SMILE, YOU’RE AT X! A late summer tradition in Antigonish is the arrival of students to the StFX campus for the fall semester. Residence community advisors, including Riley Kelly (left), Emma Nolan and Fiona DeCoste at Bishop’s Hall, provided a warm welcome to arriving Xaverians and their families on Sunday afternoon. Classes were set to get underway on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
Photo Credit: Bryan Kennedy
Leaf Space goes live at spaceport
By Alec Bruce
CANSO – Nearly two years after it was announced, Italy-based Leaf Space’s first Canadian ground station has been installed, activated and opened to commercial satellite traffic at Spaceport Nova Scotia near Canso.
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SMILE, YOU’RE AT X! A late summer tradition in Antigonish is the arrival of students to the StFX campus for the fall semester. Residence community advisors, including Riley Kelly (left), Emma Nolan and Fiona DeCoste at Bishop’s Hall, provided a warm welcome to arriving Xaverians and their families on Sunday afternoon. Classes were set to get underway on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
By Alec Bruce
September 2 2026
CANSO – Nearly two years after it was announced, Italy-based Leaf Space’s first Canadian ground station has been installed, activated and opened to commercial satellite traffic at Spaceport Nova Scotia near Canso. READ MORE
By Corey LeBlanc
BEECH HILL – The Municipality of the County of Antigonish has taken the next step in a process that could end with the construction of a new sewage treatment plant (STP). READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
GUYSBOROUGH – In the end, for Rhonda Procure, it was all about her kids. And so, the former schoolteacher is stepping away from the affordable-food program she has built and led in Guysborough over the past three years to spend more time with them. READ MORE
By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE – This year’s annual Sherbrooke Village Harvest Celebration brought local residents and visitors together to celebrate the end of summer with food, farm activities and a genuine Victorian-style harvest.
SUBSCRIBEBy Kyle C. Jordan
Almost a year and a half after losing her longtime partner after living with dementia, Ursula Ryan continues to be a source of support for community members in Guysborough County facing the disease.
SUBSCRIBEBy Emilie Chiasson
When Jerome McCarron found out that the brand-new agricultural pavilion at the Eastern Nova Scotia Exhibition grounds would permanently bear his name, his signature quick wit didn’t skip a beat.
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By Corey LeBlanc
ANTIGONISH – Councillor Patrick McKenna described Bay St. as the “worst street in Antigonish” during council’s regular monthly meeting on Aug. 18. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
MONASTERY – Under threatening late-summer skies, two buses rolled away from the Tracadie Fire Hall on Aug. 22 and headed down the back roads toward Goose Harbour Lake. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
GUYSBOROUGH – Road safety accounted for more than four in every 10 calls reported by Guysborough County District RCMP over a six-month period this year, according to a Journal analysis of the detachment’s public reports. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH CO. – EverWind Fuels’ proposed Harbour Hills wind farm has failed to secure provincial environmental approval after Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman ruled that its filing lacks key data. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE – Historic Sherbrooke Village is pressing ahead with a plan to expand programming, find new sources of revenue and broaden its reach, despite a 20 per cent provincial funding cut that has already reduced its workforce. READ MORE
By Corey LeBlanc
ANTIGONISH – The Jerome McCarron Pavilion will be in the spotlight in the coming days, when the grand opening for the new addition to the Eastern Nova Scotia Exhibition (ENSE) grounds on James St. is celebrated on Monday, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m. READ MORE
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