Photos by Mary Hankey -- Isabella Murphy followed in her mother Dawna’s footsteps by participating in the Techsplorer event held at the NSCC Strait Area Campus. Dawna attended the first Techsploration program that was held in...
District 6 volunteers honoured at St. Peter’s Parish Hall in Port Hood were (back, from left): Marion Sauer, Scott Landry, Ian Cameron, Richard MacDonald, Neil Marple, and Denena MacLellan. In front are (from the left): Loretta...
PORT HAWKESBURY: April 9 was no ordinary day for Jake
MacNeil, a Grade 10 student at SAERC.
As it turns out, MacNeil had thoroughly impressed the
judges and brought home first place honours during the Nova...
L’ARDOISE: Richmond County youth and seniors have come
together to publish about 12 storybooks in a pilot program called Villa Vignettes.
The stories will be written and illustrated by 23
Grades 5 and 10 students from...
Grade 4: Bronze medal, ($30 cash), “Generating
Opportunities For Electrical Energy,” Nathan Campbell and Jonah Ellis,
Whycocomagh Education Centre; “Fresh vs polluted good vs evil,” Hunter Delorey,
Antigonish Education Centre; “Does Air Temperature Impact Your Golf Game,” Ben Brown,
Antigonish Education...
HALIFAX: The Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) is pleased to announce the finalists in the 2018 competition.
In the “Best Community Newspaper News Story” category, The Reporter’s Drake Lowthers was nominated for his extensive reporting of the suspicious death of Cassidy...
HALIFAX: Volunteers from across Nova Scotia were honoured at the province’s 45th annual Provincial Volunteer Award Ceremony on April 1 for their selfless contributions.
The Strait area recipients include: Municipality of the District of Guysborough volunteer Chelsea Burke; Town of...
DARTMOUTH: Land in the Mabou Highlands is now part of a land conservation campaign by the Nova Scotia Nature Trust (NSNT).
The NSNT’s “Lasting Landscapes” campaign was already on track for historic land conservation achievements. With an unexpected $400,000 top-up...
HALIFAX: StFX University’s National Dinner EAST, held on March 29, at Halifax’s Cunard Centre, was a fitting celebration of StFX’s strong legacy of leadership, and the role the university has played in shaping leaders from political, business and community...
