POTLOTEK FIRST NATION: Approximately 160 small, square bales of hay, placed two bales deep have re-created a soft shell “Band-Aid” to hold off damage and to give everybody a chance to catch their breath to protect a...
ANTIGONISH: Antigonish County District RCMP have arrested three people in connection to numerous all-terrain vehicle (ATV) complaints in Antigonish.
On March 16, from 7:42 p.m. to approximately 10:00 p.m., Antigonish County District RCMP officers...
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...
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...
HALIFAX: After too many people broke social isolation
rules, the province declared a State of Emergency.
“Today, I need to focus on those who are not following
public health advice,” Premier Stephen McNeil said during a...
ARICHAT; It's not every teenager in Nova Scotia who can say they have sailed aboard a tall ship in France and England but for Tim Wypper, the cadet program made it possible.
Wypper, a Grade 11 student at Richmond Academy,...
GUYSBOROUGH: Retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond’s firearms
possession and acquisition licence was first flagged for review by firearms
officials in New Brunswick in 2014 after it was revealed the Afghanistan war veteran
didn’t disclose his complex diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder...
HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Power (NSP) has reached a new
renewable energy milestone and the company says the Strait area has been a
valuable contributor to this achievement.
In a press release issued on June 6, NSP...
ARICHAT: With three of its 30 food producers now hailing from Richmond County and a potential food drop-off point under consideration for St. Peter’s, the Pan-Cape Breton Food Hub has made a pitch for the municipality to consider contributing...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Several different practitioners of stress-reduction activities from around the Strait area descended on St. Mark’s United Church Hall last weekend, for an evening of workshops and public awareness about the courses and services available around the region...