PORT HAWKESBURY: First Nations and municipal leaders, educators, health care workers, and citizens of all ages came together last week to develop a strategy for supporting children in their communities.
Over 75 people took part in last Wednesday’s “Raising the...
GLACE BAY: It all started around his mother Kay’s
kitchen table and what resulted was a tremendous political career that spanned
two decades.
On Friday, in his hometown of Glace Bay, longtime Cape
Breton-Canso MP Rodger Cuzner...
HALIFAX: Marine biologists in the Maritmes are on the alert for seals with avian flu after cases were discovered in Quebec and Maine.
Reports of seal strandings here haven’t seen a spike, unlike in...
By: Janet Whitman
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia’s new auditor general isn’t sure yet what topics will be on her agenda, maybe doctor shortages or nursing home shortcomings, but she’s not worried about angering politicians.
ANTIGONISH: Hurricane-strength Fiona was raging after midnight when Shawna MacDonald realized her 77-year-old mother’s landline was dead.
“It was very concerning given the fact that she was new that week to home oxygen and...
PORT HOOD: Representatives with Port Hawkesbury Paper fielded questions from municipal councillors about their wind farm project.
Port Hawkesbury Paper Outreach and Sustainability Leader Andrew Fedora, and Allan Eddy, Manager of Business Development at...
HAMILTON, ONTARIO: A local man is returning home to the east coast this week to pursue his goal of practicing family medicine.
This month, Carl Marshall completed his medical degree at McMaster University’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. Marshall...
ANTIGONISH: A representative from the Strait Regional Centre for Education (SRCE) says they plan to offer a program to increase pro-social skills and positive identity in adolescent girls to a broader audience during the program’s launch event at StFX...
STRAIT AREA: With deaths now confirmed and the number of cases of COVID-19 continuing to rise, the provincial and federal governments promised more help.
During an update on April 9, Premier Stephen McNeil and
Dr....
GUYSBOROUGH: The municipality is hoping the federal and provincial governments will help fund a proposed multi-purpose facility.
Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) councillor Blair George says “the time is now” when it comes to the proposed Chedabucto Lifestyle...