HALIFAX: Lieutenant Governor Arthur J. LeBlanc announced on June 2, that the Queen has approved the design of the Platinum Jubilee Medal, and over the coming months, it will be awarded to 5,000 Nova Scotians in recognition...
Photos courtesy Strait Area TransitStrait Area Transit’s newest addition to its fleet, a 2020 Dodge Promaster, hit the road on April 9 in Inverness County as driver Barry Vaters loaded the van’s first accessible client, Jesse...
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...
We care deeply about community. In recent days, we been inspired by the rise of community spirit as we collectively support our fellow citizens from a distance.
To: Advocate Family & Our...
HALIFAX: The provincial government announced it is investing in 36 projects that will improve existing cultural and community facilities.
A total of $910,000 will be invested in projects across the province this year through...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Congratulations to the 10 students
from Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre/Academy, Dr. J.H. Gillis Regional
High School and SAERC who participated in the Nova Scotia Skills Competitions
held at various campuses of the Nova Scotia Community College from...
JUDIQUE: Tartan Gardens has been named a “150th Celebration Gardens” by the Canadian Garden Council in collaboration with Vesey’s Bulbs of PEI – in celebration of Canada’s sesquicentennial in 2017.
Containing 1,000 tulip bulbs, the international symbol of friendship and...
Photos by Dana MacPhail-Touesnard
Chris Stout (left) and Finlay MacDonald performed together at the last week’s Celtic Colours show at the Riverdale Community Centre in Lower River Inhabitants.
Fiddle player Hailee LeFort, a...
INVERNESS: Heather Rankin, co-owner of The Red Shoe Pub in Mabou, was at Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital (ICMH) recently to present a cheque for $15,000 in support of the hospital’s emergency department.
“We feel...