2025 Fall

The Sound of Home: The Rankins enter the Cape Breton Music Industry Hall of Fame

The Sound of Home: The Rankins enter the Cape Breton Music Industry Hall of Fame

Arts | Culture
People

On June 19, Centre 200 in Sydney was filled to the rafters with music fans gathered from across Cape Breton to celebrate three legends of East Coast music as they were inducted into the Cape Breton...

By Siobhan Beaton, October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 11 views

PlayFinder Scores Big in Inverness County

Municipal Projects
Recreation

This spring, the Municipality’s Recreation & Community Wellness team introduced a new online registration platform for all recreation programs and equipment loan opportunities. PlayFinder...

October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 1 minutes | 7 views

Lizzi’s Loop Adventure Camp

Lizzi’s Loop Adventure Camp

Recreation

Lizzi’s Loop Adventure Camp was created in honour of Lizzi MacEachern, a vibrant and joyful young girl from Port Hood who touched many lives before passing away unexpectedly at the young age of 11....

By Krista MacInnis, October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 7 views

Welcoming and integrating French-speaking newcomers to Chéticamp

Welcoming and integrating French-speaking newcomers to Chéticamp

Communities
People

The Acadian community of Chéticamp has been officially selected to implement the Welcoming Francophone Communities initiative (or CFA for communautés francophones accueillantes). Over the next few...

By Daniel Aucoin, October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 8 views

Parish celebrates 150th anniversary at St. Mary of the Angels

Parish celebrates 150th anniversary at St. Mary of the Angels

Arts | Culture
Heritage
People

Served by another Father Rankin for 35 years, it was only fitting that as St. Mary of the Angels Parish in Glendale celebrated its 150th anniversary recently, it was highlighted by mass led in Gaelic...

By Dave MacNeil, October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 6 views

Truth and Reconciliation Day 2025: Bernard says the fight for change needs to happen 365 days a year

Truth and Reconciliation Day 2025: Bernard says the fight for change needs to happen 365 days a year

Heritage
People

Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. Robert Bernard says he has to be hopeful that meaningful change can come that will improve the lives of Indigenous...

By Dave MacNeil, October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 5 minutes | 5 views

Why Septmeber is the perfect time to get back on track (and why that’s totally normal)

Why Septmeber is the perfect time to get back on track (and why that’s totally normal)

Health | Wellness

There’s something about September that feels like a fresh start. Even though the calendar year is still in full swing, the shift in seasons – cooler mornings, changing leaves, the return of...

By Glenna Calder, ND, October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 5 views

Get Active Inverness County: Summer Fun, Connection, and Community

Get Active Inverness County: Summer Fun, Connection, and Community

Recreation

This summer, communities all over Inverness County felt the excitement of the municipality’s Get Active program. It wasn’t just about playing sports or getting exercise. It was about bringing...

By Carly Beaton (Get Active Team Member), October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 4 views

Gardening from the underside…

Gardening from the underside…

Nature | Ecology

Our goal as a gardener is to create the best conditions for our plants, so that they can realize their full potential. It is easy to assess the amount of sun, wind and the water they receive, but...

By Caroline Cameron, October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 3 views

Whycocomagh firefighters investing in trail safety

Whycocomagh firefighters investing in trail safety

Communities

As the Whycocomagh Volunteer Fire Department prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary next year, chief Shawn Harrison says responding to calls on the local trails system has led the department to...

By Dave MacNeil, October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 4 views