PORT HAWKESBURY: An equipment loan program offered by the Canadian Red Cross will no longer be offered through a local business.
The Canadian Red Cross announced on May 14 that it is changing their Health Equipment Loan Program (HELP) service...
ANTIGONISH: “That’s an amazing feeling.”
These were the words Tareq Hadhad used on September 9 when he and his family cut the ribbon on their new Peace By Chocolate factory. The moment represented a long journey and not only in...
ANTIGONISH: One-third of staff was cut from St. Francis
Xavier University’s Coady International Institute because the university did
not secure federal funding.
The Coady has an operating budget of about $7 million,
and every five years, a...
PORT HAWKESBURY: A new tradition took hold at last week’s regular meeting of town council, which ended with the introduction of a public question period for residents in attendance.
A recommendation from Port Hawkesbury Town Council’s Committee-of-the-Whole to set aside...
GUYSBOROUGH: The preliminary phase of the Fatality
Inquiry looking into what caused retired Cpl. Lionel Desmond to kill his
mother, wife and 10-year-old daughter, before turning the gun on himself, began
May 21 more than two years after the tragic...
ANTIGONISH: Parts of Antigonish and Inverness counties were hit hard by the record rainfall which created floods that washed away roads and bridges, and forced residents to evacuate.On Nov. 23, Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Strait Area Pool is among the considerations for the Cape Breton YMCA as it continues to negotiate with town officials to launch a more permanent partnership, nine months after reaching a temporary agreement to continue the...
PORT HOOD: Recent changes in how the provincial government manages emergencies are having a direct impact at the municipal level, and Inverness County councillors received an overview during their most recent council session.
“Changes...
STRAIT AREA: Local demonstrations joined the global call for change in the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody last month in Minnesota.
Photo by Jake BoudrotTalen and Sasha Repko walked...
WAYCOBAH: A 51-year-old Waycobah man is facing charges after police searched a home.
On December 2 at approximately 7:40 p.m., Inverness County District RCMP, Victoria County District RCMP and the Street Crime Enforcement Unit (SCEU) searched a Waycobah home as...