The Casket

Members of the Westenenk family have been a fixture in Antigonish County since 1950 and it was here a special reunion was held in conjunction with the 90th birthday of Willie Westenenk. Pictured during the late-November, early-December visit are; Minnie van de Wiel (back, left), MaryAnn Forbes, Mary van den Heuvel, Annetta Westenenk, Gary Westenenk, Hans Westenenk, Thea Westenenk (middle, left), Willie, Maria Sanderson, Benny Westenenk, Wilhelmien Ten Hove (front, left), Willy Westenenk and Harry Westenenk.

Coming together in Antigonish to celebrate Oom Wim

Need for Speed P1 A1

Bent steel and broken lives: why do we drive too fast?

If Only The Walls Could Talk, an initiative of the Guysborough Historical Society and Mulgrave Road Theatre, will take place Monday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. Contributed

If Only the Walls Could Talk

Strait Pirates’ goaltender Cody Smith makes a save on Antigonish Farmers’ Mutual Junior Bulldogs’ forward Ryan Kennedy during Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League action Sunday night (Jan. 13) at the Antigonish Arena. The Pirates won 7-1. Corey LeBlanc

PHOTOS: Pirates thump Bulldogs in NSJHL action

There have had an unprecedented number of partial closures at the Canso Causeway so far this winter.

Troubling winds at Canso Causeway

Mother Gloria, delegate Superior for Our Lady of Grace Monastery, and Dan Fougere, president of the Secular Order of Saint Augustine, are co-chairs of a steering committee overseeing a campaign to support the Oct. 31 purchase of the monastery and immediate work which needs to be done at the location. The total money to be raised is $800,000.

Campaign for Our Lady of Grace Monastery underway

The promotional poster for the Antigonish Winter Market which begins Jan. 26.

Year five of Antigonish Winter Market starts Jan. 26

Dr. Jeannie MacGillivray resigned as a general surgeon at St. Martha's Regional Hospital late last year. File

Patients in Strait region sick over loss of surgeon

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a stop at the iconic Wheel Pizza and Sub Shop while visiting Antigonish last July. The federal Liberal government will seek a second term this fall, when Canadians head to the polls. File

Canadians will go to the polls in 2019, St. F.X. prof says the race is ...

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Antigonish-based company aims to make the wild blueberry even healthier

The former vocational school site along Reeves Street in Port Hawkesbury is under consideration for a possible hotel development. The potential developer has not been named.

New hotel discussed in Port Hawkesbury

Updated 19 hours ago

Antigonish’s Declan Smith, pictured in action last season for the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, has been named captain of the QMJHL team for the 2018-19 season. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Declan Smith to skate with St. F.X. X-Men next season

Updated Jan 04, 2019 at 1:46 p.m.

Volunteers with the Monsignor Hugh MacPherson Council of the Knights of Columbus toy drive delivered their final packages at 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve. File

Another busy Christmas season at ‘toy house’ in Antigonish

Updated Jan 04, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.

Snow coming down around Main Street.

SLIDESHOW: Snowy start to 2019

Updated Jan 04, 2019 at 1:45 p.m.

News

Mother Gloria, delegate Superior for Our Lady of Grace Monastery, and Dan Fougere, president of the Secular Order of Saint Augustine, are co-chairs of a steering committee overseeing a campaign to support the Oct. 31 purchase of the monastery and immediate work which needs to be done at the location. The total money to be raised is $800,000.

Campaign for Our Lady of Grace Monastery underway

Updated Jan 11, 2019 at 2:28 p.m.

A billboard on the St. Martha's Regional Hospital property in Antigonish promoting the ongoing Time is Now campaign, an initiative of the St. Martha's Regional Hospital Foundation raising monies for its endowment fund. Richard MacKenzie

UPDATED: ‘St. Martha’s and you: The time is NOW…’ has surpassed $16 million in Strait region

Updated Dec 17, 2018 at 3:57 p.m.

Port Hawkesbury Paper’s order books for 2019 are essentially full, a senior company official says. It’s good news for the largest industrial employer in the Strait of Canso region, which is now six years removed from a year-long shutdown and sales process following the bankruptcy of its former American parent company.

Port Hawkesbury Paper says order book full six years after reopening

Updated Dec 19, 2018 at 5:53 p.m.

The number of issued speeding tickets within Terra Nova National Park appears to have gone down since 13 passing lanes were opened in 2017. However, a Glovertown RCMP officer isn’t convinced there’s a connection.

