ANTIGONISH: After weeks of careful deliberation, the staff and board of Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre (FAST) has decided to postpone the company’s entire 33rd season until the summer of 2021. FAST joins a growing list of...
PORT HOOD: An amateur cook with plenty of experience, has become a hit for the millions of people self-isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mary Janet MacDonald has seven children, and two of them are living in Alberta....
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO: The author of a new book about nurses during World War I says his work is relevant for these unprecedented times as health care workers toil on the front lines. Former Port Hawkesbury and...
DUNDEE: Strait area author Michael Gerhartz has entered his crime suspense thriller, Dark Times, into the Page Turner eBook Award. Hoping to win an audiobook production consisting or one of the other prizes, Gerhartz entered the Page...
PICTOU COUNTY: As is the case with almost every other large-scale event in Canada, the Stan Rogers Folk Festival will not be taking place this summer. On April 16, organizers announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic,...
HAMILTON, ONTARIO: Hoping to help Canadians stay at home, The Trews have released a new single and accompanying video. Safely in isolation at his home with his family, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald told The Reporter their latest track “God...
D’ESCOUSSE: Author Marjorie Simmins has released her third work of non-fiction. Simmins describes Memoir: Conversations and Craft as a celebration and a journey to the heart and soul of the memoir genre. She hopes the book will...
ANTIGONISH: The organizers of Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre will be making a decision at the end of this month about their 2020 season. Reema Fuller, managing director of Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre told The Reporter they are currently...
HALIFAX: On March 17, the East Coast Music Association (ECMA) announced the cancellation of 2020 East Coast Music Awards: Festival and Conference due to growing concerns about COVID-19. The event was slated to take place in...
SYDNEY: Building on the momentum of a recent Creative Economy Leaders Workshop, the Cape Breton Partnership will be hosting Creative Minds: Artists’ Stories, a four-part event series taking place throughout March and April. Creative Minds: Artists’ Stories...
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