PORT HAWKESBURY: A cargo ship moored at this town’s Strait of Canso Superport Corporation (SCSC) pier for the past 14 months is ready for its final inspection but may still be “several weeks” from its formal departure, according to...
ARICHAT: Following a year that saw Richmond County officials wrestle with the proper means of releasing information to the public, Nova Scotia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner met with the county’s municipal council to outline their options.
Catherine Tully addressed last...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Community members and former town council colleagues are still “in shock,” a week after giving their official farewell to former councillor, local businessman and long-time community volunteer Ken Anderson.
A funeral service for Anderson took place at St....
PORT HAWKESBURY: Surrounded by the glowing candles of over 70 friends and supporters on a chilly Saturday evening on Reeves Street, SAERC student Mackenzie Chisholm recalled her mother’s struggle with depression and the impact this reality has had on...
ARICHAT; It's not every teenager in Nova Scotia who can say they have sailed aboard a tall ship in France and England but for Tim Wypper, the cadet program made it possible.
Wypper, a Grade 11 student at Richmond Academy,...
PORT HASTINGS: Local schools have seen “a substantial jump” in the number of international students attending classes in the area, leaving the Strait regional school board (SRSB) with the highest year-over-year increase in the entire Nova Scotia International Students...
PORT HASTINGS: A student-led initiative to encourage good behaviour on long school bus routes is getting an early thumbs-up from the Strait regional school board (SRSB), which is preparing to introduce the idea to school principals across the region.
Janine...
EVANSTON: Just over four months after a long-awaited expansion to the Strait-Richmond Hospital's renal dialysis unit, patients and doctors alike are hailing these developments and hoping for further advancements in the treatment of kidney-related issues experienced by Strait area...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With food bank usage in Nova Scotia jumping by 20 per cent over the past year, food banks in the Strait area are getting a hand from two long-running grocery chains in addition to community groups and...
MABOU: The dance went on anyway.
Earlier this year, with students and teachers facing a possible work action, Dalbrae Academy students arranged to have their annual Christmas Ball moved from the week before Christmas, to December 1.
On November 30, with...