2025 Spring

Cancer clinic at ICMH bringing care ‘closer to home’
Investment in the Cancer Care Clinic at Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital (ICMH) is allowing cancer patients to receive treatment closer to home.

Big Ride back by popular demand
A cancer research fundraiser that’s traveled the globe for nearly 20 years will be returning to Inverness County in June for the second year in a row.

We’koqma’q Mi’kmaw School Hosts Healthcare Careers Fair
On the second full moon of 2024, or Apuknajit, (ah-boo-gah-na-jit, Mi’kmaw for ‘snow blinding moon’), We’koqma’q Mi’kmaw School hosted its first-ever healthcare-focused careers fair on Feb...

…And Action! Film industry program launches in Inverness
If Inverness County ever attracts a major motion picture to the area, the roots of that success may be traced to an event held in March at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts (ICCA).

Why extreme diets don’t work
In today’s fast-paced world it is tempting to look for quick fixes, extreme diets and a transformed body.

County honours healthcare professionals
The Municipality of Inverness County honoured the winners of its first annual Awards for Excellence in Healthcare at a gala event in Chéticamp on April 23.

Chéticamp’s community radio celebrates its 30th anniversary
Since it went on air in 1995, Chéticamp's community radio has had a huge impact on the community, in terms of preserving and revitalising the French language as well as safeguarding and developing Ac...

Backyard foraging – proposing perennials
Many of us were foragers in our early years, coaxed into a series of expeditions, from gathering wild strawberries, to late fall cranberry sessions. Money was not plentiful in families, but labour was...

Young pianist brings a lot (and a piano) to Sessions
Musician Iain MacQuarrie has been a staple at the weekly Wednesday Sessions in Port Hood since they began a year ago, and he recently added piano rescuing to his repertoire.

LeMoine firefighters mark 50th anniversary
The role of a volunteer firefighter has changed dramatically since the communities of Grand Etang, Cap LeMoine and St. Joseph du Moine decided half a century ago that they needed their own fire brigad...