PORT HAWKESBURY: Building on the work started last year
with a people’s school on affordable housing focused on building awareness and
inspiring action and a community think tank about housing needs, a recent
people’s school explored ways to build the...
ANTIGONISH: More than 150 women and their allies marched through StFX University recently to raise awareness against gender-based and sexual violence, and to support victims and survivors impacted by gender-based violence within their community.
PORT
HAWKESBURY: Providing a safe place without judgment is what The Cape Breton
Youth Project is creating for the 2SLGBTQ community by hosting the first ever
Queer Prom in Port Hawkesbury.
The
inaugural event will take place on...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local charity is partnering with schools and surrounding businesses to help feed children in the Strait area.
On January 11, the Food4Children Society received a donation of 1,000 pounds of apples from Nova Scotia produce co-operative Scotian...
PORT HAWKESBURY: As the 2017-2018 academic year comes to a close, the Nova Scotia International Student Program (NSISP) reflects proudly on their growth and success over the past 20 years of welcoming international students to Nova Scotia.
During this time,...
GRANDE GREVE: Cyndy Sampson was not initially on board
with her husband Blair’s beekeeping dreams, but after joining him for an
introductory seminar, she had an unexpected change of heart.
“I hadn’t met them yet,” she...
HALIFAX: Women with disabilities experiencing domestic violence are some of the most vulnerable people in Nova Scotia – they are often physically, socially, and geographically isolated.
The ‘Not Without Us’ project was created to...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Residents of the Strait area, like those across the province and the country, are being asked to get their flu shot this year.
Pharmacist Michael Hatt at The Medicine Shoppe in Port...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Participants had the opportunity to develop their business ideas at last week’s “Mashup Weekend: Oceans Edition,” a business development workshop by Mashup Lab in partnership with Innovacorp and Island Sandbox.
“We help people figure out if there are...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A survey was launched on August 15 in an effort to gain insight into the needs of seniors in the community.
“With the senior demographic increasing every year in this province, it represents a large percentage of the...