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

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

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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 | 3544 views

Seeing her passion come to life

Seeing her passion come to life

Cape Breton Economy
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“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 | 1774 views

Filmmaker “had it right”

Filmmaker “had it right”

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It was 30 minutes that altered two generations. As the Cape Breton Fiddlers Association (CBFA) celebrates 50 years, it owes it origins to a half-hour program on CBC more than half a century ago.

By Dave MacNeil, September 6, 2023 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 1479 views

Lilith Fair event hits right note

Lilith Fair event hits right note

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The Lilith Fair Tribute Concert, a fundraiser for the Inverness Education Centre/Academy music program, marked its 12th annual event on June 15 and 16 at the school.

By Dave MacNeil, June 23, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1282 views

Volunteers are lifeblood of culture and heritage sector

Volunteers are lifeblood of culture and heritage sector

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For many cultural and heritage organizations in Inverness County, the winter season is a time to take stock, in between the rush that tourism brings. It’s a time when the sector can get together...

June 3, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1545 views

Mabou’s own Kate Beaton shines brightly across her North American tour

Mabou’s own Kate Beaton shines brightly across her North American tour

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The year 2023 has already been an abundant year full of success for Mabou’s Kate Beaton. In the month of January alone, her book Ducks: Two Years in the Oilsands was shortlisted as one of five...

By Josefa Cameron, May 2, 2023 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 1365 views

New Cheticamp branch joins ECRL family

New Cheticamp branch joins ECRL family

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of a library,” reflected the great Argentine writer, Jorge Luis Borges. Borges was a librarian himself and it says a great deal that a man who...

April 2, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1529 views

Dr. Pillai retires after half century in ‘the right place’

Dr. Pillai retires after half century in ‘the right place’

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He came to Inverness for two or three years. He’s stayed for 51. Known to a few medical colleagues, family and friends as Gopi, the man most Inverness County residents know simply as Dr. Pillai...

By Dave Macneil, April 2, 2023 | Reading Time: 5 minutes | 2212 views

New Inverness County doctor is ready to help make positive change

New Inverness County doctor is ready to help make positive change

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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 | 2174 views

After the storm, the sun shines on Cabot trail writers festival

After the storm, the sun shines on Cabot trail writers festival

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Last September, as the Cabot Trail Writers Festival prepared to return to a full-capacity festival for the first time in two years, they got wind of a brand-new challenge… a weather forecast...

December 2, 2022 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 1227 views

Judiquers show their true colours

Judiquers show their true colours

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Judique’s new tartan was on full display this week as the community celebrated the awarding of the Lieutenant Governor’s Community Spirit Award for 2022. The Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc was the...

October 26, 2022 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 1381 views