ANTIGONISH: A local university student received both praise and funding following a recent pitch competition.
StFX entrepreneurship student Hannah Chisholm recently won the 100 Seeds Atlantic pitch competition and claimed the top prize of $10,000. Chisholm will use the money...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A community think tank hosted a discussion last week and released recommendations on ways to bring more affordable housing to the Strait area.
The Town of Port Hawkesbury and the Municipality of the County of Richmond partnered with...
HALIFAX: A new action plan will help grow Nova Scotia's green hydrogen industry and advance the transition to clean energy.
"Nova Scotia is poised to be a world leader in the production of green...
LOUISDALE: A pilot project is trying to use food and conversation to fight social isolation among senior citizens.
The “Around the Dinner Table” pilot project was a concept outlined by the MIND-BODY-SPIRIT (MBS) Project to allow socially-isolated seniors to become...
ST. PETER’S: The village of St. Peter’s
looks more colourful and more supportive than ever before, thanks to a
grassroots initiative to show love and support to members of the LGBTQ+
community.
Just a month old, the...
By: Janet Whitman
HALIFAX: Dr. Joanne Langley says Nova Scotia and the rest of the country have some built-in immunity against vaccine supply hiccups with a roster of five other vaccine makers to...
ANTIGONISH: The St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Foundation (SMRHF) received a significant donation to their “The Time is Now” campaign in support of cardiorespiratory care at the hospital.
On September 10 in Antigonish, Frank Sobey, chair of the Sobey Foundation, announced...
WHYCOCOMAGH: The director of a local daycare says
shortages of qualified Early Childhood Educators (ECE) have put a serious
strain on them and it simply can’t function the way it once did.
In September, the Whycocomagh...
HALIFAX: A company with plans to put Richmond County on the craft cannabis map expects to start the hiring process this summer and have their facility constructed by the fall.
The Headland Cultivation Inc. co-founder and president David Burton told...
MONASTERY: Mi’kmaq songwriter George Paul’s most famous
spiritual song has been given a local reprise by a group of elementary
students.
“He is a very inspirational man and we believe his
legacy should carry on,” Buffy MacNeil,...