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Two vehicle collision in Beaver Meadow, Antigonish County

The Bantam ‘A’ female Bulldogs gather with their provincial championship banner, plaque and trophy following the Day of Champions final game which they won 5-0 versus Western Riptide White.

Bantam ‘A’ female Bulldogs enjoy banner year

Long-time driving instructor Earl Randall has written an informative and entertaining book about his career, and will be officially launching it May 1, at 7 p.m., at the People’s Place Library’s community room.

Earl Randall launching Let ’Er Roll May 1 in Antigonish

There is sure to be plenty of fierce puck battles at the Heatherton Warriors and Pleasantdale Panthers continue their Antigonish Rural League final series Saturday night at the Antigonish Arena. Pleasantdale leads the series 3-1 and can wrap-up the title with a win. If Heatherton wins, they'l have to be ready to do the same Sunday night in game six. Puck drop is 7 p.m. Saturday and, if necessary, Sunday as well.

Pleasantdale one win away from Rural League title

Former National Hockey League head coach Paul MacLean holds the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year, which he won during the 2012-13 season as head coach of the Ottawa Senators. MacLean’s agent says the rumour about his client becoming the new head coach of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles is not true.

Paul MacLean’s agent says no conversations were had about Cape Breton ...

Matt Martin and David Wallace, demonstrating the proper technique for a roundhouse kick.

Muay Thai: Kickboxing is still kicking in Antigonish

Strait Pirate forwards Josh Foster, Brandon Dauphnee, Taylor Pierce and Randon MacKinnon all converge around the Sackville goal looking to get their stick on the shot or a rebound, during game five action at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre, Tuesday night.

SLIDESHOW: Blazers push Pirates to the brink in NSJHL final

Bernie Vosman’s sister Jean MacGillivray (fourth from left), brother John Vosman and cousin Mary van den Heuvel (right) are joined by folks from Antigonish CACL and L’Arche, April 8, for the presentation of checks from money raised by the recent Bowl for Bernie event. More than $13,400 was raised at the event, now in its second year.

Bernie Vosman's legacy bringing people together

Eva Laudadio of Antigonish performs Castle on a Cloud at the New Glasgow Music Festival. Contributed

Musical theatre takes center stage at New Glasgow Music Festival

The Strait Pirates' Avery Warner (#23), with four points (two goals, two assists in two games) and Sackville Blazers goaltender Justin Sumarah, with a 50 save performance in game four, were a couple of stars in the past two Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League games as the final goes into game five, tonight at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre, knotted at two games apiece. Puck-drop is 7:30 p.m.

Strait Pirates and Sackville Blazers tied at two games apiece

Two vehicle collision in Beaver Meadow, Antigonish County

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Firefighters work to contain a fire at a residence on Triton Brook Road in Fairmont, Antigonish County, Sunday late-afternoon, early-evening.

House "extensively" damaged in Sunday fire in Fairmont

Updated Apr 09, 2019 at 10:36 p.m.

Jubanti Toppo from the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre was one of 12 Canadian delegates for the 63rd United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women, in New York March 11 to 22.

Toppo a Canadian delegate for UN commission

Updated Apr 09, 2019 at 10:47 p.m.

The planned reduction from four lanes to three of Reeves Street in Port Hawkesbury will not go to a plebiscite after a motion by Coun. Hughie MacDougall at a recent council meeting failed to gain enough support.

Tender issued for Reeves Street in Port Hawkesbury

Updated Apr 05, 2019 at 3:37 p.m.

News

Sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) co-ordinator from the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association Heather Blackburn (foreground), and Avery Carter, sexual violence prevention and support with Family Services of Eastern Nova Scotia, address the crowd gathered for a proclamation signing event in recognition of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April 9, at the People’s Place Library.

I Ask, the theme for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Updated Apr 15, 2019 at 10:56 p.m.

The planned reduction from four lanes to three of Reeves Street in Port Hawkesbury will not go to a plebiscite after a motion by Coun. Hughie MacDougall at a recent council meeting failed to gain enough support.

Tender issued for Reeves Street in Port Hawkesbury

Updated Apr 05, 2019 at 3:37 p.m.