Complaints, citations down since Terra Nova park's passing lanes opened

Updated a day ago

Sports

The Antigonish Bantam ‘A’ female Bulldogs celebrate their Dairy Queen Female Hockey Tournament title with the championship banner and gold medals.

Antigonish Bantam ‘A’ female Bulldogs capture gold at DQ Tournament

Updated Jan 10, 2019 at 3:59 p.m.

Antigonish native Gail MacDougall, shown during her St. F.X. Sports Hall of Fame induction in 2017, has reached another head coaching milestone. She earned her 900th victory with the Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional Royals girls' basketball team, Dec. 16, in a 45-39 win over the Lockview Dragons. Corey LeBlanc - Corey LeBlanc

Basketball coaching legend Gail MacDougall of Antigonish reaches 900-win milestone

Updated Dec 20, 2018 at 8:55 a.m.

St. F.X. X-Men goaltender Chase Marchand trying to find a sightline as teammates Aaron Hoyles (#55) and Matt Needham look to contain Dalhousie Tigers forwards Mike Evelyn and Kelly Bent, in first-half Atlantic University Sport (AUS) hockey action at the Keating Centre. Richard MacKenzie

‘Consistency’ key to second-half success for X-Men hockey

Updated Jan 01, 2019 at 11:21 a.m.

Antigonish Farmers’ Mutual Junior Bulldogs’ forward Ryan Kennedy trying a wrap-around attempt versus the Cole Harbour Colts, during Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League action Nov. 25 at the Antigonish Arena. The Bulldogs won the contest 8-1.

Bulldogs sitting second at NSJHL reaches holiday break

Updated Dec 16, 2018 at 10:49 p.m.

Business

Colin MacNeil-McMullin, a worker at Mary Janes in Sydney, shows some of the plastic marijuana containers the store is collecting to be made into artificial arms and hands for needy people.

Pot smokers in Cape Breton can turn joints into limbs

Updated Dec 18, 2018 at 1:30 p.m.

Crates of lobster are offloaded from a fishing vessel at the Lower Woods Harbour wharf. The $9 shore price set within two weeks of the season opening is still holding, although it has created resistance in the marketplace.

$9 shore price in southwestern Nova Scotia creates lobster season ‘bottleneck’

Updated 14 hours ago

Skate sharpener Philip Agombar makes the sparks fly at Granville Street Skates where he puts an edge on a pair of kids hockey skates. The Bridgetown father of four was tired of driving half an hour to get skates sharpened, so he started up his own business.

Sharp job in Bridgetown - Philip Agombar knows all about putting a good edge on a pair of skates

Updated 15 hours ago

The Canadian Tire store in Yarmouth will be expanding to close to twice the size it is now.

Yarmouth Canadian Tire store expanding

Updated Jan 12, 2019 at 7:53 a.m.

Living

Members of the Westenenk family have been a fixture in Antigonish County since 1950 and it was here a special reunion was held in conjunction with the 90th birthday of Willie Westenenk. Pictured during the late-November, early-December visit are; Minnie van de Wiel (back, left), MaryAnn Forbes, Mary van den Heuvel, Annetta Westenenk, Gary Westenenk, Hans Westenenk, Thea Westenenk (middle, left), Willie, Maria Sanderson, Benny Westenenk, Wilhelmien Ten Hove (front, left), Willy Westenenk and Harry Westenenk.

Coming together in Antigonish to celebrate Oom Wim

Updated 19 hours ago

Ron MacGillivray Chevrolet Buick GMC is one of the drop-off sites for a winter clothing drive, presented by Family Service of Eastern Nova Scotia, which goes until Dec. 22. The People’s Place Library and the family services office, both on Main Street, are other drop-off location for donations and the dealership, represented in the photo by Michael Hart and Dave MacGillivray, are also making a monetary donation with every vehicle sold during the campaign.

Winter clothing drive on now in Antigonish

Updated Dec 04, 2018 at 1:26 p.m.

The Trews, who have deep roots in Antigonish, have released Civilianaires, their sixth full-length studio album. They will launch a Canadian tour on New Year's Eve in Winnipeg. Contributed

The Trews ‘really proud’ of Civilianaires

Updated Dec 10, 2018 at 3:14 p.m.

Folks enjoy the fireworks display that immediately followed the tree lighting ceremony at Columbus Field, as the Town of Antigonish officially kicked off the Christmas season with an evening of fun for the whole family, titled A Down Home Christmas, Nov. 24.

SLIDESHOW: Antigonish Santa Claus parade and tree lighting ceremony 2018

Updated Nov 29, 2018 at 8:58 a.m.

Opinion

Characters such as Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and the Vision have helped propel the Marvel Cinematic Universe to unequaled levels of success.

