ARICHAT: A plan charting the course of the municipality for the next five years was unveiled to the public last week.
During the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on January 28 in Arichat, councillors approved the recommendation of...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The effort to combine justice with wellness made for a gripping discussion early last week, as the tale of bringing Wellness Courts to the local area was fleshed out by a person who knows the legal system...
ANTIGONISH: “Our history is your history.”
Celebrating the launch of African Heritage Month in Antigonish, a full house, which included Tony Ince, Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs, gathered in the Bloomfield Centre on January 31 at StFX.
“We gather to...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Members of the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada recently visited the local area to spread the word about what the group is doing locally and, more generally, to let everyone know March is a special time for...
STRAIT AREA: Two emergency departments in the Strait area, less than 50-kilometres apart, were closed a total of 1,279-hours during 2017-18, according to the recent release of the annual Accountability Report on Emergency Departments, published by the Department of...
ANTIGONISH: It was raining the first day Linden MacIntyre stepped foot on the StFX campus.
As he was being shuffled into the auditorium of the chapel, wearing an oversized black robe with his fellow Xavierians, something caught his eye. High...
ANTIGONISH: In preparation for their fourth annual bulk purchase of solar panels, Antigonish Community Energy Co-op hosted their “Seeing-Is-Believing,” solar home tour on January 19 to showcase what is being done on making the switch to solar electricity.
The tour,...
ANTIGONISH: Hannah Chisholm, founder of Eggcitables, a plant-based egg alternative, says she wouldn’t be where she is today without networking, and meeting the people she has.
Speaking at the Connect @ X event on January 17 at StFX University, the...
ANTIGONISH: A crucial service providing pregnant women the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, which had been regularly offered at the St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish, has been suspended.
Sally Loring, the senior...
ARICHAT: Funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) was announced for a program to revitalize the municipality’s shire town.
This morning in Arichat, Cape Breton-Canso MP Rodger Cuzner announced that ACOA invested $700,944 through its Innovative Communities Fund to...