HALIFAX: Two lobster processing facilities and their employees helped make a special wish a reality. Clearwater Cares, in partnership with the Nova Scotia chapter of Make-A-Wish Canada, granted a wish earlier this month to...
JUDIQUE: Federal MPs were here last week to meet with residents, groups and elected officials to plan for improvements to Internet and cellular phone service in Inverness County. On August 28, the Judique Community...
FRENCH RIVER: Joe MacDonald has a lot less to worry about now. As Fire Chief of Barneys River Fire Department, MacDonald has advocated tirelessly for his vision of a safer highway to become a...
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Guysborough Journal ST. MARY’S: After months of intermittent closures, Sherbrooke’s public library appears to have a new lease on life, with new hours, staff...
INVERNESS: No fewer than seven candidates for the Cape Breton-Canso MP seat visited the Inverness Fire Hall for a lively discussion last Sunday night. Around the table were: Michelle Dockrill, independent; Billy Joyce, People’s Party of Canada;...
ST. PETER’S: A Grade 12 student at Richmond Academy, who has been fundraising for autism programs, recently made donations to two local schools and an organization. Last summer, Grace DeWolfe made and sold homemade...
ANTIGONISH: A local campaign is aiming to make local communities safer. On October 5, the Strait Area Community Response to Sexual Violence Network launched the “Every Door is the Right Door” campaign. Project manager Nancy O’Regan said the campaign involves inviting...
Warning: the following story contains disturbing details  HALIFAX: The first full week of public hearings investigating April 2020’s shooting and arson rampage offered a vivid picture of the trauma inflicted on residents of Portapique...
ANTIGONISH: “Our history is your history.” Celebrating the launch of African Heritage Month in Antigonish, a full house, which included Tony Ince, Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs, gathered in the Bloomfield Centre on January 31 at StFX. “We gather to...
PORT HOOD: In a presentation called “What is our Shared Food Vision for Cape Breton – Unama’ki?” Jody Nelson and Eric Leviten-Reid of the Cape Breton Island Food Network visited Inverness council last week to spread the word about...




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