Wednesday, April 15, 2026

GIANTS OF SCIENCE: The tandem of Siena Finbow and Anneke MacGillivray, Grade 4 students at Antigonish Education Centre, with their project “Solubility and a Horse’s Sweet Tooth,” were among the more than 150 participants - 32 virtually and 119 in person - in the 2026 Strait Regional Centre for Education Science Fair, which took place April 8 at the Strait Area Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College in Port Hawkesbury. Allie MacIntyre, a Grade 12 student at SAERC, snapped this great photo and several others during the event. Read the story and full results in this week's edition.

Photo Credit: Allie MacIntyre (Grade 12, SAERC, Port Hawkesbury)

Eigg Mountain wind project clears environmental hurdle

By Corey LeBlanc

HALIFAX – A wind energy project proposed for Antigonish County has cleared a crucial hurdle.

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GIANTS OF SCIENCE: The tandem of Siena Finbow and Anneke MacGillivray, Grade 4 students at Antigonish Education Centre, with their project “Solubility and a Horse’s Sweet Tooth,” were among the more than 150 participants - 32 virtually and 119 in person - in the 2026 Strait Regional Centre for Education Science Fair, which took place April 8 at the Strait Area Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College in Port Hawkesbury. Allie MacIntyre, a Grade 12 student at SAERC, snapped this great photo and several others during the event. Read the story and full results in this week's edition.

  • Eigg Mountain wind project clears environmental hurdle

    By Corey LeBlanc

    April 15 2026

    HALIFAX – A wind energy project proposed for Antigonish County has cleared a crucial hurdle. READ MORE



April 15, 2026

  • Nowhere to ‘go’ on Highway 7

    By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    EASTERN SHORE – Just weeks before the tourism season along the Eastern Shore is set to open, attracting visitors from across Nova Scotia and beyond, a lack of year-round public washroom facilities is raising concerns among residents who say the gap affects safety, accessibility and health. READ MORE

  • Journey of a lifetime

    By Alec Bruce

    GUYSBOROUGH – Mary Desmond – policymaker, community activist and fierce advocate for African Nova Scotian communities – is rarely, if ever, at a loss for words. READ MORE



Also in this edition...

  • In praise of public speaking

    By Emilie Chiasson

    On Friday evening, I found myself doing something that took me right back to my childhood. I was asked to be a judge at the Antigonish County 4-H public speaking rally.

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  • Strong turnout, questions raised at EverWind open houses

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH – As EverWind Fuels moves its proposed Wind Farm 2 project in Guysborough County toward provincial environmental assessment later this spring, the company says public open houses last week drew questions focused on the project’s economic impact, timeline and scope, including whether the development would be built onshore or offshore.

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  • The winning formula

    By Corey LeBlanc

    PORT HAWKESBURY – The grand prize winners who came up with the winning formula during the 2026 Strait Regional Centre for Education (SRCE) science fair – and will compete in the national spotlight later this spring – attend schools in Antigonish and Guysborough counties.

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April 8, 2026

  • Community protest halts Highway 104 traffic

    By Corey LeBlanc

    PAQTNKEK MI’KMAW NATION – Traffic on Highway 104 at Exit 36B was slowed and temporarily halted last Thursday (April 2) ahead of the Easter long weekend as members of the local Mi’kmaw community and supporters staged a protest in response to RCMP raids on cannabis dispensaries in Potlotek First Nation. READ MORE

  • Need for local food support rising

    By Joanne Jordan. Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    EASTERN SHORE – Buoyed by nearly $68,000 in grants, food banks and aid societies in Guysborough County and along the Eastern shore are welcoming timely support from the provincial government’s Feeding Communities Fund last week. READ MORE

  • Bell should ring again at St. David’s

    By Corey LeBlanc

    CAPE GEORGE – A local Canadian Armed Forces veteran has recovered most of a historic church bell stolen from St. David’s United Church after launching her own investigation within days of the theft, saying she “just wanted to get it back.” READ MORE



April 1, 2026

  • “Layoffs are an inevitability”

    By Alec Bruce

    SHERBROOKE – One month after the province cut more than 20 per cent of its funding to Sherbrooke Village, the consequences are no longer hypothetical, and neither is York Lethbridge’s worst-case scenario. READ MORE

  • Mystery of the stolen bell

    By Corey LeBlanc

    CAPE GEORGE – Hurt and anger continue to permeate throughout this Antigonish County community as the theft of a historic bell from St. David’s United Church more than a week ago remains unsolved, although there is word online – which has not been confirmed by police – that it has been destroyed. READ MORE

  • Nova Scotia appeals board reviewing Canso tax inquiry

    By Alec Bruce

    CANSO – The Nova Scotia Regulatory and Appeals Board is examining whether it has the authority to act on a request tied to property tax treatment in the former Town of Canso following its 2012 dissolution, The Journal has learned. READ MORE

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