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St. John’s touring artist Rozalind MacPhail returns to the Townhouse Brewpub and Eatery, April 13, with her show Flute Loops and Film. Paddy Barry

A hearty bowl of Flute Loops and Film at the Townhouse

Goaltender Blair Van Orischot and the St. Croix Angels will be looking to make the impressive down three games to none comeback tomorrow night, when they face-off versus the Pleasantdale Panthers in a deciding seventh game to decide their first-round Antigonish Rural League series. The Heatherton Warriors, who won their series versus the County Outlaws in five games, awaits the winner.

St. Croix versus Pleasantdale to be decided tomorrow night

Signage for the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN) on its location on St. Mary’s Street in Antigonish.

Antigonish town and county announce their departures from ESREN

St. F.X. X-Men head coach Steve Konchalski and former guard Tyrell Vernon go over strategy during an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) game. Vernon has been named associate coach for the program. He will take over for Konchalski as head coach after the 2021 season. Herald file

Transition game for X-Men basketball

Steve Matier, president of Maritime Launch Services, explains some of the finer details of a potential space port in Canso, and the rocket technology the company is looking to use at the site, to a crowd of students, business people and faculty at St. F.X.’s Schwartz building.

Maritime Launch Services looking to build a launch site near Canso

Funding for the Antigonish Arena was a focus of discussion for Antigonish Town Council at their latest regular monthly public meeting.

Council to pay off arena deficit with an anticipated surplus budget

Members of Fàrsan; Neil Pearlman (left), Katie McNally, Màiri Britton and Elias Alexander. Steve Rankin photo

Fàrsan performing in Antigonish and Judique next week

St. F.X. President Kent MacDonald speaking at an event he described as one of his favourite days, X Ring Day, last December. After five-years as St. F.X. president, MacDonald has decided to not renew once his contract expires at the end of July.

MacDonald stepping away from role as St. F.X. President

Kristina Richard had plenty of support from friends and family, including her father Curtis, during the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Antigonish. Corey LeBlanc

Golden moment for Kristina Richard at Special Olympics World Summer ...

Antigonish’s Mary Beth Carty is part of the Ceilidh Acadien trio who will be performing March 23 at the Pomquet Fire Hall.

Carty and friends bringing Ceilidh Acadien to Pomquet

Kristina Richard had plenty of support from friends and family, including her father Curtis, during the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Antigonish. Corey LeBlanc

Golden moment for Kristina Richard at Special Olympics World Summer Games

Updated Mar 20, 2019 at 7:57 p.m.

Port Hood native Regan Spears (with puck) and the St. F.X. X-Men will skate in the 2019 U SPORTS Cavendish Farms University Cup this weekend at the University of Lethbridge. Richard MacKenzie

Spears shining on playoff stage

Updated Mar 12, 2019 at 3:05 p.m.

Signage for the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN) on its location on St. Mary’s Street in Antigonish.

Municipalities opting out of ESREN partnership

Updated Mar 11, 2019 at 12:24 p.m.

Stakeholders to address State of the Strait

Updated Mar 12, 2019 at 11:43 a.m.

News

St. F.X. President Kent MacDonald speaking at an event he described as one of his favourite days, X Ring Day, last December. After five-years as St. F.X. president, MacDonald has decided to not renew once his contract expires at the end of July.

MacDonald stepping away from role as St. F.X. President

Updated Mar 20, 2019 at 7:57 p.m.

Brian Adams is presented with his Atlantic Canada Marine Industries Hall of Fame recognition by West Nova MP Colin Fraser (left) and Zach Churchill, Yarmouth County MLA and Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, during the Jan. 25 ceremony in Yarmouth.

Cape George native enters marine hall of fame

Updated Feb 19, 2019 at 4:43 p.m.

The Main, Hawthorne and West street intersection upgrade work will take place this spring.

Contract awarded for downtown intersection work

Updated Feb 08, 2019 at 10:52 a.m.

Antigonish hosting Nova Scotia 55+ Games July 31 to Aug. 3

Updated Feb 08, 2019 at 10:46 a.m.

