RIVER BOURGEOIS: The team behind the Richmond River Roots Market Garden is looking ahead to more initiatives to strengthen food security in the county.
The project began in the spring of 2020 with a...
HALIFAX: Eighteen months into the independent public inquiry into April 2020’s mass shooting rampage in rural Nova Scotia, some participants say their confidence in the process is building.
Early on, survivors of the attack...
OTTAWA: Sean Fraser has joined a group of entrepreneurs, activists, researchers, artists, political leaders, and other leaders under the age of 40 who are committed to making a positive contribution to the world.
The...
HALIFAX: Public hearings probing April 2020’s mass shooting in rural Nova Scotia are putting a spotlight on major missteps by the RCMP that might have lessened the tragedy or averted it altogether.
Two major...
ANTIGONISH: The warden for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish says he was unaware of a social skills program operating locally until a presentation was made to council.
The presentation made by new...
HALIFAX: A local Lyme disease advocacy group is urging the province to take a more proactive stance on the sometimes-debilitating illness spread by black-legged ticks.
The Nova Scotia Lyme Advocacy Group made a pitch...
HALIFAX: As the public hearings examining April 2020’s mass shooting rampage shift to focus on how and why the massacre happened, some family members of those killed are concerned the fact-finding phase didn’t go deep enough.
PORT HAWKESBURY: A federal lawyer has defended the role of Veterans Affairs Canada in the lead up to the triple murder-suicide that rocked the small, tight-knit, historically Black community of Upper Big Tracadie on Jan. 3, 2017.
MONTRÉAL, PQ.: The president and CEO of the Trans Canada Trail says a sweet partnership with a local Antigonish-based chocolate company marks the trail’s 30th anniversary and brings with it a line of bars that highlight the...
ANTIGONISH: Consultations for the inaugural independent review of the Accessibility Act launched last month in an attempt to build a more equitable and accessible province by 2030.
On April 21, it was announced Katie...