WHYCOCOMAGH: A local First Nation’s community received an economic boost from the federal government.
Last week, the federal government announced $545,000 in non-repayable contributions for two projects at Waycobah First Nation. The projects involve expanding the local steelhead trout growing...
HALIFAX: Emergency Health Services (EHS) and the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia have teamed up to let the public know about Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs).
Because a cardiac arrest happens on average...
WAYCOBAH: A new program is helping to empower First Nations youth by engaging them with their community.
“Our program is for youth ages 11 to 18 in the We’koqma’q First Nation,” said band councillor Steven Googoo, who started the Youth...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A survey was launched on August 15 in an effort to gain insight into the needs of seniors in the community.
“With the senior demographic increasing every year in this province, it represents a large percentage of the...
CLEVELAND: The founder of Friends United says having meetings with local representatives with the provincial government is taking a direct approach on reconciliation.
Former Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald, Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster, Richmond...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Participants had the opportunity to develop their business ideas at last week’s “Mashup Weekend: Oceans Edition,” a business development workshop by Mashup Lab in partnership with Innovacorp and Island Sandbox.
“We help people figure out if there are...
PORT HAWKESBURY: On a morning that saw many marking the 25th anniversary of the Westray mine disaster, Kathy Betts found herself recalling an unpleasant memory of her own, in front of local community college students and staff.
Betts arrived at...
ANTIGONISH:
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic has hit home.
An
employee at the R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home in Antigonish has tested positive
for COVID-19.
“Once
we were notified of a case within our staff,...
STRAIT AREA: As the Russian invasion on Ukraine enters into its third week, action is being taken in the Strait area.
Municipalities are providing financial assistance, a company who knows what they are going...
PORT HAWKESBURY: For the second year in a row, local students took part in a nationwide campaign to open a conversation around mental health.
On January 31, the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Strait Area Campus marked Bell Let’s Talk...