HALIFAX: Central Nova MP Sean Fraser has started welcoming Afghan refugees to Canada in his role as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, including a plane that landed in Halifax last month.
“First of...
ANTIGONISH: A local recipient of the country’s highest civilian honour says after a life working to make positive change in the lives of women and girls, she said people need to live with an open heart ando...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Organizers of a wide-ranging initiative to develop toddler-friendly spaces throughout Inverness and Victoria Counties and the Town of Port Hawkesbury are enlisting the Strait regional school board (SRSB) to help local children get off on the right...
EVANSTON: Renovations are taking place at the Strait-Richmond Hospital and will be continuing into next year.
On November 10, the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) issued a press release confirming that work on the...
D’ESCOUSSE: Award-winning author, environmental activist and long-time local volunteer Silver Donald Cameron passed away on June 1 at the age of 82.
An Order of Canada, Queen’s Jubilee Medal and Order of Nova Scotia...
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...
INVERNESS COUNTY: Celtic Air Services, a Port Hastings-based company that earlier this year hosted the first-ever air show at the Port Hawkesbury Airport, continued to offer something novel last weekend.
The company offered helicopter tours out of the communities of...
ST. PETER’S: Experienced gardeners mingled with novices in St. Peter’s on April 13 as the newest initiative of the Community Skill Exchange – Richmond County Time Bank was launched.
The idea began with a...
AULD’S COVE: Canada’s original Irving Big Stop is
offering truckers free meals to support the workers keeping Canada’s supply
chain running during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Truckers are increasingly being denied hot meals, hot
showers or...
ANTIGONISH: The centerpiece of the Remembrance Day ceremony in Antigonish has moved locations.
The First World War monument, which had been located in Chisholm Park, was moved to Columbus Field on September 15 to...