Sports

Goaltender Blair Van Orischot and the St. Croix Angels will be looking to make the impressive down three games to none comeback tomorrow night, when they face-off versus the Pleasantdale Panthers in a deciding seventh game to decide their first-round Antigonish Rural League series. The Heatherton Warriors, who won their series versus the County Outlaws in five games, awaits the winner.

St. Croix versus Pleasantdale to be decided tomorrow night

Updated 7 hours ago

Goaltender Chase Marchand and the St. F.X. X-Men will compete in the 2019 U Sports men's hockey championship tournament this weekend at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta. Richard MacKenzie

Hockey X-Men return to national championship stage

Updated Mar 15, 2019 at 10:51 a.m.

Antigonish native Andrew Milner of the Calgary Dinos makes a move on Munis Tutu of the Carleton Ravens during the 2019 U Sports Final 8 men’s basketball championships at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Mona Ghiz

Silver lining for Andrew Milner

Updated Mar 14, 2019 at 7:21 p.m.

Jordan Phee and his Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals boys' basketball team will defend their home tournament title this weekend at the Regional gym. Corey LeBlanc

Regional Royals capture NSSAF basketball banner

Updated Mar 12, 2019 at 3:03 p.m.

Business

Signage for the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN) on its location on St. Mary’s Street in Antigonish.

Antigonish town and county announce their departures from ESREN

Updated a day ago

The Antigonish Chamber of Commerce hosted a Q&A event in December, where members of the business community were given the opportunity to pick the brains of several legal, labour and human rights experts, with various questions about cannabis and the workplace.

Cannabis in the workplace

Updated Jan 04, 2019 at 1:41 p.m.

A meeting room in the former St. Joseph’s Renewal Centre in Mabou. The Gaelic College is planning renovations and exploring options with potential funding partners now that the St. Joseph Renewal Centre in Mabou is formally in its hands.

New beginning for Mabou landmark

Updated Dec 10, 2018 at 1:04 p.m.

The Shop Local: Antigonish By Choice image will be a familiar site in town this December.

Shop Local: Antigonish By Choice Christmas campaign on now

Updated Dec 07, 2018 at 11:40 a.m.

Living

It was a busy weekend for Pomquet native Katie Broussard at the 2019 U Sports Final 8 men’s basketball tournament in Halifax. She spent this season as a student athletic trainer with the Saint Mary’s Huskies. Corey LeBlanc

Pomquet native enjoys Final 8 experience

Updated Mar 19, 2019 at 12:29 p.m.

When we’re recruiting and looking at physicians and health care providers, we’re not just recruiting them for their work. We’re recruiting their families, we’re recruiting their kids-Nicole LeBlanc Project Navigator with Citizens for a Healthy Pictou County.

The changing landscape of health care in Nova Scotia

Updated Feb 22, 2019 at 3:56 p.m.

The band Port Cities, featuring St. F.X. music grad Breagh MacKinnon, Carleton Stone (centre) and Dylan Guthro, played a sold-out show Feb. 16 at the East Coast Credit Union Social Enterprise Centre. The event was hosted by the Antigonish Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) which calls the centre, located at 75 St. Ninian St., home.

SLIDESHOW: Port Cities in Antigonish

Updated Feb 22, 2019 at 9:47 a.m.

Liam Walsh, wellness centre lead, looks on as Chastity Morris spots Molly Peters cranking out a set of dumbbell shoulder presses.

The Paqtnkek Wellness Centre: Fitness at all levels

Updated Feb 22, 2019 at 3:56 p.m.

Opinion

DVDs featuring well known and beloved movies starring Candy, as well as some SCTV Christmas skits, and a book written about the late, great Canadian comedic actor.

A Canadian comedy icon gone too soon

Updated Mar 11, 2019 at 8:26 a.m.

Declan Smith of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, left, is interviewed by Mavs Gillis of Eastlink TV following the team’s 4-2 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Friday as members of the Screaming Eagles show their support for the captain. Smith made his return to the lineup on Friday following the passing of his mother, Rachel, and scored the game-winning goal.

