HALIFAX: The leader of the Official Opposition was in Cape Breton last weekend and one leg of that stop was a visit to a riding the Progressive Conservatives want in their column.
Last weekend,...
INVERNESS: There’s a classic sports analogy from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams; “if you build it, they will come,” and that’s exactly what one entrepreneur is doing, with a bit of a personal twist.
PORT HASTINGS: Members of the Port Hastings Historical
Society celebrated their 41st anniversary last week which made for a wonderful
opportunity to unveil a new feature at the Strait Area Museum. An accessibility
ramp is now in place.
PORT HAWKESBURY: A day after the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the region hosted its first ever Pride March.
On Monday evening, approximately 150 people attended the inaugural Strait Area Pride March which...
MULGRAVE: Officials in the Town of Mulgrave have held the line on their tax rates.
Councillors approved their 2020-21 budget during a special meeting on June 29.
Mulgrave’s rates remain at...
ANTIGONISH: Local residents left inspired after hearing from a man running cross-country to raise awareness of violence against women.
Ultra-marathon runner and activist Brad Caribou Legs Firth made a few stops at StFX on November 3 as part of his...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Participants had the opportunity to develop their business ideas at last week’s “Mashup Weekend: Oceans Edition,” a business development workshop by Mashup Lab in partnership with Innovacorp and Island Sandbox.
“We help people figure out if there are...
PORT HASTINGS: The Strait regional school board (SRSB) is now targeting early March for the formal movement of its operations from the board’s current central office in Port Hastings to the SAERC high school site in Port Hawkesbury.
The board’s...
ANTIGONISH: A local community health-care navigator says part of her role is to help dispel the myths surrounding rural medicine.
Taking over the role as community navigator with the Community Navigation and Physician Retention...
STRAIT AREA: Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh is heading back to Canadian soil after the former Strait area businessman was released from a Nepalese prison.
MacIntosh’s release comes after serving half of his seven-year sentence stemming from his arrest in 2014 on...