PORT HASTINGS: While her son awaits a kidney transplant, Tonia LeBlanc wants everyone to know that organ donation saves lives. LeBlanc said her twin boys were born two months early at the IWK Health...
SYDNEY: A man facing a number of sex-related charges is due in court early next month. Major Gullickson, of Ranni Crescent in Sydney, faces three charges of sexual interference, one count of invitation to sexual touching, three counts of sexual...
JANVRINS ISLAND: A new resident hopes his lifestyle will inspire others to minimize their carbon footprint. “I like roughing it. I’m camping here,” Peter Johnston told The Reporter from his residence in Janvrins Island....
CAP AUGUET: Two years after completing their first fishing boat, the Boudreau family has helped launch another. At around 9 p.m. on November 13, the Breakin’ Traditions hit the water in Cap Auguet, marking 14 months...
ST. PETER’S: It was a favour repaid from a former student to his teacher. In 1991, St. Peter’s District High School student Chris Boucher considered dropping out. One of his teachers, Marc Stone, had a different idea. After consulting with...
ST. CATHARINES, ONT: A number of Strait area residents are assisting the search for a Canadian Forces veteran. According to the Niagara Regional Police Service, 37-year-old Katrina Blagdon was last seen in St. Catharines,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A very successful businesswoman with ties to a local community has left a $2-million legacy gift for the students at the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) in Port Hawkesbury. “We had worked...
ANTIGONISH: StFX University has announced that their food services provider, Sodexo, will be bringing a full-service Starbucks to campus. Bob Hale, StFX’s director of ancillary services, said as part of the recent tendering process for...
POINT TUPPER: The owners, union, former employees, and residents are remembering the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the mill which claimed five lives and injured seven. At approximately 1:40 p.m. on Feb. 8,...
By: Marjorie Simmins ISLE MADAME: It all started with giving up television for a year. In 1991, when Isle Madame-based sisters Myra and Eliza Hyland were 11 and five years old respectively, their father, Frederick Hyland said he’d give them each...




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