Saturday, December 6, 2025

GOALS-WORTHY TRADITION: Members and staff of the Guysborough Options for Adaptive Living Society (GOALS) popped in for songs, games and gifts from Santa at the Canso Lions Club Nov. 26. The Lions’ annual Christmas party has been a tradition for 30 years and, for many in the area, marks the official start of the festive season. Participants in the fun-filled celebration included Selena Symes (back, left), Mike Rudolph, Ricky Avery, Santa, John Carrigan, Nicole George, Heitor Maia, Rose Andrews, Elaine Casey, Kim Smith; Henry Nickerson (front, left), Kayla England and Chrissy Post.

 

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Community First to select housing projects

By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — Barely 21 months after holding its first meeting, Guysborough County’s first and only grassroots housing association says it’s moving into the most significant phase of its work to date, including prioritizing new projects for development.

READ MORE December 3 2025

GOALS-WORTHY TRADITION: Members and staff of the Guysborough Options for Adaptive Living Society (GOALS) popped in for songs, games and gifts from Santa at the Canso Lions Club Nov. 26. The Lions’ annual Christmas party has been a tradition for 30 years and, for many in the area, marks the official start of the festive season. Participants in the fun-filled celebration included Selena Symes (back, left), Mike Rudolph, Ricky Avery, Santa, John Carrigan, Nicole George, Heitor Maia, Rose Andrews, Elaine Casey, Kim Smith; Henry Nickerson (front, left), Kayla England and Chrissy Post.

 

  • Community First to select housing projects

    By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    December 3 2025

    GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — Barely 21 months after holding its first meeting, Guysborough County’s first and only grassroots housing association says it’s moving into the most significant phase of its work to date, including prioritizing new projects for development. READ MORE



December 3, 2025

  • Demand brisk at food bank as Christmas nears

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — Proof that the cost of living doesn’t take holidays, demand for food assistance in the Guysborough area is growing, with dozens of residents seeking help each week as sky-high grocery prices continue to squeeze household budgets heading into Christmas. READ MORE

  • Break-in surge hits Guysborough County

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — Amid an increase in reported break and enters in Guysborough County this fall, local RCMP have arrested and charged a Summerside, N.S., man in connection with an October incident at the Hadleyville fire hall. READ MORE



Also in this edition...

  • Library use up at Eastern Counties Regional Library: annual report

    By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — The Eastern Counties Regional Library (ECRL) has released its 2024-25 annual report, showing a significant rise in library use across the region and a growing reliance for social-support programs and accessibility services.

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  • Province funds new regional emergency management office for Guysborough County

    By Alec Bruce

    GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — With new funding on tap for a new regional emergency management organization incorporating all municipalities of Guysborough County, the provincial government is putting its money where its mouth is – a move welcomed by senior local officials.

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  • StFX to honour Antigonish native Bruce MacKinnon at fall convocation

    By Corey LeBlanc

    ANTIGONISH — More than 40 years after starting his post-secondary studies at StFX, Bruce MacKinnon will become a member of its prestigious alumni family this weekend. During fall convocation on Saturday afternoon, the internationally celebrated and award-winning editorial cartoonist will receive an honorary degree.

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November 26, 2025

  • Canso, we have liftoff!

    By Alec Bruce

    CANSO — “Awe-inspiring,” whispered Steven Matier. The 65-year-old former NASA engineer, who has seen countless rocket launches over his long career, stood on the scrubby edge of his Spaceport Nova Scotia launch pad last week and watched the Barracuda hypersonic vehicle punch into the clear blue sky above Canso. “It’s so cool.” READ MORE

  • St. Mary’s council urged to ‘reconsider’ support for proposed whale sanctuary

    By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    SHERBROOKE — A letter submitted to the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s council last week is calling on elected representatives to reconsider their support for the Whale Sanctuary Project (WSP) proposed for Port Hilford. READ MORE

  • EverWind gets environmental approval for wind project

    By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — EverWind Fuels has received environmental approval from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change for the Setapuktuk Wind Project, a 432-megawatt onshore development proposed for the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG). READ MORE



November 19, 2025

  • Licensed childcare comes to Canso

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    CANSO — After years of wandering in a virtual childcare desert, Canso parents are set to welcome their first locally licensed daycare facility – an 18-space centre for toddlers and preschoolers inside the Fanning Education Centre/Canso Academy – under a joint provincial-federal initiative to expand such services in rural Nova Scotia. READ MORE

  • ‘We shouldn’t let our guards down’

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — Reeling between droughts and downpours, residents of Guysborough County could be easily forgiven for confusing their daily weather reports with excerpts from the Old Testament. READ MORE

  • St Barbara curbs mine plan at Cochrane Hill

    By Alec Bruce

    COUNTRY HARBOUR — Australian gold miner St Barbara says it will scale back its long-controversial proposal for Cochrane Hill in the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s and shift major operations to a new central processing site 50 kilometres away, part of a revised regional strategy to be unveiled at a public session in Country Harbour on Nov. 27. READ MORE

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