ANTIGONISH: It was raining the first day Linden MacIntyre stepped foot on the StFX campus.
As he was being shuffled into the auditorium of the chapel, wearing an oversized black robe with his fellow Xavierians, something caught his eye. High...
ANTIGONISH: In preparation for their fourth annual bulk purchase of solar panels, Antigonish Community Energy Co-op hosted their “Seeing-Is-Believing,” solar home tour on January 19 to showcase what is being done on making the switch to solar electricity.
The tour,...
ANTIGONISH: Hannah Chisholm, founder of Eggcitables, a plant-based egg alternative, says she wouldn’t be where she is today without networking, and meeting the people she has.
Speaking at the Connect @ X event on January 17 at StFX University, the...
ANTIGONISH: A crucial service providing pregnant women the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, which had been regularly offered at the St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish, has been suspended.
Sally Loring, the senior...
ARICHAT: Funding from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) was announced for a program to revitalize the municipality’s shire town.
This morning in Arichat, Cape Breton-Canso MP Rodger Cuzner announced that ACOA invested $700,944 through its Innovative Communities Fund to...
L’ARDOISE: A new way to share knowledge and services is taking shape in Richmond County.
Launched on August 2, 2018, the Community Skill Exchange-Richmond County TimeBank is an organized, not-for-profit, web-based way to share skills or energy to help others.
Tara...
ARICHAT: The community of Isle Madame recently lost a staunch advocate of the local healthcare facility.
Lorna George passed away on December 18 at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital at the age of 91.
Isle Madame physician, Dr. Robert Martel said St....
PORT HAWKESBURY: Like a public utility, some things are expected to remain in place, and the presence of Bob and Brenda MacEachern as the driving force behind 101.5 The Hawk was one of those.
That might be why, on January...
STRAIT AREA: In the midst of a federal cabinet shuffle, two parliamentary secretaries took a tour of the region and one of them announced funding for a major piece of tourism infrastructure.
Sean Fraser, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of...
PAQTNKEK: Providing safe access and creating economic opportunities for the Paqtnkek First Nation in Antigonish County, Exit 36-B, a new interchange on Highway 104 was constructed - allowing access to the southern roads of the community for the first...