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Community festivals rebound, revisit heydays

Community festivals rebound, revisit heydays

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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 | 394 views

Suas leis a’ Ghàidhlig! | Up with Gaelic!

Suas leis a’ Ghàidhlig! | Up with Gaelic!

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‘S e Mìos nan Gàidheal a th’ ann agus tha Siorramachd Inbhir Nis toilichte a bhith a’ togail na brataich Gàidhealaiche air an taigh-cùirte eachdraidheil ann an Seastago. Its...

May 1, 2024 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 341 views

Gaelic song preservation: A grandmother’s gift

Gaelic song preservation: A grandmother’s gift

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“I suppose it’s all nanny’s fault,” laughs Sheena Anderson-Geiger, thinking back to how her passion for Gaelic song came to be.

April 2, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 672 views

Beinn Mhàbu opens doors, looks to become economic catalyst

Beinn Mhàbu opens doors, looks to become economic catalyst

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As Beinn Mhàbu enters the second half of its first year in operation, Gaelic College president Rodney MacDonald recalls a plan he envisioned 25 years ago to someday establish a school in Mabou.

By Dave MacNeil, March 24, 2024 | Reading Time: 6 minutes | 511 views

La Mi-Carême demeure une tradition bien vivante à Chéticamp

La Mi-Carême demeure une tradition bien vivante à Chéticamp

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par Daniel Aucoin Read an English version of this article Les Acadiens de la région de Chéticamp aiment partager leur patrimoine et leur culture. La Mi-Carême est l’une des plus vieilles...

By par Daniel AuCoin, March 18, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 255 views

Local students up to musical challenge

Local students up to musical challenge

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The Canadian Music Class Challenge is the CBC’s salute to music education, so naturally educators and students from Canada’s Musical Coast had to get involved! Every year music instructors and...

March 17, 2024 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 520 views

Chéticamp’s Mi-Carême, a centuries-old tradition, still sparks joy and celebration

Chéticamp’s Mi-Carême, a centuries-old tradition, still sparks joy and celebration

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Read the original French version of this article by Daniel Aucoin The Acadians of the Chéticamp region love to share their heritage and culture. Mi-Carême – which mean mid-Lent, and marks the...

February 29, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 942 views

Local event organizer releases fictional book about girls’ hockey

Local event organizer releases fictional book about girls’ hockey

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With his first book under his belt, Mabou’s Wesley Beaton says he hopes to someday get the story on the big screen. “I wanted to make it a TV show, that was my end dream,” Beaton says of Beer...

January 10, 2024 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 533 views

‘That MacInnis feller in Halifax’ has his say

‘That MacInnis feller in Halifax’ has his say

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Those were the old days. Compared to today, filming was a clumsy business. The members of the crew, I recall, were fascinated by the character, the hospitality, and the musical ability of the people t...

December 22, 2023 | Reading Time: 5 minutes | 566 views

Remonter dans le temps pour découvrir les anciens habitants du Cap-Rouge

Remonter dans le temps pour découvrir les anciens habitants du Cap-Rouge

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By Daniel Aucoin Read an english version of this article La Société Saint-Pierre et Les Amis du plein air, avec l’appui financier de Parcs Canada, ont organisé des sessions d’animation et des...

December 19, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 536 views

Back in time to meet the settlers of Cap-Rouge

Back in time to meet the settlers of Cap-Rouge

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Each Wednesday evening this past July and August, the interpretation centre of the Mkwesaqtuk/Cap-Rouge campground at Ruisseau des Maurice in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park played host...

December 19, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 629 views