PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait Area Women’s Place hosted its annual Denim Day on April 27; a day that is marked to help sexual assault survivors combat trauma and raise community awareness.
During the gathering,...
ANTIGONISH: St. Martha’s Regional Hospital offers a unique recycling program in its operating room (OR), something that is getting high praise from Antigonish Town Council.
During the regular monthly town council meeting on April...
ANTIGONISH: A lifelong resident of Antigonish has provided the St. Martha’s Regional Hospital Foundation (SMRHF) the largest single donation in its history.
In the late taxi driver’s will, John MacLellan left a legacy gift...
By: Adam McNamara
HALIFAX: On April 7, the province of Nova Scotia introduced legislation recognizing Mi’kmaw as Nova Scotia’s official first language.
A press release from the Department of L’nu...
HALIFAX: The independent commissioners investigating April 2020’s mass shooting rampage ended last week’s public hearings with a moment of silence to remember the 22 people killed and offered assurances the probe is far from finished.
INVERNESS COUNTY: A long-time volunteer, school board chair, and educator died last week.
On April 5, former Strait Regional School Board Chair Mary Jess MacDonald passed away.
According to her obituary,...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Town councillors were shocked at some of the child poverty statistics they reviewed.
During the regular monthly meeting of Port Hawkesbury Town Council on April 5, Jim Mustard made a presentation on...
ANTIGONISH: The director of facilities management at StFX University says they’re beyond happy that Mulroney Hall has finally been given LEED® Gold status.
Leon MacLellan, who is responsible for the design, construction, maintenance and...
PAQTNKEK: The Chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation says an apology from Pope Francis is a good first step, even if it doesn’t make up for the years of suffering his people endured in the Canadian residential school...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A government official testified at the Desmond Fatality Inquiry regarding the standards police use to address cases of intimate partner violence, including the fact officers had “limited” training in the years prior to the triple...