PORT HAWKESBURY: Rilla McLean, a long-time advocate for accessibility in the Strait area, is remembered for her advocacy for accessibility and kind heartedness throughout the Strait area.
McLean passed away on Nov. 4 in...
ANTIGONISH: A program staff member at the Coady Institute, who leads the community housing program, says the formation of a provincial non-profit housing association will provide a means for communication and collaboration to be created among non-profit...
LITTLE ANSE: A mother grieving the loss of her son says helping others at this time of year helps her cope.
After planning and fundraising for months, on Nov. 17 volunteers dropped off tens...
KEMPT ROAD: The founder of the Friends United International Convention Centre says a recently filmed conversation series is a combined effort to learn about Indigenous People, their heritage and culture, while also learning from what happened in...
HALIFAX: Provincial and federal officials are in stark disagreement over the federal government’s implementation of a carbon tax.
On Nov. 22 the Government of Canada announced what it called “A Fair and Affordable Pollution...
POTLOTEK FIRST NATION: It is expected that funding for the Mi’kmaw Economic Benefits Office will help link Indigenous youth in Cape Breton with jobs of the future.
On Nov. 10, Jaime Battiste, Parliamentary Secretary...
ARICHAT: More than three decades after overcoming a brain tumour, a former teacher and counsellor is hopeful she can do it once again.
In 1990, Delores Boudreau of Arichat underwent surgery for a large...
PETIT DE GRAT: A retired Canadian Military Officer from Isle Madame is the first female commanding officer of an Atlantic Canadian reserve unit.
Not long after retiring from the Canadian Forces, Rachelle Heudes was...
ANTIGONISH: A StFX professor who is assisting to lead a project aimed at helping school-aged boys develop healthy masculinity says to receive over $1-million in funding is a dream come true.
“It’s kind of...
STRAIT AREA: For a little over a week, the Canso Causeway has been home to marine life that not typically seen in local waters, especially this close to shore.
A humpback whale, common and...