PORT HASTINGS: Repair and upgrade work on the Canso Causeway swing bridge is on schedule, says a provincial project engineer.
Andrew MacPherson, with the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (DTIR), explained that work on the base of the Causeway...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A local physician is continuing his lobby to have more palliative care services in the Strait area.
Dr. Robert Martell hosted an information session about palliative care at the Evergreen Senior Citizens Club in Port Hawkesbury on January...
ST. PETER'S: Richmond District RCMP reported receiving a total of 18 calls to 911 from the same deactivated cell phone between January 19 and February 7.
Police said that for most of the calls, no one answered the dispatcher and hung...
STRAIT AREA: Data from the 2016 census showed that the population in the Strait area is shrinking.
On February 8, Statistics Canada released population data from the 2016 census.
The sharpest decline was in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough...
WEST ARICHAT: This weekend, hundreds of ATV riders and enthusiasts will attend the annual Winter Festival ATV Poker Run on Isle Madame.
RCMP in Nova Scotia are asking attendees to keep road and trail safety top of mind when taking...
ANTIGONISH: Justice was the theme but everyone had a different take.
Last week, StFX University teamed with the McKenna Centre for Leadership and The Xaverian Weekly to present the John C. Friel X Talk on Justice as part of the...
ANTIGONISH: A show of solidarity and unity, along with elements of defiance, unfolded at StFX University on Friday evening, six nights after violence at a Quebec City mosque took six lives and left 19 others injured.
The auditorium at the...
EAST LAKE AINSLIE: The community turned out in full force over the weekend to celebrate the official launch of a new trail system that brings the Trans-Canada Trail (TCT) project nearly 50 kilometers closer to completion.
The Bealach Breagha Trail,...
GUYSBOROUGH: Traditional African drumming and voices lifted into the air gave way to the unveiling of a unique community project, as the Strait regional school board (SRSB) celebrated African Heritage Month prior to its regular monthly board meeting on...
OTTAWA: A Strait area Member of Parliament says change is needed to improve Employment Insurance (EI) service.
On February 1, Cape Breton-Canso MP Roger Cuzner helped table a report looking at the quality of service for EI. He said a...