Nature | Ecology
County students benefit from environmental partnership
Local students are gaining an appreciation for water and where it comes from, thanks to a partnership between the Municipality of Inverness County and the Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) Cape B...
Cool Coles
A group of vegetables that thrive in the cool temperatures of fall.
Mill Road Grows – a growing concern
Mill Road Grows exists because a part-time coordinator focuses on the initiative. The support of Mill Road Social Enterprises participants and staff, and a great volunteer base makes it all happen.
Local hiking trails a growing draw for tourists
Visitors to Inverness County are increasingly leaving a trail behind them – a hiking trail that is.
Project to shore up salmon spawning area
The Margaree Salmon Association (MSA) plans to install 2,000 tonnes of armour rock this summer to help save one of the main salmon spawning areas of the Margaree River.
Always exceptional: Meat Cove plays host to total solar eclipse
It was quite the day in Nova Scotia’s most northerly settlement on Monday, April 8, 2024. Hundreds of people made the pilgrimage up to Meat Cove, Inverness County, one of only 2 communities in...
A fun and informative snowy riverside walk
Informative watershed walks are becoming a seasonal favourite in Inverness County. Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) Cape Breton hosted another event as part of a recently established...
Hope for Wildlife opens Inverness County clinic
Hope for Wildlife, a Nova Scotian wildlife rehabilitation and education non-profit, is looking for local volunteers to support its recently opened drop-off and veterinary clinic for injured and...
Hunkering down for winter
For the benefit of the last-minute Christmas shoppers, or for next year, I can’t pass up a chance to talk about plants as gifts. Here is some guidance on some popular gift plants.
ACAP Cape Breton’s environmental education programming comes to Inverness County
Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) Cape Breton is an environmental non-profit organization that offers the knowledge that Cape Bretoners need to make greener choices, and works directly on...
Patience pays off with announcement of trail project
Design work is already underway, after the Nova Scotia government announced $6.4 million for the long-awaited Seawall Trail at an announcement in Meat Cove in late June. The multi-day hut-to-hut...