SYDNEY: A local man is facing charges following the execution of a search warrant at a marijuana dispensary.
On July 28, Cape Breton Regional Police Service (CBRPS) and the RCMP Integrated Street Crime Unit executed a warrant at Nova Budds,...
ARICHAT: Three years after it officially ended its life as a house of worship, the former St. John’s Anglican Church building is now in the hands of a community group hoping to refurbish the structure as a performing arts...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With a business consultant guiding them through the creative process and giving tips for their pitches, workshops got under way last week for potential entrants in a forthcoming contest designed to encourage the next wave of local...
ANTIGONISH: The federal government is kicking in funding for a local sporting facility.
On July 31, the Government of Canada announced $500,000 in funding for upgrades for StFX University’s Oland Stadium. The money will go toward replacing the stadium’s outdoor...
ANTIGONISH: An aged building is coming down to make way for a new facility at a local university.
StFX’s former Nicholson Hall is being removed from the campus in order to facilitate the construction of the school’s future Brian Mulroney...
GUYSBOROUGH: A passing motorist helped put out a brush fire.
On August 1, RCMP responded to a call of a brush fire near College Road in Lochaber. A passing motorist with a water tank attached to his vehicle helped extinguish...
JUDIQUE: An ATV collision resulted in a man being airlifted to hospital.
On July 29, a 2013 Arctic Cat ATV flipped on Hillsdale Road in Judique North. Both occupants were injured.
The 56-year-old driver, who was not wearing a helmet at...
HALIFAX: A shuttered West coast LNG project led to renewed interest in a local LNG project.
Paul MacLean, strategic and regulatory affairs advisor for Bear Head LNG, said Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, the parent company behind Bear Head LNG, is...
NORTH GRANT: An 87-year-old Antigonish woman was pronounced deceased at the scene of a four-vehicle traffic collision that took place last evening on Highway 245 near North Grant.
“There were three cars and a tractor trailer involved in the collision,” said...
PORT HAWKESBURY: After working for 18 years as the head cook and manager of The Rusty Anchor in Pleasant Bay, Marcella Timmons is looking to offer the people of Port Hawkesbury and surrounding areas a new option when it...