waste of firefighting resources and is a direct threat to firefighters.