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Published: 12 June 2025

Cumberland municipal council approves $910,854 in grants to organizations

Cumberland municipal council voted to approve $910,854 in grants to organizations throughout the municipality.

The decision was made at a special meeting on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

The municipality is providing $699,854.50 in general grants as well as $144,240 in annual grants.

There are $90,000 in district grants ($10,000 per district plus the mayor) and $7,000 in bursaries to seven county high schools.

The municipality received approximately $1.8 million in requests for financial assistance from this year.

Council agreed to increase the tax rate, in part, to provide more funds for this program. Still, not all requests could be granted in full.

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Published: 28 May 2025

Second Reading and Adoption of the By-law to Amend the Land Use By-law 25-03 and 25-04 took place on Monday, May 26th, 2025.

The purpose of the adopted By-laws are:
By-law to Amend the Land Use By-law 25-03
• to rezone PID 25182171, 15518 Highway 6, Upper Malagash from the Agriculture (AG) Zone to the Country Commercial (CCou) Zone.

By-law to Amend the Land Use By-law 25-04
• to rezone PID 25350869, the property between 148 Blue Sea Road and Golden Brook, Malagash Centre from the Agriculture (AG) Zone to the Residential Recreation (RRec) Zone.

Any aggrieved person, the Provincial Director of Planning, or the Council of any adjoining municipality may, within fourteen days of the publishing of this notice, appeal to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (1-855-442-4448 / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) in accordance with the provision of the Municipal Government Act.

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Published: 26 May 2025

Municipality of Cumberland passes new pets policy

Cumberland municipal council has passed a new pets policy.

The policy establishes guidelines regarding the presence of pets within the service centres and the Dr. Carson & Marion Murray Community Centre and ensures the safety, health and comfort of employees, council members, committee members and visitors to the buildings.

Exceptions will be made for service animals that are clearly identified, or in the case of the community centre for animals associated with an event taking place on site.

A recent occurrence at the Upper Nappan Service Centre brought to light the need to expand the scope of the current policy to include service centers.

While it has been the general practice to limit animal access to service centres to service animals and there are decals posted stating that only service animals are allowed, there is no policy reinforcing this.

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Published: 06 May 2025

Please be advised that the May 2025 regular council meeting of Cumberland Council has been rescheduled.

Regular Council will now take place on Monday, May 26, 2025, at 4 pm

(Committee of the Whole will still take place on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 4 pm)

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Published: 29 April 2025

LIBERTY LANE POWER AND LOGISTICS INC. has made an appeal to the Nova Scotia Regulatory and Appeals Board from a decision of the Municipality of Cumberland Council to refuse a rezoning application respecting property located at 1370 Southampton Road, West Amherst, Nova Scotia (PID 25394958)

Hearing starts:  Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 10:30 a.m.

(Continuing Wednesday, July 9, 2025, if necessary)

Evening Session:  Tuesday, July 8, 2025 6:00 p.m.

Hearing Location: Cumberland County Council Chambers

1395 Blair Lake Rd Upper Nappan NS

Board Hearings are open to the public and you may participate as follows:

 You may speak at the hearing. You must notify the Board by Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

• You may make written comments by sending a letter to the Clerk of the Board at P.O. Box 1692, Unit “M”, Halifax, NS B3J 3S3, or by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or by fax at (902) 424-3919 by Tuesday, June 17,
• You may request formal standing as an Intervenor, subject to Board approval. This will allow you to present evidence or cross-examine witnesses. Your request must be received by the Board by Tuesday, May 6, 2025, and a copy of your written evidence by Friday, May 23, 2025, for Intervenors supporting the Appellants, and by Friday June 6, 2025, for Intervenors supporting the Municipality.
• Alternatively, you may request a copy of the audio file for proceedings after the hearing by contacting the Clerk of the Board.

Additional information about the matter is as follows:

 A copy of the appeal and any timetable applying to this matter may be viewed on the Board’s website at https://www.nserbt.ca/nsrab by clicking on "Matters & Evidence", “Search Records”, and in the "Go Directly to Matter” search box, enter Matter No. M12151, or at the offices of the Municipality of Cumberland.

 To assist the Board in using correct forms of address and pronouns in our hearings and decisions, we invite all parties, lawyers, and all other participants to share their pronouns and titles with the Board and each other if they are comfortable doing so. There is no requirement to provide this information.