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...
HALIFAX: Three new judges have been appointed to the provincial court effective June 3.
Attorney General and Minister of Justice Brad Johns named lawyers Kelly Serbu, QC, of Halifax, Nicole Ann Rovers of Antigonish,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Arthur J. LeBlanc, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, annually presented the Lieutenant Governor’s Education Medal to selected Grade 11 students who have demonstrated qualities of leadership and service in the school and community, as well...
Photos by Mary HankeyThe Lieutenant Governor’s Community Spirit Award ceremony, at the community centre in We’koqma’q, started with a prayer by John William Cremo.
First Nations We’koqma’qewiskwa Drummers performed the Honour Song...
Photos by Mary HankeyStrait Area Chamber of Commerce President John Ouellette (left) presented Bill Stewart with the President’s Award. The award recognizes an individual or organization that has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the chamber of commerce...
Photos by Dana MacPhail-TouesnardA Flags of Remembrance plaque and flag in memory of the John Lazarus Landry was presented by Cape Breton-Canso MP Mike Kelloway (left) to Paul Martell, accepting on behalf of his late father-in-law...
PORT HAWKESBURY: During the Celebrating Service Retirement Banquet held on May 27, the Strait Regional Centre for Education (SRCE) extended congratulations and sincere thanks to the retirees of 2022 for their many years of dedicated service and...
Photos by Mary HankeyAshley Taylor, owner of the Cutting Edge Studio and Boutique, cut the ribbon during the grand reopening celebrations on May 7 in Port Hawkesbury.
The expansion and renovations of...
STRAIT AREA: Municipality of the County of Inverness team member Krista MacInnis was recognized as a Safety Innovation Expert, while Port Hawkesbury Paper’s Paul Kehoe was honoured as an Engagement Ally at the 2022 Safety First in...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia’s provincial parks will start opening on Friday (May 20) for another season.
Several camping and day-use parks will be open for the Victoria Day weekend and the rest will open in...