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How to find municipal information

Wondering where to find municipal information that's important to you?

Email Notifications

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  • Council agendas and meeting information
  • Explore Life - quarterly recreation guide
  • Municipal Insight - digital copy of newsletter
  • Regulatory changes - Public Hearings, By-Law/Policy creation and amendments, and Public Information Meetings related to Planning matters
  • Waste collection notices
  • Closures and cancellations (auto-generated through website changes)
Social Media
Print
  • Municipal Insight - usually every two months with general municipal content via Canada Post or digitally.
  • Explore Life - quarterly guide to recreation programming and topics of interest via Canada Post or digitally.
  • Advertisements for public meetings, public hearings, employment opportunities, by-law and policy amendments, etc. These are usually in local newspapers or, if timing permits, the municipal and community newsletters.
  • Miscellaneous - Sometimes we put out information through direct mail or unaddressed admail that is specific to a project or special event. Sometimes we also use local community newsletters as well.
Radio
  • We advertise and post cancellations/waste collection notices on CKBW
  • Occasionally on HANK FM and COVE FM
Other Websites

We are always available by telephone, email, or in person during regular hours, which are Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Our contact information is at  https://chester.ca/government/administration.

All of our documents (with the exception of personal info, personnel records, intellectual property of outside businesses and organizations, and some records related to contractual agreements) are available to the public. Many of the old records are digitally stored or kept by the NS Archives.

  • Routinely requested records are available at https://chester.ca/government/records or upon request through our Office or through our Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP) process. You can contact our FOIPOP Officer by calling 902-275-4108 or emailing foipop@chester.ca.