Back to school in the Strait area

Photo by Drake Lowthers
The Eskasoni Drummers & Dancers showcased Pow-Wow and traditional stylings of Mi’kmaq dancing during the Peace and Friendship event at the NSCC Strait Area Campus.
Photo by Drake Lowthers
O-Crew members welcomed first-year students to the campus with their hands wide-open, quite literally.
Photo by Drake Lowthers
Levi Herney of The Eskasoni Drummers & Dancers looked sharp in his bright red men’s traditional outfit.
Photo by Drake Lowthers
The amount of pride and energy displayed from the O-Crew members as they welcomed new students to the campus truly made for an easier transition on day one at StFX on September 1.
Photo by Drake Lowthers
This eight-year-old dancer from The Eskasoni Drummers & Dancers danced grass, a blessing and flattening of the grass for a ceremony, dance, or battle.
Photo by Drake Lowthers
StFX O-Crew members brought the energy as they welcomed new students to the campus on September 1.
Photo by Drake Lowthers Barry Fougère, Alasdair Cameron, and Abby Mullendore provided entertainment during the Peace and Friendship event at the NSCC Strait Area Campus September 6.
Photo by Drake Lowthers
The StFX class of 2022, gathered in the middle of Oland Stadium for the traditional X photo on September 2.
Drake Lowthers

Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.

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Drake Lowthers has been a community journalist for The Reporter since July, 2018. His coverage of the suspicious death of Cassidy Bernard garnered him a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award and a 2019 Better Newspaper Competition Award; while his extensive coverage of the Lionel Desmond Fatality Inquiry received a second place finish nationally in the 2020 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards for Best Feature Series. A Nova Scotia native, who has called Antigonish home for the past decade, Lowthers has a strong passion in telling people’s stories in a creative, yet thought-provoking way. He graduated from the journalism program at Holland College in 2016, where he played varsity football with the Hurricanes. His simple pleasures in life include his two children, photography, live music and the local sports scene.