When Kristel Fleuren-Hunter was growing up in Antigonish, she remembers the bookmobile – a library on wheels – coming to the school and her and the other children picking out books for the classroom. As she got older, she borrowed Nancy Drew books from her small local library. Trecia Schell remembers singing “skinnamarinky dinky dink” […]

St. Ann’s – The Cabot Trail Writers Festival is announcing a new contest and online program which aims to help foster the next generation of writers on Cape Breton Island and the deadline to apply is Dec. 17. The program is called Raise Our Voices and any youth, between ages 12 and 18 as of […]

Recent polls show housing and food security among top issues in Antigonish, Colchester, Cumberland, and Pictou counties.  Mental health counselling was the highest average reported need in Nova Scotia, although Halifax Regional Municipality made up a large plurality of total respondents (39 per cent), accounting for a skewed average of all counties. This article will […]