The Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Colchester says this year’s Canada Day celebrations will be marred with the imposition of a punishing new tax on gas and home heating fuel.

Oxford Mayor Greg Henley was surprised at news that Cumberland County is now in negotiations with the RCMP for policing services. 

Cumberland may have closed its energy authority, but the lure of prosperity through green energy remains attractive to local officials.

Vandals may be the undoing of Cumberland County’s transfer stations.

Cumberland County’s review of policing services has gone full circle and returned to the RCMP.

The Wallace Area Community Centre wants to establish a new area tax to fund the operation of its community hall.

Oxford Mayor Greg Henley opened the last council meeting before the summer break with a note of congratulations to the graduating class of 2023 from the Oxford Regional Education Centre. 

Customers of the Springhill Water Utility will soon have their water consumption measured and pay for what they use.

Nova Scotia’s Minister of Health announced a new component to the Need a Family Practice Registry which may help more people get the care they need sooner.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston continues to share his view that Ottawa doesn’t understand rural economies, and the carbon tax on fuel oil is the wrong policy choice.

The Town of Oxford’s next budget is about two weeks away, but some shopping couldn’t be put on hold.

It was a busy month for Cumberland South MLA Tory Rushton, also the Minister for Natural Resources, with raging wildfires, displaced Nova Scotians, and to top it off, an international fund-raising concert in Halifax that raised $330-thousand for wildfire victims.

An Amherst man faces a slew of drug and weapon charges after a traffic check in Amherst on Wednesday.

A Cumberland County man has been arrested and is facing multiple charges in relation to a break and enter at the Amherst Armoury.