SYDNEY: High school students from across Cape Breton,
as well as Guysborough County, were give a golden opportunity recently.
On October 29, over 80 high school students and 30
business representatives from across Cape Breton met...
MONASTERY: Mi’kmaq songwriter George Paul’s most famous
spiritual song has been given a local reprise by a group of elementary
students.
“He is a very inspirational man and we believe his
legacy should carry on,” Buffy MacNeil,...
ANTIGONISH: Community efforts in
doctor recruitment and retention in Antigonish are receiving a bit of a boost
from the province.
St. Martha’s Regional Hospital
Foundation is receiving a $10,000 grant through the new healthy communities
stream - from...
ANTIGONISH: A delay at the under-construction skatepark
pushed back the opening for the facility.
Antigonish Town, Antigonish County, StFX, and the
Antigonish Skate Park Collective unveiled the site of a skate park for the area
in August...
HALIFAX: The MLA for Inverness questioned the Minister
of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR) about changes to the final
design of the Destination Reeves Street project.
Allan MacMaster said the advanced-green signal allowing
cars to turn left...
ANTIGONISH: With a busy homecoming weekend behind them,
Antigonish Town Council is planning to meet with university and RCMP for a
debrief.
Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said council and the
university acknowledge there is still work to...
DARTMOUTH: The police have arrested another man in connection
with an unusual incident that took place along Trans-Canada Highway 105 three
years ago.
On November 1, the RCMP announced the arrest of
37-year-old David James Bishop from...
PAQTNKEK MI’KMAW NATION: Education on consent continues
to be an important sexual violence prevention activity in schools,
universities, and colleges.
Up to now, consent education methods have been
developed for the general population in those educational institutions.
Considering...
HALIFAX: Lands and Forestry Minister, Iain Rankin,
appointed a new advisory committee with 14 members from environmental
non-government organizations, industry, the Mi’kmaq and academia.
Advisory committee members include Angie Gillis, with
Mi’kmaw Conservation Group and Confederacy of...
WE’KOQMA’Q: A cousin of Cassidy Bernard has recently
been elected as president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association (NSNWA)
and will now act as an important voice for all Indigenous women across the
province.
Annie Bernard-Daisley,...