PORT HAWKESBURY: The Town of Port Hawkesbury will host the “One Cape Breton: Future Forward Leaders’ Summit” on November 23 and 24 at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre.
The summit is an annual event that brings together municipal elected officials...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Start-up Port Hawkesbury contest is a Dragon’s Den-style contest that will see one new business win two years of rent free space in Port Hawkesbury, pre-qualify for a $20,000 business loan, receive pro-bono legal services, graphic...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Tamarac Education Centre’s Grade 7 and 8 French Immersion students, along with their teachers Lisa McNamara and Stephanie Sampson, travelled to Halifax for a hands-on social studies experience.
Thanks to funding received through the Ruth Goldbloom Educational Bursary...
HALIFAX: Two streams near the southwest corner of Bras d’Or Lake were the classroom for a couple of days last summer for 20 Nova Scotia Community College students from the Strait Area Campus in Port Hawkesbury.
They were working on...
ANTIGONISH: A new juice-making company received some early seed money.
Clever Fruit Juice Limited, based out of Antigonish received $50,000 through the Innovacorp’s Spark Innovation Challenge. Peter MacNeil, president of Clever Fruit Juice, said Sean Sears, chair of Clever Fruit...
ST. PETER’S: Partners in life and business, Kate Fotheringham and Jim Chadwick recently celebrated the grand opening of Back on the Rack Consignment Boutique.
The shop, located upstairs at 9941 Grenville Street in St. Peter’s, takes clothing and shoes on...
JUDIQUE: Today it is difficult for many people to imagine what it was like for families on the home front waiting for news during the First World War.
For one local family, letters home preserve the story of three brothers...