2025 Spring

Cancer clinic at ICMH bringing care ‘closer to home’

Cancer clinic at ICMH bringing care ‘closer to home’

Health | Wellness

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

By Dave MacNeil, June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 25 views

Big Ride back by popular demand

Big Ride back by popular demand

People
Recreation

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.

By Dave MacNeil, June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 21 views

We’koqma’q Mi’kmaw School Hosts Healthcare Careers Fair

We’koqma’q Mi’kmaw School Hosts Healthcare Careers Fair

Health | Wellness

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...

June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 25 views

…And Action! Film industry program  launches in Inverness

…And Action! Film industry program launches in Inverness

Arts | Culture

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).

By Dave MacNeil, June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 25 views

Why extreme diets don’t work

Why extreme diets don’t work

Health | Wellness

In today’s fast-paced world it is tempting to look for quick fixes, extreme diets and a transformed body.

By Glenna Calder, ND, June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 11 views

County honours healthcare professionals

Health | Wellness
People

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.

June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 13 views

Chéticamp’s community radio celebrates its 30th anniversary

Chéticamp’s community radio celebrates its 30th anniversary

Communities
People

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...

By Daniel Aucoin, June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 12 views

Backyard foraging – proposing perennials

Backyard foraging – proposing perennials

Food
Health | Wellness

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...

By Caroline Cameron, June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 11 views

Young pianist brings a lot (and a piano) to Sessions

Young pianist brings a lot (and a piano) to Sessions

Arts | Culture
Heritage
People

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.

By Dave MacNeil, June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 15 views

LeMoine firefighters mark 50th anniversary

LeMoine firefighters mark 50th anniversary

People

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...

By Dave MacNeil, June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 10 views