SYDNEY — Community volunteers who stood out for their significant contributions to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality earned special recognition in an April 9 ceremony held at city hall just ahead of that evening’s council meeting. The volunteer ...

Nana's coming back to Truro in a big way. After the uproarious laughter shared at the Marigold during Hubtown Theatre's 2018 production of Katerine DiSavino's Nana's Naughty Knickers, the titular Nana will be returning to Truro's mainstage in the ...

Performances by some of the most recognized and celebrated names in Acadian music, including award-winning Friends of Acadia, will take to the stage at the Yarmouth Airport on Aug. 15 as part of the Congrès mondial acadien 2024 (CMA 2024). The free ...

SYDNEY, N.S. — It was the beloved guitar he’d longed for before finally finding it and it was stolen overnight Saturday. Cape Breton musician Aaron C. Lewis had mistakenly forgotten the guitar in his car on Alexander Street in Sydney after a gig in ...

Kat Sandler’s hit dark comedy “Punch Up” is back for a run at the Highland Arts Theatre (HAT) in downtown Sydney. “Punch Up” first ran during the first season of the HAT. It was an immediate hit when it debuted in 2015, resulting in encore ...

K-pop merchandise, plushies lining the walls, records, cards and an assortment of pins paired with the warm smiles of the sales associates at Sarah & Tom greet you when you enter the Quinpool Road gift shop. “Originally starting off as a Japanese ...

The Rocky Mountains of Kananaskis Country are a silhouette under a starry night sky when the alarm sounds and she hops out of bed, pulls on her lucky socks and gets ready to face another day of backcountry adventure.  My sister, Deidre MacEachern, ...

SYDNEY, N.S. — What do Canadian folksinger Valdy and American pop superstar Taylor Swift have in common? One artist has re-recorded six albums after that person’s original record label was sold to said person’s manager. The other plans to re-record ...

Kayley Jefferson is all in. The Grade 12 student dyed her hair red April 6 for her upcoming performance as Anne Shirley in West Kings District High School’s production of Anne of Green Gables. “There’s no turning back now,” she joked before a ...

Halifax author Michelle Hébert’s debut novel Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic is a dark but often funny saga set in a fictional Nova Scotian town about a young woman struggling to grow up in a family that believes it’s cursed. The spark that ...