The 12th resident pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in West Arichat was a priest who later became known throughout all of Canada.
He was Dr. Neil McNeil born at Hillsboro, in the Mabou parish....
Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) across Nova Scotia are demanding better pay, and they want answers now.
Local ECEs protested at the constituency office of Inverness MLA Allan MacMaster on Sept. 8 in Inverness.
Grandique is a French term meaning big ditch or big plank.
According to a 1969 article in the Antigonish Casket by Bishop John Cameron, in the early 1800s, Grandique Ferry was a mission of...
Retired Sergeant Tyson Matthew Bowen of Lorne, Pictou County passed away at the Aberdeen Hospital in the early hours of Sept. 3 at the age of 35.
Bowen was described in his obituary as...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
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During the early period of colonization and during...
One local wind project was selected and another was rejected to take part in a power purchase agreement with Nova Scotia Power (NSP).
In a press release issued on Aug. 17, CustomerFirst Renewables (CFR),...
The ninth resident pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, West Arichat, was Father Alexander Beaton, a Cape Breton priest of Scottish descent who spoke the three principal languages then used in the Diocese of Antigonish. There seems to...
Although it does have a role to play in helping get the word out fast, there are times when social media platforms help disseminate false, or misleading, information at the same speed.
In July,...
The fourth resident pastor was another priest from the Province of Quebec, Father Joseph Etienne Ethier. He was ordained in Montreal on Aug. 4, 1867 and was a fellow professor with Father Fournier on the staff of...
The findings of a homelessness count of Eastern Nova Scotia completed in November of 2021 and released earlier this month, highlight a need for housing strategies around the Strait area.
The report identified 483...