PORT HAWKESBURY: Students and visitors to the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Strait Area Campus were welcomed with music and treats on Tuesday during a celebration of diversity.
The NSCC hosted its campus pride event on February 13 to recognize...
By: Marjorie Simmins
STRAIT AREA: As a feat of coordination, skill, and strength, it’s hard to beat a harbour pilot boarding an immense cargo ship – one step at a time, via a 40-foot rope ladder that dips up and...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Last weekend the Town of Port Hawkesbury hosted the first in a series of events designed to get young girls moving while celebrating themselves and each other.
Approximately 31 girls ranging in age from 11 to 14 took...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Nova Scotia Works-Island Employment Service Centre hosted a promotion for mental health and wellness services in the area on February 5.
Dana Pettipas, a case manager with Island Employment, said her office organized the event to bring...
PORT HAWKESBURY: For the second year in a row, local students took part in a nationwide campaign to open a conversation around mental health.
On January 31, the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Strait Area Campus marked Bell Let’s Talk...
ANTIGONISH: A local town decided to fly a different flag for the first time ever.
On February 1, the Town of Antigonish raised the African Nova Scotian flag at its offices. Organizers are flying the flag to kick-off African Heritage...
ANTIGONISH: A local university student received both praise and funding following a recent pitch competition.
StFX entrepreneurship student Hannah Chisholm recently won the 100 Seeds Atlantic pitch competition and claimed the top prize of $10,000. Chisholm will use the money...
PORT HAWKESBURY: First Nations and municipal leaders, educators, health care workers, and citizens of all ages came together last week to develop a strategy for supporting children in their communities.
Over 75 people took part in last Wednesday’s “Raising the...
By: Marjorie Simmins
D’ESCOUSSE: Anyone who came or went from Cape Breton Island in the past 43 years passed under Everett Delorey’s office.
The “King of Swing,” as friends call him, has operated the swing bridge at the Canso Canal from...
LOCHABER: People of all ages filled the Lochaber Community Centre on January 20 to say thank you to a long-serving community volunteer.
Robert Inglis of North Lochaber was surrounded by family and friends as he was presented with a Senate...