MABOU: The Office of Gaelic Affairs (OGA) is launching a project that will help Gaelic learners engage with the language through the tradition of the Céilidh, or “house visit.”
Since 2009, the OGA’s “Bun is Bàrr” mentorship program has given...
ARICHAT: Cape Breton University held a community conversation with President David C. Dingwall to discuss the university’s five-year strategic plan at the council chambers here last Wednesday.
The strategic planning event, which is part of the university’s strategic planning process,...
ANTIGONISH: It was a ceremony of unity.
On September 7, StFX University’s Dennis Hall hosted a ceremonial raising of the Mi’kmaq Flag, which will now permanently fly outside the office of the university’s president.
University president Dr. Kent MacDonald called the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The school year is
right around the corner and the cost of back-to-school supplies add up quick -
that means for some students in the Strait area, they may need a little extra
help in obtaining everything on...
CAPE GEORGE: After a two-year break, Camp Rankin will be open this summer, and reaching an important milestone.
According to a press release issued by 4-H Nova Scotia, Camp Rankin was built in 1972...
ANTIGONISH: Cassandra Desmond has been acquitted on six charges that stem from a physical altercation at Dooly’s Billiard Room in Antigonish’s downtown, two years ago.
In his written decision on Feb. 29, Nova Scotia...
PORT HASTINGS: A survivor of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School and local Mi’kmaq elder says a new sign welcoming people to Unama’ki (Cape Breton) in her native language is something she never thought she’d see.
PORT HAWKESBURY: Chantel Desmond went to go pick up her niece on Jan. 3, 2017 at her brother’s house in Upper Big Tracadie, but rather than finding her ready to go to an after-school program, she discovered...
JUDIQUE: Wayne’s Variety is the latest nominee in Advocate Media’s “Shine On” campaign.
Annette MacIsaac, nominated the store for going above and beyond during the COVID-19 pandemic. She thanked owner Wayne MacInnis and his...
HAZEL HILL: Shae Nickerson became interested in pegmatites, an igneous rock, formed underground, with interlocking crystals, after learning about them in a second year earth sciences class at StFX.
She recently capped off her...