PORT HAWKESBURY: A new list of businesses were told to
cease operations and Nova Scotia hospitals directed to close their doors to
most visitors.
“That’s something that we all need to do, is that
physical distancing,” Dr....
PORT HOOD: Those with a taste for local history would
be well advised to take advantage of the Chestico Museum and Historical
Society’s Yesteryear Tours this summer.
Dressed in period clothes, John and Cathy Gillies will
lead...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With the full roll-out of SchoolsPlus
across the province, local education officials marked the fifth anniversary of
the program in all Strait area schools.
On October 10, the Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The social stigma behind cannabis has seen a shift within the past few years, and now with cannabis legalized, business owners and operators are uncertain as to what this means for both employers and employees.
The Strait Area...
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...
MARTINIQUE: A group affiliated with the Bahá’í Faith is on the verge of forming a local assembly.
Every Friday, Magdalen Rose and Ray Miller host “salons” at their Martinique home where Bahá’ís and people from other religions meet to discuss...
KEMPT ROAD: The founder of the Friends United International Convention Centre says a recently filmed conversation series is a combined effort to learn about Indigenous People, their heritage and culture, while also learning from what happened in...
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: Providing a much-needed service to the community for over 40 years, the Port Hawkesbury Food Bank Society is nearing completion on a major renovation.
In cooperation with the Town of Port Hawkesbury...
ANTIGONISH: Shawn Wilkie is now a finalist for Atlantic Canada’s 2018 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Wilkie’s Antigonish based business, Dragon Veterinary, was chosen out of 60 other nominees.
“To be a finalist in that group of...