ANTIGONISH: A community information session was held last week at the People’s Place Library to bring the Antigonish community up to speed on the status of the community solar garden project.
Staff of the...
STRAIT AREA: This year, for the first time, Canada is acknowledging the dark history of residential schools with a federal holiday; a day to honour the lost children and the survivors of a shameful chapter of the...
By Steve Goodwin
NOVA SCOTIA: More people are recognizing the importance of Truth and Reconciliation Day beyond First Nations communities.
It comes as the federal government passed legislation earlier this...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Desmond Inquiry heard from three witnesses last week, one of whom had already testified last year.
According to Nova Scotia's chief firearms officer, a potential federal regulation aimed at reducing intimate...
PORT HAWKESBURY: An important event was held to make newcomers to the region feel more welcome.
YReach Immigration Settlement, supported by the Town of Port Hawkesbury, hosted a welcome event on Sept. 15 at...
ROCKY BAY: The Isle Madame Garden Club has some ambitious and beautiful plans.
The volunteer, non-profit group is promoting an “Early Bloom Daffodil Trail” for Isle Madame, with a goal to grow 10,000 daffodils...
POTLOTEK, FIRST NATION: An initiative to enhance food security is off to a promising start.
The Potlotek First Nation greenhouse project broke ground just over a year ago, and as the organizers and staff...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A wind energy project that will use floating turbines far offshore to generate energy is looking at the Strait area as the base of their operation.
Iván Barroeta, President of Brezo Energy...
The human animal is unique in that it doesn’t consider itself an animal. We instead imagine ourselves as divine beings having outgrown our dirty origins in the great outdoors when in reality, our physical and mental health...
PORT HOOD: A municipal employee in Inverness County received an award for efforts on the job and in the community.
Municipality of the County of Inverness water/wastewater operator Mark Copley was presented with the...