PORT HAWKESBURY: The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Strait Area Campus has announced changes to its culinary program that will provide students with a pathway into the marine industry.
Last week, the NSCC unveiled its new one-year Culinary Skills program....
GUYSBOROUGH: The Afghanistan war veteran
who shot and killed his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter in their Upper
Big Tracadie home on Jan. 3, 2017 did so from approximately one-metre away, a
pathologist testified on January 30.
ARICHAT: A volunteer group that supports a local healthcare facility has reached an important goal.
The members of the St. Anne Centre Auxiliary have raised the $50,000 in funds needed to support the purchase...
GUYSBOROUGH: What started out as a call to
a suicide in progress, responding officers dispatched to the Desmond residence
in Upper Big Tracadie, discovered the former Afghanistan war veteran had
fatally shot his mother, wife and daughter, before turning the...
PETIT DE GRAT: With funding on the way for research and facility upgrades, plans are being made at the Petit de Grat campus of Université Sainte-Anne.
In a Facebook post on June 3, the...
L’ARDOISE: A new way to share knowledge and services is taking shape in Richmond County.
Launched on August 2, 2018, the Community Skill Exchange-Richmond County TimeBank is an organized, not-for-profit, web-based way to share skills or energy to help others.
Tara...
ARICHAT: The new Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Richmond County has been busy in his first seven weeks on the job.
After being selected by Richmond Municipal Council late last year and signing a five-year contract, Kent MacIntyre officially started...
HALIFAX: Two lobster processing facilities and their employees helped make a special wish a reality.
Clearwater Cares, in partnership with the Nova Scotia chapter of Make-A-Wish Canada, granted a wish earlier this month to...
ANTIGONISH: It’s been a busy year for local chocolate makers.
On September 9, Tareq Hadhad and his family cut the ribbon on their Peace By Chocolate factory. Last week, Tareq said the factory runs 18-20 hours per day and they...
POTLOTEK, FIRST NATION: An initiative to enhance food security is off to a promising start.
The Potlotek First Nation greenhouse project broke ground just over a year ago, and as the organizers and staff...