Victoria County

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Published: Monday, 17 December 2018 14:13

Holiday Hours 2018-2019

The BADDECK RECYCLING DEPOT & TRANSFER STATION will close at 2 pm on Friday, December 21, 2018.

 The BADDECK COURTHOUSE will close at 4 pm on Friday December 21 and remain closed until 8:30 am on Wednesday, January 2, 2019.

COLLECTION:

• For residents of Jersey Cove, North Shore, Cape Smokey and Ingonish, collection for Tuesday December 25 is resheduled to Thursday Dec 27, 2018.
• For residents of Baddeck, Baddeck Bay, Big Baddeck and North River to Barachois Bridge, collection for Wednesday December 26 is resceduled to Friday, Dec 28, 2018.
• For residents of Jersey Cove, North Shore, Cape Smokey and Ingonish, colelction on Tuesday January 1, 2019 is rescheduled to Thursday Jan 3, 2019

BADDECK RECYCLING DEPOT                 BADDECK TRANSFER STATION
Monday, Dec 24 Closed                                 Monday, Dec 24 Closed at noon
Tuesday, Dec 25 Closed                                Tuesday, Dec 25 Closed
Wednesday Dec 26 Closed                            Wednesday Dec 26 Closed
Dec 27, 28, 29 Open 8-4                               Dec 27, 28, 29 Open 8-4
Monday, Dec 31 Closed                                 Monday, Dec 31 Closed at noon
Tuesday Jan 1, 2019                                    Closed Tuesday Jan 1, 2019 Closed

NEW HAVEN RECYCLING DEPOT             DINGWALL TRANSFER STATION
Monday, Dec 24 Closed                                  Monday, Dec 24 Closed
Tuesday, Dec 25 Closed                                 Tuesday, Dec 25 Closed
Wednesday Dec 26 Closed                            Wednesday, Dec 26 Closed
Dec 27, 28, 29 Open 8-4                               Dec 27, 28, 29 Open 8-4
Monday, Dec 31 – Closed                              Monday, Dec 31 - Closed
Tuesday Jan 1, 2019 Closed                          Tuesday Jan 1, 2019 Closed

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Published: Wednesday, 05 December 2018 09:22

Municipal Notices

POSTPONED: The municipal council session scheduled for Monday Dec 17 has been postponed due to expected weather and road conditions.

The next meeting of Victoria County Municipal Council will be held at the Court House, Baddeck, on Wednesday December 19, 2018, beginning at 4:00 p.m.  Items on the agenda include:

• Call To Order/Approval of Agenda
• Matt Hart - Baddeck daycare
• Council Stipend Discussion
• Approval of Minutes - December 4, 2018
• Old Business/New Business
• Coffee Break
• Taxation Update
• Notice of Motions/District Concerns
• Committee Reports
• By-Law/Policy Review
• Correspondence
• Adjourn

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Published: Wednesday, 05 December 2018 08:58

2019-2020 Community Grant Program 

Applications and guidelines are now available for 2019 Community Grant program for non-profit organizations in Victoria County who are incorporated as a not for profit society with Registry of Joint Stock Companies in Nova Scotia. Please note deadline for application forms is March 31st, 2019. Below are the guidelines to the program and application form.

pdf MunicipalGrantsPolicy (11 KB)

pdf Application for 2019 2020 Financial Assistance (33 KB)

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Published: Thursday, 27 September 2018 10:23

Compliance 2018

Some changes coming... If you follow Municipality of Victoria County sorting guidelines and put recyclables in blue bags, compostables in green bags and garbage in clear bags, you likely will not see any change to the way you do things now.

Beginning October 22, 2018, we can no longer accept non-compliant waste that does not follow our Solid Waste by-law.

Have questions about the changes? Click here: Compliance 2018

Looking for a copy of our sort sheet? Click here: 2018 Sort Sheet

Want to read our Solid Waste By-law? Click here: Solid Waste By-Law

Questions about any of this? Contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 902-295-2117.

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Published: Tuesday, 28 August 2018 16:36

Money Point Quarry Letters

Warden letter to the editor of the Victoria Standard - August 24, 2018: Warden Letter to the Editor.

Council Letter to the Premier - May 7, 2018: Council Letter to Premier.

Premier's Response to Council - June 13, 2018: Premier's Response.

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Published: Friday, 13 July 2018 10:06

TAX FAQ

Tax bills are in the mail and due August 31, 2018. Questions about your tax bill? Check out our TAX FAQ.

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Published: Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:06

2018-2019 Municipal Tax Rate Set

The Municipality of the County of Victoria recently passed a 2-cent increase on residential and commercial property taxes. This is the first increase in more than a decade.

Residential rate is now $1.22 per $100 of assessment; the commercial rate is $2.12 per $100 of assessment.

The increase was required to meet the increasing demands on the municipality due to a number of things, including increased provincial regulations on solid waste and an increase in educational costs.

Tax bills will reflect this increase and will be in the mail soon. Property taxes are due August 31, 2018.
The Municipality of the County of Victoria budget can be found here and here.

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Published: Wednesday, 30 May 2018 12:06

Town Hall Meeting Follow up

More than 50 people joined Victoria County councillors Bruce Morrison and Perla MacLeod as they hosted a Town Hall with representatives from Irving Oil and the provincial department of Transportation, Infrastructure & Renewal (NS TIR) on June 5. Irving is planning upgrades, which include better access to and from their site, a re-arranging of traffic flow at the Irving gas pumps, card Lock and Tim Horton's. NS TIR is planning to add right and left turning lanes. Both expect this work to happen at the same time  - which is expected after Labour Day. The number one concern of residents at this meeting is the speed limit of 90 kilometers per hour on the Trans Canada. Most feel it should be lowered. Council has repeated asked for a lowered speed limit at this site and encourages everyone to write a letter to Lloyd Hines,  Minister of Transportation, Infrastructure & Renewal with this request.

Here is the Minister's mailing address, email and phone number:

Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
2nd Floor, Johnston Building
1672 Granville Street
P.O. Box 186
Halifax, NS
B3J 2N2

Phone: (902) 424-5875
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Here is the Municipality of Victoria County council's most recent letter to Minister Hines.

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Published: Friday, 11 May 2018 15:26

ReUse Centre

Great news! The ReUse Centre is up an running and now we are looking for Victoria County not-for-profits to run it for 4 consecutive Saturdays. Interested? Fill out the application and send it back to us.

Committment is 4 hours of your time each Saturday and your group gets all the money raised during that time! Fill out an application and your non-profit could be next! 

Print this application and send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Reduce|ReUse|Recycle

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Published: Monday, 02 April 2018 15:58

Victoria County Billeting Program

The Municipality of Victoria County in partnership with the Cape Breton Regional Enterprise Network has identified employee housing as a key priority.

In response we are starting a billeting program in where we are identifying people who have rooms available to rent and staff or businesses that need accommodation so we may assist in connecting these people. We will also hold information sessions for the people who have rooms and how to rent them out.
 

If you have a room you would like to rent or if you will be working in Victoria County and need an accommodation, please leave a message at 902-294-0126 or contact Patrick Austin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Please provide your name, phone number, email and what your need is (need a room/need a renter).

We will contact you shortly with more information.