PORT ROYAL: An aging bridge serving three communities on Isle Madame is under a weight restriction as the province continues to monitor its condition.
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal’s Eastern District bridge engineer, Chasta Boudreau explained that a...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A cargo ship moored at this town’s Strait of Canso Superport Corporation (SCSC) pier for the past 14 months is ready for its final inspection but may still be “several weeks” from its formal departure, according to...
GUYSBOROUGH: The Afghanistan war veteran
who shot and killed his mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter in their Upper
Big Tracadie home on Jan. 3, 2017 did so from approximately one-metre away, a
pathologist testified on January 30.
ANTIGONISH: A local Syrian family who was fighting for survival just a few years ago as refugees, is in the process of doubling the size of their chocolate company once again.
After arriving in Antigonish a mere two-years ago, the...
ANTIGONISH: They won.
On December 5, Aviva Canada announced Housing for Hope in Antigonish as one of the $100,000 winners in the Aviva Community Fund contest.
Housing for Hope, which won in the community development category of the contest, is an...
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: A new partnership is blossoming at Friends United with Emergency Health Services (EHS), as the center’s Indigenous artwork initiative expands to display artwork at select paramedic stations across Nova Scotia.
In an interview...
CREIGNISH: A much loved clergyman is stepping down.
After 66 years of dedicated service, Father Hughie D. MacDonald, who recently turned 93, made the decision to retire.
“I feel fine but I think I’m not quite as mobile as I used...
OTTAWA: Canada’s minister of fisheries and oceans said
she is continuing to monitor the state of the country’s fishing industry amid
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last week, fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan issued
a statement, stating that despite allowing...
ANTIGONISH: Up until 2019, the name Oak Manor was associated with the highest quality of menswear in the town, in 2021, that name is associated with the highest quality craft beer.
Operating in its...