WE REMEMBER THEM: Veteran Nelson Duquette prepares to cut a Canadian flag cake during a Remembrance Day reception at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 46 in Canso. President Juanita Dort read the names of veterans who served in the First and Second Wars, other conflicts and peacetime operations during an earlier service at Canso United Baptist Church.
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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.
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WE REMEMBER THEM: Veteran Nelson Duquette prepares to cut a Canadian flag cake during a Remembrance Day reception at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 46 in Canso. President Juanita Dort read the names of veterans who served in the First and Second Wars, other conflicts and peacetime operations during an earlier service at Canso United Baptist Church.
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
November 19 2025
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
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
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
By Alec Bruce
SHERBROOKE — More than 50,000 visitors flocked to the St. Mary’s tourism website this year, marking a new high for the municipality’s digital reach and highlighting the growing importance of online campaigns in attracting travellers to the region.
SUBSCRIBEBy Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SUNNYVILLE — In this small community, food has become the heart of rebuilding social ties after the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. What began as a simple effort to bring neighbours out of their homes has grown into a series of shared meals, preserve-making sessions, community gatherings and volunteer-led events at the Sunnyville Community Hall. All driven by the Sunnyville Community Association’s Eat, Drink and Be Happy program.
SUBSCRIBEBy Corey LeBlanc
HEATHERTON – It is an unofficial start to the Christmas season here that brings together not only friends and neighbours, but also many from across Antigonish town and county to be entertained and inspired by residents of the beloved Heatherton Group Home.
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By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE — Organizers of Christmas at Sherbrooke Village (CSV) have reversed their decision to charge admission on opening night for one of the community’s most cherished traditions and will now offer the event free of charge – restoring a custom that was quietly dropped earlier this fall. READ MORE
By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — The Eastern Counties Regional Library (ECRL) is preparing for a difficult year ahead, after learning that the province’s 2025-26 budget expected to include no increase in library funding. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GOLDBORO — NexGold Mining Corp. says it is just one step away from greenlighting construction of its long-awaited Goldboro mine – one of the most closely watched proposed industrial builds in Guysborough County in recent memory. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — As Nova Scotia barrels toward winter, the fallout from an unusually dry season is still playing out above – and below – ground in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) and beyond. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH — When Kelly Harnish put the final brush stroke on his sprawling mural at the Guysborough waterfront last week, he didn’t feel triumph. Or even relief. READ MORE
By Janice Christie
SHEET HARBOUR — For the past 20 years, Reg Russell has coordinated the Remembrance Day service for Royal Canadian Legion Courcelette Branch #58 in Sheet Harbour. He retired from the military in 1996, and by that time he and his wife, Cher, were living back in the homestead where he was raised in Watt Section. READ MORE
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