PORT HAWKESBURY: An equipment loan program offered by the Canadian Red Cross will no longer be offered through a local business.
The Canadian Red Cross announced on May 14 that it is changing their Health Equipment Loan Program (HELP) service...
PORT HAWKESBURY: As part of Nova Scotia’s commitment to recognize accessibility as a human right, reachAbility hosted an information session helping local businesses develop their disability standards.
Amanda Grinter, program coordinator with reachAbility, said society needs to start replacing the...
HALIFAX: Two schools in the Strait area will host a pilot program for children not old enough to attend Grade Primary.
On November 8, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) announced that 10 locations across the province...
STRAIT AREA: With the damage compiled, the work of restoring services and repairing infrastructure is underway after Hurricane Fiona hit the Strait region with powerful wind, heavy rain, and high seas last weekend.
Bob...
HALIFAX: The minister responsible for Nova Scotia’s tourism industry ended weeks of speculation by confirming that all six provincially-run Visitor Information Centres (VICs) would remain open in their host communities, including Port Hastings.
Although Business Minister Mark Furey said traffic...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local convenience store and gas bar is one of the latest nominees in Advocate Media’s “Shine On” campaign.
Kathleen Leblanc nominated Need’s Convenience and Fast Fuel of Port Hawkesbury in the...
ARICHAT: The transportation department said it is unable to temporarily close roads adjacent to local Remembrance Day ceremonies.
During its committee-of-the-whole session on Jan. 11 in Arichat, council was told by Chief Administrative Officer...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Residents of the Strait area, like those across the province and the country, are being asked to get their flu shot this year.
Pharmacist Michael Hatt at The Medicine Shoppe in Port...
MULGRAVE: Mulgrave Town Council received support from a local business regarding a local road.
Last week, Mulgrave Mayor Ralph Hadley read a letter to Mulgrave Town Council from Strait of Canso Superport Corporation. Strait Superport sent the letter to Guysborough-Eastern...
ST. PETER’S: A women’s wellness retreat in St. Peter’s left attendees with more than a few things to think about.
The free admission event saw women’s health advocates speak and share information on a...