PORT HAWKESBURY: Over 1,000 people attended a visitation last week to remember a family dentist who served the Port Hawkesbury area for over four decades.
Dr. Joseph Royden Trainor passed away this month at the age of 88.
“Dad was a...
PORT HAWKESBURY: To celebrate pride month, the Town of
Port Hawkesbury raised the pride flag for the very first time in its history.
The striped rainbow flag, which is the latest flag to
be dancing in...
MULGRAVE: In a groundbreaking move toward renewable energy, the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has announced a $224.2 million investment in the Goose Harbour Lake Wind Farm, an ambitious wind energy project led by Port Hawkesbury Paper Wind...
ANTIGONISH COUNTY: A Strait area Member of the Legislative Assembly is calling for the provincial government to do more for the residents of eastern Richmond County.
During two meetings with officials from the Department...
CAPE BRETON: The Cape Breton and Nova Scotia arts community is rallying around well-known performer and entrepreneur Abbey Mullendore following news that she has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and will require surgery – almost immediately.
ANTIGONISH: The RCMP arrested and charged a 17-year-old after graffiti was painted on a school bus, a school sign, and on a school building.
In a press release, the RCMP characterized the graffiti as “racially and culturally insensitive and included...
ANTIGONISH: In a move to ensure Indigenous students feel safe, welcomed and honoured, StFX University officially opened their Indigenous Student Centre.
“I am so glad this is happening,” said Michelle Sylliboy, an Indigenous professor...
ANTIGONISH: Two researchers from St. Francis Xavier University have been awarded nearly $200,000 in provincial funding to lead groundbreaking projects aimed at improving mental health care access in rural Nova Scotia and understanding the effects of identity-based...
ANTIGONISH: Mental health services at a local university received a boost last week.
On January 17, Bell’s Let’s Talk Community Fund donated $20,000 for mental health initiatives at StFX University, including support training of an additional Mental Health First Aid...
ARICHAT: Richmond County wants to be included in the next phase of a project which tests municipal wastewater systems for COVID-19.
Warden Amanda Mombourquette told the regular monthly meeting of Richmond Municipal Council on...