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Shopping for free! First swap and repair event hosted by municipality during Waste Reduction Week

Shopping for free! First swap and repair event hosted by municipality during Waste Reduction Week

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For over 20 years, all across Canada, the 3rd week in October is Waste Reduction Week. Everyone knows that it’s becoming more and more urgent that we humans stem the tide of waste that we produce....

October 26, 2023 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 1126 views

Hope remains for an endangered species in West Mabou

Hope remains for an endangered species in West Mabou

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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 | 1585 views

Steer towards sustainability!

Steer towards sustainability!

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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 | 1438 views

Fall reckoning – the opportunities offered by a full bounty

Fall reckoning – the opportunities offered by a full bounty

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Weather and luck play such a large part in how well the farmers have done this year, and, if we have our own little gardens, how well they have faired. We may have ended up with a modest harvest, or i...

September 4, 2023 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 733 views

’Tis the season…to move

’Tis the season…to move

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THIS is the time of the year to start exercising if you aren’t already in a regular routine. The conditions and light are right!

By Glenna Calder, ND, July 16, 2023 | Reading Time: 3 minutes | 520 views

Roses charm with their looks, scent and stories

Roses charm with their looks, scent and stories

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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 | 957 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 | 913 views

Volunteers are lifeblood of culture and heritage sector

Volunteers are lifeblood of culture and heritage sector

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Heritage
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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 | 1134 views

Cream rises to the top with community support

Cream rises to the top with community support

Cape Breton Economy
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Their dream was their own dairy farm. What they’ve found is a community, whose support has exceeded even their wildest dreams. As Skye Glen Creamery celebrates its first anniversary in late August,...

April 26, 2023 | Reading Time: 4 minutes | 1146 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 | 1140 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 | 1791 views