ANTIGONISH: During a special council meeting on Dec. 8, the Town of Antigonish approved a motion in support of enhancing Antigonish as a tourist destination for cycling and mountain biking, from a group of local businesses.
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Capers U18 squad battled to the championship final of the Volleyball Nova Scotia Super Series held last weekend at the SAERC gym, and the local girls came just shy of dropping Dartmouth for top spot.
“We were...
Photo by Dana MacPhail-TouesnardSoftball was also part of the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Summer Games schedule.
Photo by Dana MacPhail-TouesnardAn Ulnooweg Education Centre team faced off against Parks Canada staff in a friendly...
POMQUET: The Pomquet Acadians are the AGR fastpitch league champs for 2017.
The guys won the championship by dropping the Guysborough Broadhorns 2-0 in the final game of the championship tournament on August 26.
Mark Dort and Robbie Doiron homered for...
LOUISDALE:
A university-level basketball skills camp will take place at Richmond Academy
on May 18-19 for players from grade six to 12.
“All the
universities have basketball camps, but you have to travel to them,” said
Darren Campbell,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait Pirates went to 5-1-0 in the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League after humbling the Valley Maple Leafs 11-1 Friday night.
The Pirates were on fire from the word go, jumping out to a 3-0 first period...
PORT HOOD:
The Cape Breton West Islanders spent their second consecutive weekend without a
win last Saturday and Sunday when hosting the Cole Harbour Wolfpack.
The final
was 5-2 on Saturday and 6-4 on Sunday, and the...
CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI: Considering the meteoric-like rise from being a walk-on at training camp to Atlantic University Sport (AUS) rookie of the year for women’s hockey, it is not surprising Orianna MacNeil was “over the moon” when she...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Discipline and hard work paid off for Gracie Bowie and Ben Madden as, last Friday night, the two Larade Tae Kwon Do athletes earned a second degree black belt.
“A lot of hard work went into it, especially...
CANSO: After 40 years of service, the Canso and Area Arena Commission is stepping aside to allow for an operational change at their local rink.
The commission is currently finalizing the process of handing...