PORT HOOD: A collaborative plan to reopen the visitor information centre (VIC) in Port Hastings is beginning to take shape, with support being explored from Cape Breton’s five municipalities, the provincial government, and Destination Cape Breton.
STRAIT AREA: Provincial parks across the mainland are preparing to welcome campers and day visitors for another busy summer season, with several popular destinations in Cape Breton, Inverness County and Guysborough County set to open over the...
Mixed reactions from residents as company unveils Wind Farm 3 proposal
SHERBROOKE: Residents attending a series of EverWind open houses in Sherbrooke, Country Harbour and Port Bickerton last week were told the company’s proposed...
CHÉTICAMP: Local business owner Claude Bourgeois has been nominated as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the upcoming byelection in the newly created riding of Chéticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay.
The nomination was announced May 11 by the...
ANTIGONISH: St. Martha’s Regional Hospital is among five public buildings across Nova Scotia set to transition to wood-based heating systems as part of a new provincial initiative aimed at supporting the forestry sector and strengthening energy security.
CHÉTICAMP: Nova Scotia’s New Democratic Party has nominated Trevor Poirier as its candidate in the upcoming byelection in Chéticamp–Margarees–Pleasant Bay.
Poirier works in long-term care at Foyer Père Fiset and serves as president of...
EAST HANTS: When Regan Spears began working as an athletic trainer at Adapt Performance Training in Elmsdale, he did not anticipate that casual conversations with owner Bryan Gillis would help spark the creation of a senior hockey...
CHÉTICAMP: The Nova Scotia Liberal Party has nominated Denis Cormier as its candidate in the upcoming Chéticamp–Margarees–Pleasant Bay byelection, positioning a longtime educator and community volunteer to carry the party’s banner in the newly formed riding.
ANTIGONISH: Nearly 1,100 graduates crossed the stage at St. Francis Xavier University’s 2026 Convocation on May 3, in a ceremony defined by music, emotion, and messages of purpose, kindness, and community leadership.
Families, friends,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: He has yet to graduate from Grade 12, but Luke MacDonnell is already a world champion.
“I don’t know how to explain it,” the Port Hawkesbury athlete, who recently returned from the...