STRAIT AREA: Although some do not agree, federal and
provincial officials have deemed the fishery an essential service and they want
it to continue.
Lobster fishermen around the Strait area are debating
whether to return to the...
HALIFAX: Front-line workers in every public and private
long-term care home, residential care facility and home-care agency across the
province will now be expected to wear masks to help reduce the spread of
COVID-19. Distribution to workers began over the...
STRAIT AREA: With deaths now confirmed and the number of cases of COVID-19 continuing to rise, the provincial and federal governments promised more help.
During an update on April 9, Premier Stephen McNeil and
Dr....
ARICHAT:
A local health care facility is undergoing changes in the midst of the global
COVID-19 pandemic.
The
emergency department at St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre in Arichat
is now designated as an Urgent Care Centre...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Three weeks out from the Female Leadershhip School in the Cape Breton/ Unama’ki/ Strait region, the organizer has announced that unfortunately, the event needs to be postponed.
Port Hawkesbury Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town officials are projecting a
$100,000 loss in revenue for the month of April, and in a “best case scenario,”
a total of $300,000 in losses over the next six months.
Outlining current and...
ANTIGONISH: For only the second time in the event’s
history, the Antigonish Highland Games will be postponed.
Antigonish Highland Society President Bill Fraser and
Antigonish Highland Games Chair David Smith announced the suspension of the
157th Antigonish...
IRON MINES: In a time of practicing social distancing
and a provincial state of emergency, with a mandate to stay indoors, L’Arche
Cape Breton has learned to find different ways of doing what they do best –
making known the...
By: Raissa Tetanish
DEBERT: “You’re my angel.”
That’s a sentence Crystal Blair has heard on more than
one occasion over the last couple of weeks while offering free meals to
truckers amid...
ARISAIG: It has been a sobering reality since the
beginning of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, disinfectants and
sanitizers have been flying off the shelves in high demand while being in short
supply.
However, a resourceful craft...