POIRIERVILLE: A general store which was a fixture on
the north side of Isle Madame for decades had its origins in the Second World
War.
More than a million Canadians served in the Armed
Forces during World...
STRAIT AREA: A pair of events in Inverness County continued the global call for change in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody.
On June 13, Port Hawkesbury hosted a Black...
PORT HAWKEBSURY: The Desmond Fatality Inquiry heard from its final witnesses last week, including a psychiatrist who claimed Ret. Cpl. Lionel Desmond had an inadequate discharge plan when he left Ste. Anne’s Hospital in August 2016.
By Alec Bruce, Halifax Magazine
HALIFAX: One bright, sunny day in the near future, the inhabitants of tiny Canso, Nova Scotia, might spy from their craggy shoreline a new vessel...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A former platoon member of retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond says the intensity of the gunfights and the grim duties of war took their toll on the then 24-year-old infantryman.
Testifying on Feb....
ANTIGONISH: Rural branches of the Royal Canadian Legion
tend to suffer in Nova Scotia due to smaller population sizes and membership
competition between local clubs, but in Antigonish, the legion is thriving.
With more than 100...
Raissa Tetanish
Editor
Tatamagouche Light, Hub Now
HALIFAX: With almost 150 vacancies for family physicians and specialists in the province, the senior director in charge at the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is concerned.
But Grayson Fulmer said recruitment efforts are coming together...
ANTIGONISH: Wayne Ezekiel, incoming Chair of St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, welcomed three new board members at the foundation’s annual general meeting on June 25.
Germaine Silver will join the board as the representative of the St....
HALIFAX: The provincial government announced that people can gather in larger groups, events can now have more attendees and playgrounds are open.
Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health...
PAQTNKEK: Providing safe access and creating economic opportunities for the Paqtnkek First Nation in Antigonish County, Exit 36-B, a new interchange on Highway 104 was constructed - allowing access to the southern roads of the community for the first...