PORT HAWKESBURY: Volunteers are providing elbow grease, Port Hawkesbury is providing the venue, and the provincial government is providing some cash. The Strait area is soon to be the talk of the curling world.
The Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling...
SYDNEY: Home ice advantage did no favours for the Cape Breton Tradesmen last weekend as the Cape Breton West Islanders rolled into the County Arena and scored back-to-back wins, closing out their best-of-seven playoff series in four straight games.
At...
PORT HAWKESBURY: After three years of serving as the head coach of the Strait Pirates, David Marston has stepped away from the team.
“I’m proud of having had the opportunity to coach this franchise, the most historic franchise in the...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Junior Pirates closed out play for the 2016-17 season last Saturday night when visiting the Glace Bay Miners for the fourth and final game of their playoff series.
The result was a 6-0 loss for the maroon...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With Nova Scotia Senior Championships fast approaching, the Port Hawkesbury Antigonish Swim Team (PHAST) sent seven of their “Phastest” swimmers to the Long Course Prep Meet in Halifax on February 17 and 18.
The local swimmers recorded eight...
LOUISDALE: The Cape Breton Highlanders of the National Basketball League are holding a youth skills basketball clinic for the Strait-Richmond area.
The clinic will take place on Saturday, March 4, at the Richmond Academy Education Centre in Louisdale. The clinic...
PORT HOOD: Two games into the first round of the Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League (NSMMHL) playoffs, and the Cape Breton West Islanders are two games closer to advancing to the second round.
“We had two pretty tough games,...
ANTIGONISH: Two StFX athletes were named Subway Atlantic University Sport athletes of the week for the week ending February 19, 2017.
Sarah Bujold of the StFX X-Women hockey team was named female athlete of the week.
A third-year human kinetics...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The Swim Nova Scotia Junior Provincial Championships felt the power of a nor’easter on the weekend of February 10 -- the North Eastern team, that is!
The Port Hawkesbury Antigonish Swim Team (PHAST) took third place overall and...
PORT HAWKESBURY: With a grand total of 13 skaters dressed for their first two games against the Glace Bay Miners, the Strait Pirates were unable to manage a win resulting in a 2-0 series lead for the already-favoured Miners.
“The...