PORT HAWKESBURY: A celebrated local artist was laid to rest earlier this month.
Michael Joseph Franklin “Frank” Wright of Port Hawkesbury died at Strait Richmond Hospital in Evanston on Feb. 9. He was born...
By: Marjorie Simmins
TORONTO: Sometimes people have to travel far from their place of origin, to know what they’ve been given.
For award-winning journalist and author Linden MacIntrye, who has lived most of his adult in Ontario, Cape Breton Island remains...
MULGRAVE: Strait area duo Eastbound will be releasing their self-titled debut CD
on August 2 at the Dundee
Resort and Golf Club while their self-titled single receives heavy
rotation on radio stations around Nova Scotia.
Husband and...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The brand-new Strait Area Theatre
Society (SATS) has a special Thanksgiving treat for local audiences craving
home-grown community theatre and visitors to Cape Breton seeking a serving of
truly authentic music, comedy and storytelling.
SATS’...
ST. PETER’S: A project in Richmond County is connecting
the past, present and future in a way that only sharing stories can.
“The Villa Vignettes” project brought seniors who live
at the Richmond Villa in St....
ARICHAT: A new book is examining traditional medicines and procedures.
Gabriel LeBlanc’s third French language book Les remédies acadiens de mon Isle Madame was officially released during a book launch late in January at...
YELLOWKNIFE, N.T.: For Stephen Richardson, who grew up in Grand River and didn’t pick up a guitar until his twenties, he says it’s almost mind boggling to have been nominated for a JUNO Award once, let alone...
PETIT DE GRAT: The author of a new book set partially in Isle Madame was happy to return to the home of her father and ancestors.
On October 25, the Isle Madame Historical Society sponsored a book launch and reading...
WESTVILLE: Bailey MacKinnon is going to Kick it With Kissel.
The 19-year-old Westville singer will be the opening act for Brett Kissel on his “Ice, Snow & 30 Below Tour” which will make its way to the Port Hawkesbury Civic...
ANTIGONISH: Music of the Night took Antigonish back to the 1960s with the production of the eccentric musical Hairspray.
This was Music of the Night's 17th production in the past 21 years. Hairspray tells a story about racial inequality, body...