HALIFAX: Early childhood educators (ECEs) and employees working in licensed child-care centres will now receive health benefits and a pension for the first time ever.
The provincial government is raising the wages of ECEs...
HALIFAX: Earlier this month Kathryn Smith, a PhD candidate in Dalhousie University's Coastal Hydrology Lab, presented her findings on salmon cooling stations at a conference in Pittsburgh and an hour later she found herself on the phone...
STEWIACKE: After years of serving as a family’s outdoor Christmas tree, this year’s Tree for Boston will soon be on its way from Stewiacke.
The 45-foot White Spruce was donated by landowner Bette Gourley.
THORBURN: The Northeast Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit have charged a 61-year-old man with murder following an attack with an axe inside a home in Thorburn.
Residents across the Strait Area started Oct. 30...
Antigonish native named goaltender, video coach for Cape Breton
SYDNEY: A former StFX X-Men hockey player from Antigonish – one with deep maternal family ties to Richmond County – is the new goaltender and...
PORT HAWKESBURY: The proponents behind the Point Tupper-based green hydrogen and ammonia production facility have ensured the participation of local Mi’kmaw communities with a simple pen strike.
Bear Head Energy Inc. and the Assembly...
ANTIGONISH COUNTY: The warden of the Municipality of the County of Antigonish says council still would like to see a crosswalk be installed in the Mount Cameron vicinity.
“Where 337 enters into the...
The main point of contention between a company proposing a green hydrogen operation in the Strait area, and those with questions and criticisms of the project, surround what is considered green energy.
Last week...
ANTIGONISH: The artistic director for the Antigonight: Art After Dark Festival says she’s excited to have the festival return back to a normal setting after a different and difficult couple of years amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic.
ANTIGONISH: StFX University and the Town of Antigonish issued their own warnings last week after a bear was spotted both on campus and in the Arbour Drive area.
“The bear was spotted by a...