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Cirque du Soleil's Corteo heading to Scotiabank Centre with six performances from June 6-9. Cirque Du Soleil photo

Cirque du Soleil's Corteo coming to Halifax's Scotiabank Centre in June

Cirque du Soleil's Corteo is set to enthrall Halifax audiences for the first time at the Scotiabank Centre with six performances from June 6-9. Directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, Corteo made its debut in Montreal in April 2005 and has since been ...
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Carillon singers mark 30th anniversary with spring concert: Goddess Remembered
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The Carillon Singers are celebrating 30 years as a group. The group celebrates friendship between women through song. Their spring concert, Goddess Remembered, showcases the power of the goddess through song, poetry and art created by women.

IN PHOTOS: McHappy Day celebrated across Cape Breton
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Laura MacPhail of Coldwell Banker Boardwalk Realty is shown behind the counter of McDonald’s in Sydney River taking orders under the watchful eye of McDonald’s employee Celeste Yu. GREG MCNEIL/CAPE BRETON POST

Cape Breton Community Calendar events for May 9-15, 2024
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Cape Breton’s superyacht destination reputation growing
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IN PHOTOS: New Glasgow, N.S. shines with Art at Night
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Welcome to another edition of Visions from our Past, a new addition to the Cape Breton Post and saltwire.com thanks to Cape Breton University's Beaton Institute, which among many other tasks, serves as a "cultural heritage archive mandated to preserve the social, economic, political and cultural history of Cape Breton Island." The Beaton Institute's archives include an estimated one million photos depicting scenes of Cape Breton from the past 150 years. St. Ann’s Bay, ca. 1880. Photograph by Theodore Keisel. Reference number: 78-718-2468. BEATON INSTITUTE/CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY

VISIONS FROM OUR PAST: Cape Breton's St. Anns Bay in 1880

Contributed |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Welcome to another edition of Visions from our Past, a new addition to the Cape Breton Post and saltwire.com thanks to Cape Breton University's Beaton Institute, which among many other tasks, serves as a "cultural heritage archive mandated to ...
Leonard Paul has been drawing ever since he was a child. He joked that he moved to watercolours as a springboard to oil painting, but after forty years is still on the springboard. For his decades long career contributing to the arts, he is being honoured with an honourary doctorate from Acadia University on May 16 in Wolfville. ANGELA CAPOBIANCO

‘Art has been good to me’: Leonard Paul reflects on life after becoming honourary PhD recipient

Angela Capobianco · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |6 min read Premium content

Leonard Paul couldn’t believe it when he opened his email and saw a message from the President of Acadia University, Jeff Hennessy, inviting him to convocation to accept an honourary PhD in the humanities from the university. “I got the message on my ...
Established in 2023, the King Charles III Coronation Medal honours 28 Nova Scotians who have demonstrated dedication to their professions and the well-being of the province. - Office of the Lieutenant-Governor / Contributed

Twenty-eight Nova Scotians honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

More than two dozen Nova Scotians have been recognized with the King Charles III Coronation Medal for their significant contributions to Canada. Representing a broad cross-section of residents, the 28 medal recipients were honoured during the first ...
Grade 4 Greenfield Elementary School students Ally MacDonald, left, and Cali Fraser wait for the start of a Music Monday concert at Shipyard Elementary School in Sydney on Monday. Three concerts were done which featured the Cape Breton Orchestra and Mi'kmaq artists. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST

'Very touching': 20th annual Music Monday at Cape Breton school brings together culture, reconciliation

Nicole Sullivan · Multimedia journalist |Updated a day ago |6 min read Premium content

Bethany Joe-Sylliboy wasn't sure what to expect from the Music Monday concert at Shipyard Elementary School.  The Grade 12 student from Alison Bernard Memorial High School knew the theme for the annual Canada-wide celebration of music education was ...
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Chase the Ace New Waterford winner chosen

SaltWire Network |Updated May. 6, 2024 |1 min read

Toria Higgins won $7,339.50 in the April 24 Chase the Ace event at the New Waterford and District Community Centre after the ace of spades was selected. The winning ace was chosen from 17 cards remaining at the time of the draw and was drawn by ...
FOR DESOUZA STORY: Owner and Creative Director of Soli Productions Management Inc, Solitha Shortte, for De Souza story in Halifax Monday April 29, 2024. TIM KROCHAK PHOTO

