Wednesday, April 23, 2025

CELEBRATING A STATESMAN: Retired Canadian senator Tom McInnis and his wife, Brenda, celebrated his 80th birthday with family, friends and dignitaries at The Tap Room in Sheet Harbour on April 9. Guests for the occasion included David Hendsbee (left), HRM District 2 councillor; Brycen Jenkins, Central Nova Conservative candidate; Kent Smith, Eastern Shore MLA; Elmer MacKay; Peter MacKay and Central Nova candidate Sean Fraser, who piped the couple into the event. The MacKays, both former Central Nova MPs, were among those who paid tribute to MacInnis’s exemplary record of public service. Tom and Brenda have been mainstays and key contributors in the community since he returned to his hometown to retire in 2005.

 

Photo Credit: Janice Christie

Fish or ‘scrambled eggs’

By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

CANSO — The knock on the door comes just as Ginny Boudreau takes another bite of her sandwich. “They know it’s lunchtime,” she laughs, under her breath, “but they come anyway.”

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CELEBRATING A STATESMAN: Retired Canadian senator Tom McInnis and his wife, Brenda, celebrated his 80th birthday with family, friends and dignitaries at The Tap Room in Sheet Harbour on April 9. Guests for the occasion included David Hendsbee (left), HRM District 2 councillor; Brycen Jenkins, Central Nova Conservative candidate; Kent Smith, Eastern Shore MLA; Elmer MacKay; Peter MacKay and Central Nova candidate Sean Fraser, who piped the couple into the event. The MacKays, both former Central Nova MPs, were among those who paid tribute to MacInnis’s exemplary record of public service. Tom and Brenda have been mainstays and key contributors in the community since he returned to his hometown to retire in 2005.

 

  • Fish or ‘scrambled eggs’

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    April 16 2025

    CANSO — The knock on the door comes just as Ginny Boudreau takes another bite of her sandwich. “They know it’s lunchtime,” she laughs, under her breath, “but they come anyway.” READ MORE



April 16, 2025

  • New Canso fitness centre build set to start in May

    By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    CANSO — Construction on a long-anticipated $1.8-million fitness centre in Canso is slated to begin next month, following the Municipality of the District of Guysborough council’s recommendation to issue a design-build request for proposals (RFP) at its April 2 committee of the whole meeting. READ MORE

  • Five candidates debate in Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish

    By Corey LeBlanc

    PORT HAWKESBURY — Everything from the economy and environment to the cost of living and development – and, of course, Donald Trump – were on the agenda as the candidates in the new federal riding of Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish participated in a debate for an in-person audience of more than 250 at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre on April 10. READ MORE



Also in this edition...

  • NexGold presses ahead at Goldboro amid surge

    By Alec Bruce

    GOLDBORO — With global gold prices setting records and investor appetite on the rise, NexGold Ltd. is picking up the pace at its Goldboro project in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough.

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  • Mixed reaction to end of carbon tax, rebates in Guysborough County

    By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — With Prime Minister Mark Carney delivering on his Liberal leadership campaign promise to remove the fuel charge from Canada’s carbon pollution pricing system – along with the rebate taxpayers have been receiving, reaction across the county has been mixed.

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  • Theatre Antigonish celebrates golden anniversary

    By Corey LeBlanc

    ANTIGONISH — Although the curtain has dropped on its golden anniversary, a cultural icon that has left an indelible mark on the fabric of northeastern Nova Scotia has many more stories to tell.

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April 9, 2025

  • St. Mary’s passes $4.7M budget, hikes taxes two cents

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    ST. MARY’S — Taxes are going up by two cents for all ratepayers in the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s this year – part of a newly approved $4.7-million operating budget that Warden James Fuller says was built on “a series of achievable priorities” and months of painstaking effort. READ MORE

  • MODG opens land option to housing group — with conditions

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) council says it will consider donating two pieces of land it owns in Cutler’s Brook Estates to the Community First Guysborough County Housing Association (GCHA), if the group can show that it has a “fully funded and approved” housing project ready to go. READ MORE

  • Shared solutions top joint council agenda

    By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    SHERBROOKE — For the second time in as many years, the councils of Guysborough County’s three municipalities will gather to discuss urgent issues of mutual importance. READ MORE



April 2, 2025

  • MODG passes $17M budget, rejects tax cut

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    GUYSBOROUGH — The Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG) has passed a $17-million budget for 2025-26, holding firm on taxes despite a failed push from three councillors to cut rates by 10 cents across the board. READ MORE

  • Canso area tax draws fire

    By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

    CANSO — The president of a local ratepayers’ group says the Municipality of the District of Guysborough’s (MODG) decision to maintain a long-standing district-specific tax levy is “an insult” to the people of Canso. READ MORE

  • Country Harbour residents frustrated by state of key bridge

    COUNTRY HARBOUR — Several residents are expressing concern about the state of the small but important Harris’s Bridge in the Nine Mile Woods area of Country Harbour, saying it presents significant danger to motorists. READ MORE