SUMMERVILLE CENTRE, QUEENS COUNTY: As she retires from the diplomatic corps after a nearly three-decade career in outposts around the world, most recently as Canada’s ambassador to Jordan, Donica Pottie is mulling her next move.
DARTMOUTH: A panel tasked with making recommendations to address environmental racism has been established by the provincial government.
The provincial government said Agassou (Augy) Jones was appointed as the first panel member and his...
By: Steve Goodwin
Pictou Advocate
NEW GLASGOW: The privilege of serving Canadians, including those in Pictou County and the rest of Central Nova, is a dominating one for Sean...
PICTOU COUNTY: Premier Tim Houston says his government was “always upfront” that health care “would probably get a little worse before it got better,” but says the groundwork is being laid to remedy what’s a national problem...
ANTIGONISH: On the doorstep of a storefront along the Main Street of the town that adopted them as one of their own, the Hadhad family, along with numerous friends and community supporters, celebrated something pretty sweet.
ST. PETER’S: A Grade 12 student at Richmond Academy, who has been fundraising for autism programs, recently made donations to two local schools and an organization.
Last summer, Grace DeWolfe made and sold homemade...
ARICHAT: Marcel Richard only learned about Nova Scotia’s looming regulations to protect the province’s 13,000 kilometres of coastline by chance, and he’s worried how the restrictions might hinder his ability to construct a retirement home on a...
ANTIGONISH: Over $2 million in funding has been awarded to two StFX University faculty members for their work supporting climate change research.
Andrew MacDougall, an associate professor in StFX’s climate and environment department and...
TRURO: The commission tasked with investigating April 2020’s mass shooting and arson rampage that began in the small community of Portapique is working on an exhaustive final report following a public hearing process that raised skepticism and...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Born out of a desire to address the needs of the youngest members of the community, Raising the Villages held its Regional Fall Workshop last week to discuss what is working in terms of mental...