Halifax modelling agent breaks industry stereotypes, becomes catalyst for change

Warren D'Silva |Updated May. 3, 2024 |8 min read Premium content

She smiles with her eyes. Her words affirm and can ring in anyone’s ears. She talks the talk and walks the walk. She is revered and feared in the industry for her no-nonsense mentality. She is Solitha Natasha Shortte. Walking into the Light House ...
From left, Ryan Roberts, Morgan Toney and Keith Mullins stand in front of the Amazon Music logo in the company's 47th-floor office in Scotia Plaza in Toronto. Toney won Indigenous Artist of the Year on the first night of the ECMAs on Thursday and is also nominated for two more East Coast Music Awards, Fusion Recording of the Year and Roots/Traditional Recording of the Year. Mullins is also nominated for Producer of the Year.  CONTRIBUTED/MORGAN TONEY

Mi'kmaw acts shine at first day of 2024 ECMAs

Mitchell Ferguson · Local Journalism Initiative Reporter |Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read

Two local Mi'kmaw music acts won awards at the 36th annual East Coast Music Awards that kicked off Thursday at the Prince Edward Island Convention Centre in Charlottetown. Fans' Choice Video of the Year TD Fans' Choice Video of the Year went to 2nd ...
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia announced on May 3 that it will not be reopening its western branch of the AGNS in Yarmouth, saying it is “moving away from bricks and mortar” in this part of the province. TINA COMEAU

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia not reopening its western branch in Yarmouth

SaltWire Network |Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) announced on Friday, May 3, that it will not be reopening its Western Branch in Yarmouth as the organization considers a more sustainable operational model. “We have been faced with ongoing challenges related to ...
Jane Osemwegie holds her best-selling Amazon book, "Unleashing Your Inner Power". - Chloe Hannan

African Nova Scotian author on Amazon’s bestseller list

Chloe Hannan |Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read Premium content

Jane Osemwegie is using her coaching and leadership skills for good, by putting her knowledge into a new book. Entitled, Unleashing Your Inner Power, it was published in January, and quickly became a hit. It’s on the Amazon Best Self-Esteem Books top ...
Burritos which are rolled flour based tortillas filled with various ingrdients including rice and beans have become popular Tex Mex alternative to Mexican tacos or enchilladas.

A Tex Mex Cinco de Mayo?

Mark DeWolf · Food critic |Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

With Cinco de Mayo coming on May 5, Maritimers have a great excuse to check out a new Mexican or Tex Mex restaurant.
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Maggie Andrew, an artist from Nova Scotia, won her first ECMA award for African Canadian artist of the year during the award nights at the Delta Prince Edward Convention Centre on May 3 in Charlottetown. She said getting nominated was a huge recognition of her craft and winning the category meant a lot to her. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire
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Members of the Glace Bay High School Interact Club stand outside the Marconi National Historic Site in the Table Head neighbourhood of Glace Bay on Tuesday. The group — front, from left, Holly Wells, Mya MacKinnon and Cloe Maxner; and back, from left, Katie Poirier, Grace Halfyard, Mya McFadgen and Olivia Wheaton — won $2,000 for their presentation on the work of Guglielmo Marconi. Chris Connors/Cape Breton Post
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DownHouse is a new band from Cape Breton which was formed by students attending Memorial High School. Standing from left are Nathan Young, Nicholaas Quirk and Cody Young. Front from left are Owen Seymour and Leeland Marinelli. CONTRIBUTED
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Eight-month-old Remi Taylor smiles as she crawls along the mats during Movers and Shakers Story Time at the James McConnell Memorial Library in Sydney on Wednesday. Also seen are Kendra MacIsaac, left, holding her 14-month-old daughter Grace MacIsaac and Cape Breton Regional Library program co-ordinator Tara MacNeil. Movers and Shakers is a drop-in program for babies, tots, preschoolers and their parents, grandparents and caregivers to enjoy songs, stories, rhymes and play with library staff. The next Movers and Shakers takes place May 16 and May 28 at the James McConnell Memorial Library from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Christopher Connors/Cape Breton Post
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Vanessa Gaudet of Glace Bay found a wooden arm chair in heavy garbage and repurposed it into a picture frame. CONTRIBUTED
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Neema Bickersteeth, left, Adrienne Danrich, and SATE (Saidah Baba Talibah) play the role of Portia's body, spirit and soul respectively in Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White. HAUI
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Welcome to another instalment of Visions from our Past, a welcome addition to the Cape Breton Post and saltwire.com thanks to Cape Breton University's Beaton Institute, which among many other tasks, serves as a "cultural heritage archive mandated to preserve the social, economic, political and cultural history of Cape Breton Island." The Beaton Institute's archives include an estimated one million photos depicting scenes of Cape Breton from the past 150 years. Shown is North Sydney’s front street in this 1888 image. Reference number: 88-523-18033. Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University
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