Nature | Ecology

Hope for Wildlife opens Inverness County clinic

Hope for Wildlife opens Inverness County clinic

Nature | Ecology
People

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...

January 29, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1035 views

Hunkering down for winter

Hunkering down for winter

Nature | Ecology
Recreation

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.

By Caroline Cameron, January 16, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 474 views

ACAP Cape Breton’s environmental education programming comes to Inverness County

ACAP Cape Breton’s environmental education programming comes to Inverness County

Municipal Projects
Nature | Ecology
Recreation

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...

December 12, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1300 views

Patience pays off with announcement of trail project

Patience pays off with announcement of trail project

Cape Breton Economy
Municipal Projects
Nature | Ecology

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...

October 24, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1310 views

Wind policy review – what do you think?

Wind policy review – what do you think?

Cape Breton Economy
Municipal Projects
Nature | Ecology

Dozens of Inverness County residents came out earlier this week to hear about the planned update to the municipality’s wind turbine policy, and to discuss their views on what shape that policy...

October 20, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1010 views

Hope remains for an endangered species in West Mabou

Hope remains for an endangered species in West Mabou

Nature | Ecology
People
Recreation

Not much bigger than a sparrow, there’s a yellow legged master of disguise whose natural habitat includes the fine sand and pebbles that line the dunes of certain Inverness County beaches. While the...

October 16, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1552 views

Steer towards sustainability!

Steer towards sustainability!

Cape Breton Economy
Health | Wellness
Nature | Ecology
Recreation

Folks from Clean Foundation brought electric vehicle test drives to Inverness County during August to show residents that plugging in to a cleaner, greener future is becoming more accessible. Nova...

October 11, 2023 | Reading Time: 1 minutes | 1422 views

L’Arche gives reclaimed wood a beautiful new lease on life

L’Arche gives reclaimed wood a beautiful new lease on life

Communities
Municipal Projects
Nature | Ecology
People

Turning trash into treasure: l’Arche Cape Breton is part of an international federation of people with and without intellectual disabilities living together to celebrate the unique value of every pe...

By Joe Carew, September 20, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 3106 views

Seeing her passion come to life

Seeing her passion come to life

Cape Breton Economy
Communities
Nature | Ecology
People

“Landfills are a waste solution that has limits as it is one direction. And once the landfills are full where do we go next?”

By Joe Carew, September 12, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1346 views

Roses charm with their looks, scent and stories

Roses charm with their looks, scent and stories

Nature | Ecology
Recreation

In the last century, older country homes with the space for a few precious garden showpieces would typically have peonies, mock orange, lilac, a rose, maybe tiger lilies, and of course, a clump of daf...

By Caroline Cameron, July 3, 2023 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 932 views

New Inverness County doctor is ready to help make positive change

New Inverness County doctor is ready to help make positive change

Health | Wellness
Nature | Ecology
People
Recreation

Inverness County is now home to Dr. Jasmine Lowry, a family medicine specialist, new to Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital alongside Dr. Kathryn Binnersley. Lowry grew up in southern Ontario....

By Josefa Cameron, April 2, 2023 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 1763 views