SPORTS CHAT: A sign of support

Updated Dec 11, 2018 at 2:14 p.m.

Somebeachsomewhere owner and trainer Brent MacGrath being interviewed by Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame CEO Bruce Rainnie during the induction ceremony Nov. 2. Nick Pearce

A unique and deserving hall of fame selection for Somebeachsomewhere

Updated Jan 18, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

The baseball playoffs have shone a bright light on the benefits of video review to get plays right. How far will technology go as far as replacing human error when calling plays ... and even balls and strikes?

The play – and the umpire role – is under review

Updated Jan 18, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Community

St. John’s touring artist Rozalind MacPhail returns to the Townhouse Brewpub and Eatery, April 13, with her show Flute Loops and Film. Paddy Barry

A hearty bowl of Flute Loops and Film at the Townhouse

Updated 6 hours ago

Colonel (Ret’d) Patrick Dennis will be giving his lecture, titled Canadian Conscripts in the Great War: Myth and Legacy, March 14 in room 156 of St. F.X.’s St. F.X’s Schwartz School of Building. The event is open to the general public.

Lecture on conscription for the Great War at St. F.X.

Updated Mar 06, 2019 at 12:28 p.m.

The Vancouver Chamber Choir.

Antigonish Performing Arts Series continues this Thursday

Updated Mar 05, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Elizabeth MacDonald (left), Sherry Jackson, Paula O’Neil and Olivia Rossong welcome folks to the table set-up outside the VON Antigonish office Feb. 14, in celebration of a rebranding for the organization.

VON rebranding includes new tag line - Live Every Day

Updated Mar 03, 2019 at 5:58 p.m.

Recent Stories

Lawrencetown Restaurant closed on March 19 but owner Shaun Saunders expects a deal to sell the iconic business will go through and it will re-open soon.

Changing hands - Iconic Lawrencetown Restaurant closed but to reopen soon under new ownership

St. John’s touring artist Rozalind MacPhail returns to the Townhouse Brewpub and Eatery, April 13, with her show Flute Loops and Film. Paddy Barry

A hearty bowl of Flute Loops and Film at the Townhouse

Chad Hiltz of Hiltz Auto Co. and Discovery Channel’s Bad Chad Customs with his son – and apprentice – Colton Hiltz.

VIDEO: No dream too big: ‘Bad Chad’ teaches life lessons while building custom cars

Diana Pissarouk and Phil Panetta discovered e-scooters while touring around San Diego. - Matt Bubbers

A car nut tests out life with an e-scooter

Goaltender Blair Van Orischot and the St. Croix Angels will be looking to make the impressive down three games to none comeback tomorrow night, when they face-off versus the Pleasantdale Panthers in a deciding seventh game to decide their first-round Antigonish Rural League series. The Heatherton Warriors, who won their series versus the County Outlaws in five games, awaits the winner.

St. Croix versus Pleasantdale to be decided tomorrow night

Disturbance along Burin Peninsula highway leads to arrest of impaired North West Brook driver

2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon

After more than 25 years, the Jeep pickup is a thing again

The 2019 BMW X5 xDrive AWD is powered by a 335-horsepower, three-litre, straight-six, turbochrged engine worked by an eight-speed automatic transmission.

DRIVEN: X5 shows future of the BMW luxury utility vehicle with next-level technology

Salmonella scare prompts recall of Janes frozen chicken products

Chicken nuggets recalled due to possible Salmonella

Signage for the Eastern Strait Regional Enterprise Network (ESREN) on its location on St. Mary’s Street in Antigonish.

Antigonish town and county announce their departures from ESREN

St. F.X. X-Men head coach Steve Konchalski and former guard Tyrell Vernon go over strategy during an Atlantic University Sport (AUS) game. Vernon has been named associate coach for the program. He will take over for Konchalski as head coach after the 2021 season. Herald file

Transition game for X-Men basketball