SWEET REWARDS: Siblings Yvonne Clyke and Gerard Fougere stretch tamarin — a traditional Acadian candy — during the Festival du Tamarin celebration at the Chedabucto Lifestyle Complex in Guysborough on Saturday. See story and more pictures in this week's edition.
Photo Credit: Hilary Hendsbee
Regional library asks councils for cash to buy books
By Alec Bruce
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — Facing what it calls a “complex and uncertain financial outlook,” Eastern Counties Regional Library (ECRL) has issued an urgent call to municipal governments in Guysborough County and parts of Cape Breton for money to help it buy books.
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SWEET REWARDS: Siblings Yvonne Clyke and Gerard Fougere stretch tamarin — a traditional Acadian candy — during the Festival du Tamarin celebration at the Chedabucto Lifestyle Complex in Guysborough on Saturday. See story and more pictures in this week's edition.
By Alec Bruce
February 11 2026
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — Facing what it calls a “complex and uncertain financial outlook,” Eastern Counties Regional Library (ECRL) has issued an urgent call to municipal governments in Guysborough County and parts of Cape Breton for money to help it buy books. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
CANSO — An estimated 80 area residents crowded into the Canso Fire Hall last week for a public open house to share their views and provide feedback on a long-standing area tax they say is roughly three times higher than what residents pay elsewhere in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG). READ MORE
By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE — Water service was restored Feb. 3 after a four-day disruption caused by multiple leaks in Sherbrooke’s water main system, affecting about 40 residents, businesses and the local hospital during a weekend snowstorm. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH — NexGold Mining Corp. has started hiring for a senior on-site project role at its proposed Goldboro gold mine – confirmation that the long-planned project is moving from feasibility and planning into engineering and construction prep, according to municipal and company officials.iver Association (SMRA).
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GUYSBOROUGH — The Chedabucto Lifestyle Centre (CLC) transformed into an oasis of Acadian culture and traditions when the annual Festival du Tamarin took centre stage on Feb. 7.
SUBSCRIBEBy Janet Becigneul
ANTIGONISH — It was a time for celebration as the community gathered to launch African Heritage Month (AHM) at the Joyce Family Atrium in Mulroney Hall on the StFX campus on Feb. 3.
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By Alec Bruce
HAZEL HILL — Barely five months after going public with the idea, a Nova Scotia company and its U.S. partner say they have made a “final investment decision” to build an aggregate quarry and marine terminal near this seaside community that could generate up to 100 construction jobs and nearly as many permanent full-time positions in the area. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
CANSO — Residents of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) will get a chance to ask questions and learn more about the ongoing review of the Canso tax rate structure at two open houses in Canso and Guysborough on Wednesday (Feb. 4). READ MORE
By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
CANSO — A story rooted in family and decades of curling tradition has propelled a Canso team into the national spotlight, as members of the MacDonald family await the outcome of a Curling Day in Canada storytelling contest this weekend. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — Guysborough County’s three municipalities have lined up behind a call to provincial and federal governments to address what local officials describe as a growing public safety risk at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish: the lack of a second, permanent access road. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH — A grassroots housing organization in Guysborough County has begun work on what it describes as the region’s first locally driven effort to develop a housing strategy focused specifically on the needs of African Nova Scotian communities. READ MORE
By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE — With filming of The Great Amherst Ghost Haunting now wrapped, officials at Sherbrooke Village say the experience has renewed their interest in attracting more film and television productions to the historic site. READ MORE
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