St. F.X. student Alex LeBlanc, from Antigonish, is the co-chair of the organizing committee for this year’s Nova Scotia Secondary School Association (NSSSA) provincial conference. The conference is titled Synergy 2019 and will take place at St. F.X., from May 16 to 19.

NSSSA’s Synergy coming to St. F.X.

Updated Apr 01, 2019 at 2:27 p.m.

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.

Sports

The Bantam ‘A’ female Bulldogs gather with their provincial championship banner, plaque and trophy following the Day of Champions final game which they won 5-0 versus Western Riptide White.

Bantam ‘A’ female Bulldogs enjoy banner year

Updated a day ago

Former Cape Breton West Islander and Pictou County Jr. ‘A’ Crusher teammates Alex Bonaparte, of the Heatherton Warriors, and Brian MacDougall, of the Pleasantdale Panthers, are locked in fierce battle for the Antigonish Rural League crown. MacDougall’s Panthers lead the best-of-seven series 2-1 with game four this evening at the Antigonish Arena.

SLIDESHOW: Pleasantdale looks to take stranglehold on Rural League finals, versus Heatherton

Updated Apr 12, 2019 at 11:56 a.m.

St. F.X. X-Men football player Kaion Julien-Grant and X-Women rugby player Joanna Alphonso were named top male and female student-athletes for the 2018-19 athletic season at St. F.X.

SLIDESHOW: Alphonso and Julien-Grant take home top awards at St. F.X. athletics gala

Updated Apr 11, 2019 at 3:38 p.m.

Sackville goaltender Justin Sumarah makes one of his best stops of the night versus Pirates forward Taylor Pierce, during the Blazers’ 3-1 on game win in Port Hawkesbury. The Pirates would pull even in the series with a 3-0 victory in Sackville Monday (April 8) night.

SLIDESHOW: Strait Pirates take back home-ice advantage

Updated Apr 17, 2019 at 11:47 a.m.

Business

Damian Welsh with daughter Kheiran handing out one of Back East Seafood’s specialties – a two-piece fish and chips.

Business brings family back together in Antigonish

Updated Apr 16, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

Xcel Physiotherapy owners and St. F.X. human kinetics graduates Laura Nickelo and Nathan Giroux.

St. F.X. grads open physio clinic near university

Updated Jan 25, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

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.

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.

Living

Eva Laudadio of Antigonish performs Castle on a Cloud at the New Glasgow Music Festival. Contributed

Musical theatre takes center stage at New Glasgow Music Festival

Updated Apr 16, 2019 at 11:23 p.m.

Brenda Gatera’s powerful vocals added to the Feminist Cabaret March 9 at Piper’s Pub, which wrapped up International Women’s Week activities in Antigonish.

SLIDESHOW: Feminist Cabaret at Piper's Pub in Antigonish March 9

Updated Mar 14, 2019 at 7:23 p.m.

Members of the Ehler family from Bayfield, Laura Lee, Chris and Maddie, pictured during a flea market fundraising event last summer in Heatherton. The fundraising was for a wheelchair accessible van for Chris who has been living with multiple sclerosis (MS) since 2002. After a number of quiet months, the family hopes to ramp up the campaign and has organized a dinner and auction event to be held June 1 at the East Coast Credit Union Social Enterprise Centre.

Focus being put back on wheelchair accessible van campaign by Ehler family

Updated Mar 15, 2019 at 6:51 p.m.

The Arts House is located by Boston Pizza off Church Street in Antigonish; the former Visitor Information Centre building.

Fun camps at The Arts House in Antigonish during March Break

Updated Mar 05, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

Opinion

The Antigonish Old Dogs who participated in the Molson Canadian Moncton Dynomites Tournament March 29-31. Pictured is Allan MacDonald (back, left), Paul Bourque, Rob Dunphy, Deiter Haas, Kevin Cameron, Gary Wood, Allie MacDonald, Donnie MacDougall, Brent MacDougall, coach Greg MacDonald, Greg MacDonald (front, left), Adam Dunphy with daughter Addison, Stephen MacKenzie, Doug Vail, Richard MacKenzie, trainer Mark from Moncton, Willie Joe Sofan and Leonard MacEachern. The Old Dogs won their division at the tournament; the seventh time in a row they have, with different line-ups, claimed a tournament title.

