ANTIGONISH: Budding paleontologists, future forecasters, rockhounds, and climate detectives spent their summer exploring the world beneath their feet – and above their heads – through St. Francis Xavier University’s first-ever earth science summer camps.
CAPE BRETON: Alfred Wallace “Alfie” MacLeod, a long-serving Nova Scotia politician known for his work as a Progressive Conservative MLA and for his tenure as Speaker of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has died.
PORT HAWKESBURY: Fifty years ago, a small group of determined community members in Port Hawkesbury came together with a bold and compassionate vision: to create a place where individuals with disabilities could be supported, valued, and included...
HAVRE BOUCHER: Emergency crews responded to a serious incident on Highway 104 near Exit 38 in Havre Boucher, after a tractor-trailer struck an overpass and jackknifed.
The crash was reported at 9:17 p.m. on...
POMQUET: A devastating early-morning house fire in Pomquet has claimed a life, and Antigonish County District RCMP, alongside partnering agencies, are continuing their investigation.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, shortly after 5:30 a.m., RCMP officers,...
By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Cape Breton Post
MEMBERTOU: Membertou First Nation’s long-time Chief Terry Paul is among the first people appointed to a powerful, new Indigenous Advisory Council promised...
Wet plate photographers return and gather at Canada’s oldest collodion studio
By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Guysborough Journal
SHERBROOKE: A shared passion for 19th-century photography brought a...
ANTIGONISH: Two St. Francis Xavier University nursing professors are leading an innovative project that could change the way health care teams communicate and deliver patient care in Nova Scotia and across Canada.
Patti Hansen-Ketchum...
PORT HAWKESBURY: At its Sept. 16 committee of the whole meeting, Port Hawkesbury council received updates on Remembrance Day preparations, including the approval of a new crosswalk design honouring Strait Area veterans. Town staff intend to have...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A memorial honouring the late game warden Austin Letcher will be unveiled at the Grant’s Pond Trailhead on Oct. 18, recognizing the wildlife officer more than 50 years after he was killed in the line...