KEMPT ROAD: The founder of the Friends United International Convention Centre says a recently filmed conversation series is a combined effort to learn about Indigenous People, their heritage and culture, while also learning from what happened in...
HALIFAX: Provincial and federal officials are in stark disagreement over the federal government’s implementation of a carbon tax.
On Nov. 22 the Government of Canada announced what it called “A Fair and Affordable Pollution...
POTLOTEK FIRST NATION: It is expected that funding for the Mi’kmaw Economic Benefits Office will help link Indigenous youth in Cape Breton with jobs of the future.
On Nov. 10, Jaime Battiste, Parliamentary Secretary...
ARICHAT: More than three decades after overcoming a brain tumour, a former teacher and counsellor is hopeful she can do it once again.
In 1990, Delores Boudreau of Arichat underwent surgery for a large...
PETIT DE GRAT: A retired Canadian Military Officer from Isle Madame is the first female commanding officer of an Atlantic Canadian reserve unit.
Not long after retiring from the Canadian Forces, Rachelle Heudes was...
ANTIGONISH: A StFX professor who is assisting to lead a project aimed at helping school-aged boys develop healthy masculinity says to receive over $1-million in funding is a dream come true.
“It’s kind of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Nova Scotia Judiciary say they expect Judge Warren Zimmer’s final report and recommendations from the Desmond Fatality Inquiry to be filed with the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia “sometime next year.”
STRAIT AREA: For a little over a week, the Canso Causeway has been home to marine life that not typically seen in local waters, especially this close to shore.
A humpback whale, common and...
Photos by Mary HankeyChief Donald MacDonald, on behalf of the Port Hawkesbury Volunteer Fire Department, accepted the Friendship Award from the branch’s Honours and Awards Chairman Sylvester MacInnis in recognition of the Department’s important relationship with...
LORNE, PICTOU COUNTY: Two months after his passing, the family and friends of Retired Sergeant Tyson Matthew Bowen are working to keep his vision alive.
Bowen, of Lorne, Pictou County, passed away at the...