Marvel still king of the movie mountain

Updated Jan 01, 2019 at 11:12 a.m.

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: ‘Best care’ impossible in stressed emergency

Published Jan 12, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Businesses won’t stay in arenas of uncertainty if they have better options. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Getting out while the getting is good

Published Jan 11, 2019 at 6 a.m.

A photo provided as evidence during an animal cruelty trail in Charlottetown of Nicholas, a mixed Labrador/Rottweiler dog recovering at the P.E.I. Humane Society earlier this year.

EDITORIAL: Pets need protection

Published Jan 11, 2019 at 6 a.m.

Community

If Only The Walls Could Talk, an initiative of the Guysborough Historical Society and Mulgrave Road Theatre, will take place Monday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. Contributed

If Only the Walls Could Talk

Updated 19 hours ago

St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Church Street will be the place to be this Saturday evening for the annual Lessons and Carols Service.

Early evening start for Lessons and Carols at St. Paul’s Anglican Church

Updated Dec 12, 2018 at 4:45 p.m.

The Monsignor Hugh MacPherson Council of the Knights of Columbus toy drive is in full swing in Antigonish. Volunteers, including Regis MacDonald (left), Leslie Chisholm, Hugh Richardson and Clarence Deyoung, are busy filling orders for families in Antigonish town and county. Corey LeBlanc

Creating holiday memories at ‘toy house’ in Antigonish

Updated Dec 14, 2018 at 7:48 p.m.

Poster promoting this Friday's VON Antigonish Christmas event.

The Christmas Story celebrated in song and words this Friday

Updated Dec 11, 2018 at 2:10 p.m.

Recent Stories

Matt Smith reads the name of the winning ticket holder in the Jan. 2 Chase the Ace draw. The winner was called, selected one of the remaining 12 cards, but missed the ace. He won almost $5,000 anyway. The draw tonight is worth at least $93,000.

Annapolis Royal Fire’s Chase the Ace at $105,000 on Jan. 23

Crates of lobster are offloaded from a fishing vessel at the Lower Woods Harbour wharf. The $9 shore price set within two weeks of the season opening is still holding, although it has created resistance in the marketplace.

$9 shore price in southwestern Nova Scotia creates lobster season ‘bottleneck’

Members of the Westenenk family have been a fixture in Antigonish County since 1950 and it was here a special reunion was held in conjunction with the 90th birthday of Willie Westenenk. Pictured during the late-November, early-December visit are; Minnie van de Wiel (back, left), MaryAnn Forbes, Mary van den Heuvel, Annetta Westenenk, Gary Westenenk, Hans Westenenk, Thea Westenenk (middle, left), Willie, Maria Sanderson, Benny Westenenk, Wilhelmien Ten Hove (front, left), Willy Westenenk and Harry Westenenk.

Coming together in Antigonish to celebrate Oom Wim

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EDITORIAL: Dealing with drones

Twenty one people were killed on Commercial Street in the North End when a tank of molasses ruptured and exploded. An eight foot wave of the syrupy brown liquid moved down Commercial Street at a speed of 35mph. Wreckage of the collapsed tank visible in background, center, next to light colored warehouse. Elevated railway structure visible at far left and the North End Park bathing beach to the far right. - Wikimedia Commons

CINDY DAY: The Great Molasses Flood, a sad day in Boston’s history

Stock photo

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Alcohol and altitude — a potentially dangerous cocktail on airplanes

The number of issued speeding tickets within Terra Nova National Park appears to have gone down since 13 passing lanes were opened in 2017. However, a Glovertown RCMP officer isn’t convinced there’s a connection.

Complaints, citations down since Terra Nova park's passing lanes opened

Help available for first responders dealing with PTSD

RCMP Corporal Jennifer Clarke says given the potential outcome of speeding, it’s just not worth taking the risk.

Not a victimless crime: First responders say speeding-related accidents affect many lives

Skate sharpener Philip Agombar makes the sparks fly at Granville Street Skates where he puts an edge on a pair of kids hockey skates. The Bridgetown father of four was tired of driving half an hour to get skates sharpened, so he started up his own business.

Sharp job in Bridgetown - Philip Agombar knows all about putting a good edge on a pair of skates

A long-term care expert panel appointed by the provincial Liberals is due to release its report on Tuesday.

Nova Scotia long-term care panel’s report expected Tuesday

The former vocational school site along Reeves Street in Port Hawkesbury is under consideration for a possible hotel development. The potential developer has not been named.

New hotel discussed in Port Hawkesbury