ANTIGONISH: Despite criticism from a professor, the university has refused to apologize for donations received for a new building on campus.
Recent news reports list Wafic Said, Victor Dahdaleh, Wilbur Ross, and David Koch as donors to StFX University’s Mulroney...
ANTIGONISH: In less than 24 hours, RCMP Eastern Traffic Services charged two men with stunting.
At approximately 4 p.m. on December 3, RCMP Eastern Traffic Services clocked a vehicle on Highway 337 in Antigonish travelling 52 kilometres an hour (km/h) over the posted speed limit at 132 km/h in an 80...
HALIFAX: The story of the Nova Scotia tree for Boston will live on for generations as part of a new monument unveiled on Boston Common to honour the 100th Anniversary of the Halifax Explosion.
Premier Stephen McNeil was joined by...
PORT HOOD: Anyone visiting Port Hood these days is likely to notice hammers swinging as local businesses have taken advantage of a funding program that looks to make sure the coastal community is a prettier place.
The Port Hood facade...
ARICHAT: The municipality is prepared to make repairs to a local playground once a community group is formed to oversee it.
District 1 municipal councillor James Goyetche said he received “quite a few calls” from Isle Madame residents about the...
WAYCOBAH: A new program is helping to empower First Nations youth by engaging them with their community.
“Our program is for youth ages 11 to 18 in the We’koqma’q First Nation,” said band councillor Steven Googoo, who started the Youth...
LOUISDALE: The umbrella group representing seniors groups in Richmond County is very busy these days.
Wilfred Marchand, secretary/treasurer with the Richmond County Senior Citizens Council, explained the council is made up of 11 individual Richmond County seniors groups and works...
WHYCOCOMAGH: A Cape Breton business with a unique plan for recruiting new employees continues to draw interest from people around the world.
In 2016, Heather Austin and her sister Sandee MacLean, co-owners of The Farmer’s Daughter Country Market, decided to...
ANTIGONISH: Two missing persons cases in the Strait area had dramatically different outcomes last week.
After being reported missing on November 19, 24-year-old Jacob Spin of Monastery was found two days later.
“He was located by family just prior to 11...
PORT HAWKESBURY: Municipal and First Nations leaders from throughout Cape Breton gathered in Port Hawkesbury last week to discuss issues affecting the region.
“It’s an organic discussion about where we are as an island,” said Port Hawkesbury mayor, Brenda Chisholm-Beaton,...