WARM HEARTS GATHER: Fifty-seven teams with more than 340 walkers bundled up to participate in the Naomi Society’s Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser Saturday evening in Antigonish (Feb 28). Walkers completed either a two- or five-kilometre course in support of the society’s work to help women and children affected by relationship violence. See story on page 7.
Photo Credit: Janet Becigneul
Funding cut jolts Historic Sherbrooke Village
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE – A special council meeting of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s will convene Wednesday, March 4, to address a 20 per cent provincial funding cut to Historic Sherbrooke Village – a reduction that threatens local jobs and deep programming cuts at one of Nova Scotia’s most iconic cultural sites.
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WARM HEARTS GATHER: Fifty-seven teams with more than 340 walkers bundled up to participate in the Naomi Society’s Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser Saturday evening in Antigonish (Feb 28). Walkers completed either a two- or five-kilometre course in support of the society’s work to help women and children affected by relationship violence. See story on page 7.
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
March 4 2026
SHERBROOKE – A special council meeting of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s will convene Wednesday, March 4, to address a 20 per cent provincial funding cut to Historic Sherbrooke Village – a reduction that threatens local jobs and deep programming cuts at one of Nova Scotia’s most iconic cultural sites. READ MORE
By Chloe Hannan
ANTIGONISH – The Antigonish Community Food Bank is seeing a significant rise in demand this winter, resulting in a record-breaking day of service last week. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
MULGRAVE – Mulgrave Deputy Mayor Jane Tate says she has sought legal advice and is prepared to resign if what she describes as ongoing defamatory social media attacks against her continue. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
SHERBROOKE – Efforts to restore a permanent pharmacy in Sherbrooke are expected to move forward at the March 4 committee of the whole session as St. Mary’s municipal councillors consider using municipal land to help attract a new operator.
SUBSCRIBEBy Janet Becigneul
ANTIGONISH – The excitement was palpable as people arrived to register for the second annual Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) winter walk fundraiser last Saturday in Antigonish.
SUBSCRIBEBy Alec Bruce and Corey LeBlanc
GUYSBOROUGH-ANTIGONISH – They come from different corners of the local arts community – from Antigonish and Arisaig to Guysborough and Canso, from Sherbrooke and St. Mary’s to Mulgrave and Monastery. But, when it comes to last week’s provincial budget, they are speaking with one voice – and that voice is angry and alarmed.
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By Corey LeBlanc
HEATHERTON – Supporters of a proposed Antigonish arts and culture centre are seeking $30,000 in combined municipal funding to launch a feasibility study for a project that could ultimately carry a $40-million price tag. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
GUYSBOROUGH – A recently completed review of Canso’s disputed local tax structure – under which some residents pay as much as three times the annual levy paid by counterparts elsewhere in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) – does not recommend reducing the additional area rate applied to properties there. READ MORE
By Helen Murphy
GUYSBOROUGH-ANTIGONISH – The separation of the Guysborough Journal and Antigonish This Week is no more, with the merger of the two papers in this week’s edition. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
AULDS COVE — For proponents of a proposed 147-megawatt wind energy project near Aulds Cove – billed as power “for Nova Scotians to be used by Nova Scotians” – Friday the 13th proved anything but unlucky. READ MORE
By Katie Edwards
ANTIGONISH — It’s 1944. You live in a house that’s drafty and damp. You use an outhouse, even on the coldest of nights. One of your children has just died – William. One year old. Pneumonia. READ MORE
By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
PORT HILFORD — Despite France’s December declaration that two captive orcas were “destined” for the Whale Sanctuary Project (WSP) in Port Hilford, their relocation remains uncertain after high-level talks in Paris have failed to produce a final agreement. READ MORE
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