ANTIGONISH: While the hot summer sun is usually public enemy number one for an ice cream cone, it’s keeping one local ice cream shop running.
Happy Cones is a solar-powered ice cream trailer created,...
BROOK VILLAGE: An unexpected closure to a bridge connecting communities along Route 252 in Inverness County has local community members demanding answers.
On very short notice, the Province of Nova Scotia announced after realizing...
GUYSBOROUGH: The CAO of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) says while councillors are disappointed, they’re not surprised Pieridae Energy pulled the plug on their Goldboro LNG facility.
“We don’t invest in...
ANTIGONISH: The leader of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative (PC) Party toured the area last weekend, with health care at the top of the priority list.
Tim Houston said while it’s still early, the...
By: Jackie Jardine
CARIBOU RIVER: Mary May Simon had no idea growing up as a little girl in a remote Inuit village in northern Quebec that she would someday...
ANTIGONISH: After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seventh annual Helping the Helpers Awareness Education Day for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is scheduled for Sept. 11 at StFX.
The day is...
DARTMOUTH: A local inshore fisheries group was approved for federal and provincial funding to improve lobster quality.
On July 16, the Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia announced funding through the...
ANTIGONISH: On a campaign stop in Antigonish on July 21, Premier Iain Rankin said an elected Liberal government will continue twinning efforts along Highway 104, creating a safer highway from Antigonish to Port Hawkesbury.
INVERNESS COUNTY: A local municipality could be among those added to a new program between the federal government and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).
On July 16, Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans...
HALIFAX: Hospitals in the region were approved for provincial funding.
On July 15, the provincial government confirmed it is investing $7.6 million in equipment upgrades, including new diagnostic, imaging and monitoring equipment.