2024 Summer

Working visit to Zambia for Inverness County Cares

Working visit to Zambia for Inverness County Cares

Communities

Inverness County Cares (ICC) is a society formed to help children in dire need. Our current project is to provide food, shelter and an education to the students of the Kawambwa Schools in Northern Zam...

By Colleen MacDonald MacLeod, Secretary, Inverness County Cares, September 25, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 43 views

River Denys netminder making most of AHL opportunity

River Denys netminder making most of AHL opportunity

Recreation

Colten Ellis says a season-ending hip surgery last year breathed new life into his pro hockey career.

By Dave MacNeil, August 25, 2024 | Reading Time: 5 minutes | 58 views

Preserving the past is a continuous process

Preserving the past is a continuous process

Heritage

The Strait Area Museum is very much focused on the future as it preserves the history of the communities most impacted by the opening of the Canso Causeway nearly 70 years ago.

By Dave MacNeil, August 22, 2024 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 70 views

Mill Road Grows – a growing concern

Mill Road Grows – a growing concern

Cape Breton Economy
Communities
Food
Health | Wellness
Nature | Ecology
People
Recreation

Mill Road Grows exists because a part-time coordinator focuses on the initiative. The support of Mill Road Social Enterprises participants and staff, and a great volunteer base makes it all happen.

By Caroline Cameron, August 15, 2024 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 100 views

Not even retirement can catch MacEachern

Not even retirement can catch MacEachern

People

Forget about “Freedom 55,” or even 65. Coline MacEachern has found her freedom in retirement by going back to school and launching a therapeutic massage business in her home community of Port Hood...

By Dave MacNeil, August 1, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 94 views

Halifax native embracing life in county as he settles into nursing career

Halifax native embracing life in county as he settles into nursing career

Communities
Health | Wellness
People

When Liam Whitty first moved to Inverness County, he found the area quite solitary, especially compared to bustling Halifax where he is from.

By Josefa Cameron, July 23, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 114 views

Mabou step dance school an ‘absolute inspiration’

Mabou step dance school an ‘absolute inspiration’

Arts | Culture
Heritage
Recreation

As the Mabou School of Cape Breton Step Dance enters its sixth year, it owes its very existence, at least in part, to a town in Italy.

By Dave MacNeil, July 15, 2024 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 114 views

Le Grand Cercle, a landmark musical telling the story of the Acadian people

Le Grand Cercle, a landmark musical telling the story of the Acadian people

Arts | Culture
Communities
Heritage
People
Recreation

The original French version of this article by Daniel Aucoin was published in the Summer 2024 Participaper The Acadian region of Chéticamp offers visitors a wide range of activities and plenty to...

June 26, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 317 views

What causes seasonal allergies?

What causes seasonal allergies?

Health | Wellness

Airborne agents — known as pathogens or allergens — such as pollen, grass, mold, cedar, ragweed, or even some chemicals, are inhaled. In the body these allergens start to wreak havoc. The immune...

By Glenna Calder, ND, June 20, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 98 views

Community festivals rebound, revisit heydays

Community festivals rebound, revisit heydays

Arts | Culture
Cape Breton Economy
Communities
Heritage
People
Recreation

Community festivals can often be overlooked as an economic driver, but if Inverness County’s 2023 summer festival season is any indication, they’ll only grow in importance in coming years.

By Dave MacNeil, June 18, 2024 | Reading Time: 6 minutes | 192 views