Different age, same game, more memories

Updated Apr 05, 2019 at 3:48 p.m.

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 Mar 10, 2019 at 6:29 p.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.

Community

Long-time driving instructor Earl Randall has written an informative and entertaining book about his career, and will be officially launching it May 1, at 7 p.m., at the People’s Place Library’s community room.

Earl Randall launching Let ’Er Roll May 1 in Antigonish

Updated Apr 18, 2019 at 2:02 p.m.

The cover for Michael Gerhartz’s latest novel Dark Times which was released this past February.

Reading and signing event for Gerhartz book April 13

Updated Apr 01, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

Participants enjoying floor curling at the Arisaig Community Centre, during a recent Thursday evening session.

Beating the weather while staying active

Updated Apr 01, 2019 at 10:07 a.m.

Antigonish Affordable Housing Society (AAHS) chair Colleen Cameron sizing up her shot options during the AAHS’ March 9 fundraiser at Dooly’s in Antigonish.

After Housing For Hope, more on the horizon for AAHS

Updated Mar 26, 2019 at 12:32 p.m.

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Byelection to be held in District 9 Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park due to death of candidate

"Painting allows me to shut out all of the world's negativity and instead to fill my life with happiness, comfort, and inner peace." Wileen Hanshaw wrote when she shared her work with Cindy Day. - Contributed

CINDY DAY: More weather-inspired art!

Two vehicle collision in Beaver Meadow, Antigonish County

Rev. Bob Mercer carries a cross 11-kilometres from Deep Bight to Clarenville on Good Friday. While he affixed a wheel to the bottom of the cross to help carry and protect the crucifix from damage, it was still a difficult journey for the minister.

Reverend Mercer’s Passion: Minister walks 11-kilometres with cross on Good Friday

The Bantam ‘A’ female Bulldogs gather with their provincial championship banner, plaque and trophy following the Day of Champions final game which they won 5-0 versus Western Riptide White.

Bantam ‘A’ female Bulldogs enjoy banner year

Long-time driving instructor Earl Randall has written an informative and entertaining book about his career, and will be officially launching it May 1, at 7 p.m., at the People’s Place Library’s community room.

Earl Randall launching Let ’Er Roll May 1 in Antigonish

There is sure to be plenty of fierce puck battles at the Heatherton Warriors and Pleasantdale Panthers continue their Antigonish Rural League final series Saturday night at the Antigonish Arena. Pleasantdale leads the series 3-1 and can wrap-up the title with a win. If Heatherton wins, they'l have to be ready to do the same Sunday night in game six. Puck drop is 7 p.m. Saturday and, if necessary, Sunday as well.

Pleasantdale one win away from Rural League title

A procession of fire trucks made its way from Digby to the Brighton-Barton Fire Department fire hall on April 17 in honour of fire chief Cliff Surrett who died earlier in the month. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

ONE LAST RIDE: Firefighters and fire departments honour Digby County fire chief

A memorial of stuff bears remains as the only sign of a tragic fire in which the seven Barho children perished Feb. 19. The home at Quartz Drive in Spryfield was demolished down to the foundation in March. - Eric Wynne / File

More Barho family members to arrive today, two months after tragic fire

A sunflower painting by Kimberly Dickson of New Glasgow.

CINDY DAY: Your 'grown-up' art

After a week-long halibut fishing trip, Casey Morgan Henneberry, captain of the R&S Venture, returned to shore and reported to federal fishery officers catching “20,000 or so pounds of halibut.”

Nova Scotia judge ups fishermen's fine by almost $50,000, issues caution to all commercial fishers

Former National Hockey League head coach Paul MacLean holds the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year, which he won during the 2012-13 season as head coach of the Ottawa Senators. MacLean’s agent says the rumour about his client becoming the new head coach of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles is not true.

Paul MacLean’s agent says no conversations were had about Cape Breton Screaming Eagles coaching job