PORT HOOD: Roughly 9,000 vehicles cross the Canso
Causeway every day to enter Cape Breton, which has become a world class tourism
destination. Sadly, the first experience those drivers have is far from world
class.
That was...
HALIFAX: It tasted just as sweet as the chocolate his
family has been making for the past 30-years.
Tareq Hadhad, the founder and CEO of his family’s
Antigonish-based chocolate company, Peace by
Chocolate, along with 49 other...
ANTIGONISH: St. Francis Xavier University has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Maritime
Launch Services Ltd. – the company looking to construct and operate
a private, commercial space launch site in Canso – for research and rural
economic diversification.
PORT HAWKESBURY: The weather might have been chilly and
unsightly, but spirits in the Lodge Rooms of St. Mark’s United Church were warm
and inviting as local Freemasons gathered to celebrate a milestone.
“Our charter was...
LOUISDALE: When Patsy Landry decided to retire to her
home community in Richmond County after working away for 12 years, her
daughter, Brittany Morell, seized the opportunity to make a long-time dream a
reality.
The mother-daughter team,...
STRAIT AREA: Two emergency departments in the Strait
area, less than 50-kilometres apart, were closed a total of 1,664-hours during
2018-19, according to the recent release of the annual Accountability Report on
Emergency Departments, published by the Department of Health...
SACKVILLE: Whether it’s dressing as Cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation, donning a tutu,
or eating a habanero pepper, Antigonish native Eric Anstey goes to some
hilarious ends in the name of charity.
When asked why he...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Charitable efforts in local
communities figure prominently in making the holidays happy for families in
need, and Seasonal Services is leading the way in the Strait area.
For more than 40 years, the charitable...
PETIT DE GRAT: What started out as friendly competition
has turned into a fundraiser for local organizations.
The second annual “Light Up Lundrigan Lane,” took place
last Sunday night in Petit de Grat with proceeds going...
PORT HOOD: Councillors in Inverness County got an
overview of an economic and population growth strategy currently being worked
out for Cape Breton during their committee-of-the-whole meeting last Thursday.
“You can’t have one without the other,”...