Recreation

PlayFinder Scores Big in Inverness County

Municipal Projects
Recreation

This spring, the Municipality’s Recreation & Community Wellness team introduced a new online registration platform for all recreation programs and equipment loan opportunities. PlayFinder...

October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 1 minutes | 86 views

Lizzi’s Loop Adventure Camp

Lizzi’s Loop Adventure Camp

Recreation

Lizzi’s Loop Adventure Camp was created in honour of Lizzi MacEachern, a vibrant and joyful young girl from Port Hood who touched many lives before passing away unexpectedly at the young age of 11....

By Krista MacInnis, October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 85 views

Get Active Inverness County: Summer Fun, Connection, and Community

Get Active Inverness County: Summer Fun, Connection, and Community

Recreation

This summer, communities all over Inverness County felt the excitement of the municipality’s Get Active program. It wasn’t just about playing sports or getting exercise. It was about bringing...

By Carly Beaton (Get Active Team Member), October 24, 2025 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 55 views

Connecting people to trails: Ferraro helping local groups realize their vision

Connecting people to trails: Ferraro helping local groups realize their vision

Nature | Ecology
Recreation

To say Emery Ferraro’s arrival in Inverness County was serendipitous would be an understatement. Hired in June of last year in the Municipality’s new role of trails coordinator, Ferraro met...

By Dave MacNeil, October 22, 2025 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 29 views

Inverness athlete earns ACAA second All-Star spot

Inverness athlete earns ACAA second All-Star spot

People
Recreation

Inverness native Sarah Ryan recently found great success with her varsity volleyball team. Leading her league in blocks this season—a show of her strength and athleticism—and finishing with a...

By Kaisey MacInnis, August 11, 2025 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 233 views

Judique festival marks 250 years since founding

Judique festival marks 250 years since founding

Communities
Recreation

This year’s annual Judique on the Floor Days celebration, scheduled for August 3 to 10, will be a special one, as the community marks the 250th anniversary of its founding in 1775. A detailed...

By Joyce Rankin, August 11, 2025 | Reading Time: 6 minutes | 216 views

Setting out to discover hiking trails in the Chéticamp area

Setting out to discover hiking trails in the Chéticamp area

Health | Wellness
Recreation

Chéticamp’s geographical location offers a wealth of entertainment for lovers of nature and the great outdoors as well as for those interested in local curiosities. Let the sound of the waves lull ...

By Daniel Aucoin, August 11, 2025 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 208 views

Big Ride back by popular demand

Big Ride back by popular demand

People
Recreation

A cancer research fundraiser that’s traveled the globe for nearly 20 years will be returning to Inverness County in June for the second year in a row.

By Dave MacNeil, June 3, 2025 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 434 views

New winter festival to combine fun and culture

New winter festival to combine fun and culture

Recreation

The community of Chéticamp will host a brand-new festival this winter that will put the focus on fun and learning about other cultures.

By Dace MacNeil, April 15, 2025 | Reading Time: 2 minutes | 428 views

Le renouveau du tapis hooké de Chéticamp

Le renouveau du tapis hooké de Chéticamp

Arts | Culture
Cape Breton Economy
Communities
Recreation

Par Daniel Aucoin Scroll down for an English version of this article. Dans la région acadienne de Chéticamp, les tapis en laine faits au crochet sur jute constituent un artisanat unique. Ils sont...

January 17, 2025 | Reading Time: 6 minutes | 612 views

Local film company taking viewers to ‘Sea Class’

Local film company taking viewers to ‘Sea Class’

Arts | Culture
Communities
People
Recreation

When Beth Ryan began picking sea glass off Inverness Beach to escape the pressures of motherhood, she never envisioned that those walks would find her in front of a TV camera more than three decades l...

By Dave MacNeil, December 9, 2024 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 427 views