Tuesday, March 11, 2025

TINTAMARRE: Timed to coincide with French Education Week across the province, École Belle Baie celebrated its official grand opening in Larry’s River on March 4. Students and staff kicked things off with a raucous tintamarre, the traditional Acadian parade of joyful noise. Finley Sommerfield, Layla Mason, Maddy Blackmore and Rosie Horne were among the revellers. According to the school’s principal Nicole Avery-Bell, “We moved into this beautiful new building, and we have many different spaces. Yet, we’ve found a way to maintain that kind of connectedness we created last year … It’s like, ‘Hey, we really have arrived.’”

 

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MODG council to push province for better winter road maintenance

By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

GUYSBOROUGH — The Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) will press the Department of Public Works for a solution to an acute driver shortage that continues to leave some roads under-serviced during winter storms.

READ MORE March 5 2025

TINTAMARRE: Timed to coincide with French Education Week across the province, École Belle Baie celebrated its official grand opening in Larry’s River on March 4. Students and staff kicked things off with a raucous tintamarre, the traditional Acadian parade of joyful noise. Finley Sommerfield, Layla Mason, Maddy Blackmore and Rosie Horne were among the revellers. According to the school’s principal Nicole Avery-Bell, “We moved into this beautiful new building, and we have many different spaces. Yet, we’ve found a way to maintain that kind of connectedness we created last year … It’s like, ‘Hey, we really have arrived.’”

 

  • MODG council to push province for better winter road maintenance

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    March 5 2025

    GUYSBOROUGH — The Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) will press the Department of Public Works for a solution to an acute driver shortage that continues to leave some roads under-serviced during winter storms. READ MORE



March 5, 2025

  • Mulgrave confronts truck traffic, road concerns as wind project looms

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    MULGRAVE — With transport trucks “flying into town” and a massive wind energy project on the horizon, Mulgrave councillors are concerned about increasing wear and tear on local roads and public safety. READ MORE

  • A school, a symbol, a revival

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    LARRY’S RIVER — It’s been a year since Guysborough County’s first French-language school chose a name that embodies the history and hopes of an entire community, and nearly three months since it flung open the doors of its new edifice to welcome a growing student body from Primary to Grade Nine. But École Belle-Baie’s principal, Nicole Avery-Bell, remains as excited as a kid on the first day of school. READ MORE



Also in this edition...

  • Guysborough schools expand Caring Closet

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — With a $3,500 gift from the Dave Gunning Zero Hunger Fund, the Chedabucto Education Centre/Guysborough Academy (CECGA) will open a second Caring Closet, expanding a year-old program that has seen growing demand from students facing food and hygiene insecurity, according to the school’s principal, Barbara Avery.

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  • New not-for-profit group to offer recreational opportunities through horses, farming

    By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    HOLLAND HARBOUR — A newly formed not-for-profit organization – the St. Mary’s Horse and Farm Club – has been established to support equine and farm-related programming, having made Bigger Dreams Farms here its home base.

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  • Mary Lillian MacDonald leaves indelible mark on STFX Athletics

    By Corey LeBlanc

    ANTIGONISH — She may never have caught a touchdown pass, scored a goal or made a three-pointer, but Mary Lillian MacDonald’s contribution to the rich history of STFX Athletics is unmatched.

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February 26, 2025

  • MODG considers new fund to attract nurse practitioners

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — With rural healthcare services facing critical shortages, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) is considering a new financial incentive program aimed at attracting nurse practitioners (NPs) to Guysborough and Canso. READ MORE

  • Hope fading for new bank in Canso

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    CANSO — Hopes of finding a financial institution willing to take up where the Bank of Montreal (BMO) is leaving off in Canso this summer are fading. As Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) Warden Paul Long reported last week, there has been “no positive response” from anybody willing to fill the gap. READ MORE

  • St. Mary’s considers options in 2025-2026 draft budget

    By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    SHERBROOKE — The Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s first draft budget for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, reflects no change to the residential property tax rate, currently set at 96 cents per $100 of assessment, according to documents presented to the committee of the whole on Feb. 18. However, among the options being considered in the first draft of the budget is initiating an increase to the residential/resource tax rate from $0.96 per $100 of assessment to $0.99 per $100 of assessment, for a revenue impact of $68,081, as well as increasing the commercial tax rate from $2.27 per $100 of assessment to $2.30 per $100 of assessment for a revenue impact of $7,679. READ MORE



February 19, 2025

  • MODG backs provincial push for resource development

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — The Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) has thrown its full support behind the Nova Scotia government’s push for expanded resource development, calling it a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the province’s economic future. READ MORE

  • Businesses, residents uneasy with potential impact of pending tariffs

    By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    SHEET HARBOUR — With so much uncertainty surrounding the threat of potential tariffs by United States President Donald Trump, some small business owners and residents are expressing concern with the situation. READ MORE

  • MacMaster wins federal Conservative nod in Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    HEATHERTON — Nova Scotia’s former finance minister and MLA for Inverness, Allan MacMaster, has won in a three-way race for the Conservative Party of Canada’s nomination in the newly formed federal riding of Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish. READ MORE

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