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Local families carry Inverness Raceway to 100 Years

Local families carry Inverness Raceway to 100 Years

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The Inverness Raceway will celebrate the many families who kept the harness racing track alive as it celebrates 100 years this summer. Donnie “Hoss” MacLellan, who is organizing a trivia contest...

By Dave MacNeil, June 25, 2026 | Reading Time: 5 minutes | 91 views

Celtic Music Interpretive Centre turns new page with facelift

Celtic Music Interpretive Centre turns new page with facelift

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A year after celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Celtic Music Interpretive Centre Society in Judique hopes a facelift undertaken at the centre in recent months will enhance visitors’ experience....

By Dave MacNeil, June 25, 2026 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 82 views

Tradition key as Broad Cove concert marks 70 years

Tradition key as Broad Cove concert marks 70 years

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To say the Broad Cove Scottish Concert is generational would be an understatement, whether you’re talking about its audience or the people who stage the annual event. As the concert prepares to...

By Dave MacNeil, June 25, 2026 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 82 views

Museums of Inverness County 2026

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An Drochaid (The Bridge) 11513 Highway 19, Mabou 902-945-2311 maboumuseum.square.siteFacebook: AnDrochaid Open: May 25 – August 22, 2026Hours of Operation:Every day 10 a.m. – 5 p.m....

June 25, 2026 | Reading Time: 6 minutes | 68 views

Tracing one’s ancestors’ journey at the Genealogy Centre in Chéticamp

Tracing one’s ancestors’ journey at the Genealogy Centre in Chéticamp

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For over 50 years, Société Saint-Pierre in Chéticamp has been dedicated to the history and genealogy of the Acadians in this region. Genealogy, above all, is a great passion for the volunteers who...

By Daniel Aucoin, April 20, 2026 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 175 views

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

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

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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 | 888 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

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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 | 452 views

Museums of Inverness County 2025

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An Drochaid (The Bridge) 11513 Highway 19, Mabou 902-945-2311 maboumuseum.square.siteFacebook: AnDrochaid Open: Inquire locally for hours of operation. Housed in a building that was formerly a...

August 11, 2025 | Reading Time: 5 minutes | 627 views

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

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

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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 | 810 views

Jajiktek: A trail from the past to the present

Jajiktek: A trail from the past to the present

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When Robert Bernard was a boy growing up in We'koqma'q, an elder took him aside and gave him his traditional name, Pantite’ketew, which means 'path-maker.' This turned out to be a perfect name for s...

By Oisín Curran, April 15, 2025 | Reading Time: 5 minutes | 1146 views

Cape Breton’s farmstead trail

Cape Breton’s farmstead trail

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When the Scottish settlers of Inverness County used to weave their own cloth from wool spun from the sheep they raised, the untreated fabric started off too loose to make durable clothing.

April 15, 2025 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 784 views