ANTIGONISH: Students from across Nova Scotia are busy preparing for a province-wide annual leadership conference in Antigonish next month.
The Nova Scotia Secondary Schools Association (NSSSA) “Rise Up” conference will take place at StFX from May 17-20.
This year’s conference co-chairs...
ANTIGONISH: Preparations for a national sporting event are well underway.
Antigonish Mayor Laurie Boucher said the town is moving along quickly with preparations for the 2018 Special Olympics Canada National Summer Games from July 31-August 4 in Antigonish.
“People are getting...
HALIFAX: A local MLA wants to know what is being done to recruit and retain nurses in the province.
In the Nova Scotia legislature on April 11, Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster asked Health Minister Randy Delorey what is causing a...
ANTIGONISH: A local nursing home is dealing with a deficit, which will mean a reduction in staffing hours.
On April 12, Antigonish’s R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home CEO Michelle Thompson issued a press release stating the facility is facing a deficit...
STRAIT AREA: Municipalities are giving themselves the option of leaving the local enterprise network.
Following its recent budget deliberations, council for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough voted to send a letter of notice to the Eastern Strait Regional...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Last week, women in the Strait area had the chance to channel their inner “wonder women.”
The Strait Area Chamber of Commerce (SACC) hosted a series of Wonder Women talks in four communities across the Strait area on...
PETIT DE GRAT: The Marine Research Centre at the Petit de Grat campus of Université Sainte-Anne hosted an open house on April 6.
The event was aimed at the fisheries and aquaculture sectors and included information sessions where companies shared...
POTLOTEK: The community of Potlotek First Nation has lost a well-loved elder and tradition bearer this month.
Lillian Beatrice Marshall, known as a strong advocate for Mi’kmaq language and culture, has passed away at the age of 83.
“Lillian was a...
HALIFAX: The Premier of Nova, the minister of health and the MLA for Cape Breton-Richmond are not satisfied with the level of palliative care for patients in the Strait area.
On April 17, the children of the late Marie Elizabeth...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Three men are facing drug charges after police searched a home in Inverness County last week.
On April 20, members of the Inverness/Richmond County Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) searched a home near Port Hawkesbury. Three men were arrested by...