MABOU: A group of local volunteers are lending their
skills to help frontline health care and other essential workers during the
novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
An army of 35 seamstresses throughout Inverness County
have banded together to...
ANTIGONISH: A local recipient of the country’s highest civilian honour says after a life working to make positive change in the lives of women and girls, she said people need to live with an open heart ando...
PETIT DE GRAT: A community group has helped to preserve a monument to those who served and died in World War II.
Last year, Legion Branch 150 service officer Junior Boudreau helped form the Petit de Grat War Monument Restoration...
WHYCOCOMAGH: A Cape Breton business with a unique plan for recruiting new employees continues to draw interest from people around the world.
In 2016, Heather Austin and her sister Sandee MacLean, co-owners of The Farmer’s Daughter Country Market, decided to...
By: Raissa Tetanish
MALAGASH: Dan Vachon knows how beneficial it is to keep his hands busy.
Busy hands mean a busy mind, which helps him onto a path of recovery.
DARTMOUTH: At the recent Assembly of First Nations (AFN) regional monthly meeting attended by all Mi’kmaq Chiefs in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Morley Googoo’s appointment as AFN Regional Chief was renewed to 2020.
The appointment came as a result of...
CAPE BRETON: The leader of the provincial New Democratic Party (NDP) visited with ER doctors, people within the building trades, the Cape Breton Food Hub and elected officials on a recent trip into Cape Breton.
HALIFAX: Strait area communities were among those receiving funding under a new provincial solar energy program.
Last Friday, the province announced that more solar panels will be popping up in We’koqma’q through the Solar Electricity for Community Buildings Pilot Program.
Mi’kmaw...
ANTIGONISH: A community information session was held last week at the People’s Place Library to bring the Antigonish community up to speed on the status of the community solar garden project.
Staff of the...
ANTIGONISH: Concerns over the state of Old Maryvale Road have been heard by Minister of Transportation and Active Transit Lloyd Hines, but nothing is scheduled to be done about it.
During Antigonish County’s regular...