Friday, March 24, 2023

A HELPING HAND: The Municipality of the District of Guysborough capped off the passing of the 2023-2024 budget by announcing a slate of funding initiatives including the community care program which provided $5,000 to the Upper Big Tracadie Seniors Action Club food card program. Featured above, MODG councillors, back row, from left to right: Paul Long, Fin Armsworthy, Dave Hanhams, Deputy Warden Janet Peitzsche, Neil DeCoff and Hudson MacLeod. Front row: Catherine Hartling, representative of the Upper Big Tracadie Seniors Action Club accepting the cheque from Warden Vernon Pitts.

 

Photo Credit: Lois Ann Dort

SMRA awarded $1.56 million for habitat restoration

By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

ST. MARY’S – The St. Mary’s River Association (SMRA) has received $1.56 million from the federal government to further its decade-long work of restoring the fabled river, where Babe Ruth once cast a line for salmon.

READ MORE March 22 2023

A HELPING HAND: The Municipality of the District of Guysborough capped off the passing of the 2023-2024 budget by announcing a slate of funding initiatives including the community care program which provided $5,000 to the Upper Big Tracadie Seniors Action Club food card program. Featured above, MODG councillors, back row, from left to right: Paul Long, Fin Armsworthy, Dave Hanhams, Deputy Warden Janet Peitzsche, Neil DeCoff and Hudson MacLeod. Front row: Catherine Hartling, representative of the Upper Big Tracadie Seniors Action Club accepting the cheque from Warden Vernon Pitts.

 

  • SMRA awarded $1.56 million for habitat restoration

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    March 22 2023

    ST. MARY’S – The St. Mary’s River Association (SMRA) has received $1.56 million from the federal government to further its decade-long work of restoring the fabled river, where Babe Ruth once cast a line for salmon. READ MORE



March 22, 2023

  • Community group conducts phone poll regarding consolidation

    By Corey LeBlanc

    ANTIGONISH – Anne-Marie Long says the results of a recent phone poll indicate it is “pretty clear” that residents want to vote on the potential consolidation of the Municipality of the County of Antigonish and Town of Antigonish. READ MORE

  • MODG tax rates unchanged in 2023-2024 budget

    By Lois Ann Dort, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH – Tax rates in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) will remain unchanged this fiscal year, while community grants and the low-income tax threshold will increase. READ MORE



Also in this edition...

  • Accessibility top of mind for St. Mary’s staff, council

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    ST. MARY’S – With measures ranging from a new tool to help people navigate its website to a call out for volunteers to serve on a special advisory committee, the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s is doubling down on its commitment to accessibility.

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  • After 40 years, club still ‘centre for everything’ in Country Harbour

    By Lois Ann Dort

    COUNTRY HARBOUR – For more than 40 years the Country Harbour Gun Club has been the heart of the community and, with the continued commitment of volunteers, those that live in the area can expect another 40 years of activity at the club.

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  • More than a vacation: locals bring supplies to school in Cuba

    By Lois Ann Dort

    GUYSBOROUGH – In the last weeks of winter, many Nova Scotians headed off for warmer climates knowing that the change of seasons on the calendar doesn’t mean a change in the weather will follow. For many years, Guysborough librarian Carmen Barron has used this time of year to take her granddaughter Bella south, often to Cuba, over March break. And, although they have previously taken useful items for the resort staff in their luggage, this year they decided to focus some Canadian goodwill on a local school.

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March 15, 2023

  • New French school could start in September

    GUYSBOROUGH – Board members of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP) – the Francophone school board for Nova Scotia – voted in favour of establishing a French language school in the Tor Bay Acadian region of Guysborough County last month. READ MORE

  • Rising tide lifts all boats: GWDS begins fundraising campaign

    GUYSBOROUGH – The Guysborough Waterfront Development Society (GWDS) has some big plans for this summer. To begin with, renovations at the marina and Jost building to perk up the curb appeal of the waterfront – finishing up with major repairs to the wharf and floating docks. But, work costs money and that’s where community members, local business and anyone who loves Guysborough comes into the story – the GWDS has started a fundraising campaign to pay for these much-needed renovations and repairs. READ MORE

  • Local student heading for world rankings in ‘pi’ challenge

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    NEW CHESTER – Caitlynn Langille — a Grade 7 student at St. Mary’s Education Centre/Academy, who likes to read, hang out with friends and draw detailed pictures of toadstools — may soon become only the 12th Canadian, officially, to recite by memory the transcendental number, known as pi, above 500 digits. READ MORE



March 8, 2023

  • Heroes rescue driver before vehicle goes up in flames

    By Corey LeBlanc

    SHIP HARBOUR – A pair of Eastern Shore men are being praised for their bravery after removing a motorist from a vehicle involved in a crash moments before it went up in flames here earlier this month. READ MORE

  • Sunken vessel removed from Tickle Wharf

    By Lois Ann Dort, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH – After months of waiting, the sunken fishing vessel tied to the Tickle Wharf in Canso has been removed. READ MORE

  • Urgent care centre replaces ED at Sheet Harbour hospital

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    SHEET HARBOUR – Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital’s (ESMH’s) long-shuttered emergency department is no more. In its place, a new urgent care centre will handle non-life-threatening cases at least two days a week, Nova Scotia Health (NSH) announced on March 3. READ MORE