STRAIT AREA: Local municipal councils have agreed to meet with representatives of Cape Breton’s creative sector.
During the regular monthly meeting of Port Hawkesbury Town Council on March 2 and Inverness Municipal Council on...
Sponsored Content: Chelsea Brooks’ home community is Indian Brook, Nova Scotia. She is the daughter of the late David J. Brooks and Alice Brooks. She first began painting at two-years-old. Her father taught her to draw, paint,...
MULGRAVE: The second annual Dundee Resort Folk Music
Festival will be held at the end of May.
Organizer Krista Luddington said this year’s edition,
which will take place May 22-24 at the Dundee
Resort and Golf Club...
ANTIGONISH: After its inaugural festival in 2019, the Nova Scotia Summer Fest is hitting the road this summer.
Based in the heart of Antigonish, the festival’s first year featured such acts as Classified, Alan...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Several businesses in the area were recently visited by a group of young women using the gift of music to spread the word about helping the less fortunate.
The volunteers were representing Children’s Joy Foundation (CJF) Canada, and...
GUYSBOROUGH: They’re at it again!
The Guysborough Players is a non-profit community excuse for nonsense and mayhem. Their spring 2017 offering “I’m Glad I’m Not Young Anymore” features music and comedy around the theme of getting older (or not!).
Patrons of...
MABOU: Frank Macdonald, who had two novels in the
running for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and who won the Best
Canadian Play at the Liverpool International Theatre Festival, is the real deal
when it comes to writing. He’s...
Photos by Nicole FawcettWhile groups remained in their bubbles and masks were worn, children and seniors alike were treated to a day of games, a maze, treats, and fun.
The day ended...
CHINA: A local author took inspiration from her family’s past while writing her first book.
Never Speak of This Again, the debut novel by Brenda MacLennan-Dunphy tells the story of a young Cape Breton woman who went away to work...
SYDNEY: Lobster-licious, a new culinary event featuring non-traditional and innovative lobster dishes, was launched at 19 food establishments across Cape Breton Island last Saturday, July 4. The event will run until July 26, with each food operator...