PORT HOOD: Community groups in Inverness County seeking municipal funding now have a new policy and online resource designed to simplify the application process and make grants more accessible.
Morgan Murray, director of Culture...
PORT HOOD: Inverness County’s interim director of finance was formally introduced to municipal council last Thursday, although the new staff member is already a familiar face to many around the council table.
Jim Davis...
HALIFAX: It turns out Cape Breton and Newfoundland are still part of Canada – despite what some Hilroy notebooks appeared to suggest.
The school-supply company has apologized after customers noticed that Cape Breton and...
ANTIGONISH: For five days last week, the sights, sounds and traditions of rural life once again took centre stage in Antigonish as the Eastern Nova Scotia Exhibition celebrated its 160th anniversary.
The annual exhibition...
ST. ANN’S: More than 100 members of the Gaelic College Foundation are calling for action to address what they describe as a governance crisis at Colaisde na Gàidhlig | The Gaelic College.
The call...
Peace by Chocolate bar protests Lake Ontario name change
By Jack Sponagle
The Advocate
ANTIGONISH: The term “unusual times” seems to be a recurring one.
PLEASANT HILL: A man has died following a house fire in Pleasant Hill.
Inverness County District RCMP and other first responders attended a residence on Kings Road at approximately 8:45 a.m. on Aug. 28...
JOHNSTOWN: The Johnstown Milling Frolic has been a fixture in the community for more than 90 years, an annual gathering anticipated by residents young and old as summer draws to a close.
But after...
STRAIT AREA: Students across the Strait Regional Centre for Education will have expanded access to the Nova Scotia School Lunch Program this fall, as the provincial program reaches every public school in Nova Scotia.
BEECH HILL: More than $560,000 in federal funding will help extend municipal water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure needed to support the construction of 150 new affordable housing units in Antigonish County.
Parliamentary Secretary and...