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The Municipality of the County of Antigonish is considering a new dog bylaw. File

Antigonish County council considering new dog bylaw

Antigonish County officials remind residents to check assessment ...

Lloyd Hines [second from the left], MLA for Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, discussing the possibilities available in the region, after the official opening of the Highway 104 Paqtnkek Interchange, on Jan. 15. Equally excited about the opportunities that await were Rodger Cuzner, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour [left], Paqtnkek Chief Paul 'PJ' Prosper, Marco Mendicino, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and Antigonish MLA Randy Delorey.

Paqtnkek celebrates official interchange opening

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

Lloyd Hines, MLA for Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie announced $25,000 in provincial funding for the Sherbrooke Streetscape Plan at the Sherbrooke and Area Volunteer Fire Department.

Sherbrooke Streetscape Plan gets significant cash infusion

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

Lloyd Hines [second from the left], MLA for Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, discussing the possibilities available in the region, after the official opening of the Highway 104 Paqtnkek Interchange, on Jan. 15. Equally excited about the opportunities that await were Rodger Cuzner, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour [left], Paqtnkek Chief Paul 'PJ' Prosper, Marco Mendicino, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and Antigonish MLA Randy Delorey.

Paqtnkek celebrates official interchange opening

Updated 13 hours ago

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 already on

Updated Jan 11, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.

Burnin' Love was one of the fan-favourite productions during the Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre (FAST) season in 2018. FAST will unveil the line-up for its 32nd season later this month (Friday, Jan. 25) at the Coady International Institute’s Marjorie Desmond Hall on the St. F.X. campus. Contributed

Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre to unveil line-up for 2019 season

Updated Jan 11, 2019 at 2:24 p.m.

Landyn Pitts is playing for the Northern Subway Selects Midget ‘AAA’ this season.

Landyn Pitts ready to skate against Canada’s best at Winter Games

Updated Jan 07, 2019 at 7:46 a.m.

News

Antigonish County officials remind residents to check assessment notices

Updated 13 hours ago

The Main, West and Hawthorne intersection will see new traffic lights and a traffic island as part of planned spring-time work.

Work planned for busy downtown Antigonish intersection

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

Sports

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

Updated a day ago

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.

B.M.C. Seafoods Ltd. in Meteghan, Digby County, is once again growing its operations. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

B.M.C. Seafood Ltd. of Meteghan forging ahead with ambitious expansion plan

Updated 12 hours ago

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 13 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 12 hours ago

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 a day 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

Olympic and World figure skating champion Kaetlyn Osmond conducting a day-long seminar with young skaters at the Mariners Centre in Yarmouth that included on-ice instruction and a Q&A. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

World and Olympic champion figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond spends day with young skaters in Yarmouth

2019 Cadillac XT4 Sport. - Cadillac

Cadillac’s resurrection in good hands with XT4

Stop #2 on Lisa’s high-points-of-Halifax outing in the 2019 Subaru Ascent, Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area, is an urban wilderness that, once developed with a trail system, will claim the title of largest urban park in North America.

Taking the high road with Subaru’s 2019 Ascent SUV

The 2019 Subaru Forester at the New York International Auto Show. - The Associated Press

Subaru introduces Driver Focus technology on the 2019 Forester

The Municipality of the County of Antigonish is considering a new dog bylaw. File

Antigonish County council considering new dog bylaw

Lloyd Hines, MLA for Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie announced $25,000 in provincial funding for the Sherbrooke Streetscape Plan at the Sherbrooke and Area Volunteer Fire Department.

Sherbrooke Streetscape Plan gets significant cash infusion

The 2019 Ford Ranger isn’t the one you remember

Antigonish County officials remind residents to check assessment notices

['Telegram file photo<br />Philip Pynn is shown in court.']

Convicted killer Philip Pynn released to Nova Scotia halfway house

Chey and Sarah Swinamer carry signs on the Annapolis Royal causeway Jan. 10 with the tidal power dam facility seen in the background. They led a protest of about a dozen people who believe that the tidal power turbines have been killing fish for decades and nobody has been doing anything about it.

Protestors on Annapolis Royal causeway want end to fish kills

B.M.C. Seafoods Ltd. in Meteghan, Digby County, is once again growing its operations. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

B.M.C. Seafood Ltd. of Meteghan forging ahead with ambitious expansion plan

Lloyd Hines [second from the left], MLA for Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie and Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal, discussing the possibilities available in the region, after the official opening of the Highway 104 Paqtnkek Interchange, on Jan. 15. Equally excited about the opportunities that await were Rodger Cuzner, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour [left], Paqtnkek Chief Paul 'PJ' Prosper, Marco Mendicino, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and Antigonish MLA Randy Delorey.

Paqtnkek celebrates official interchange opening