ON THE GO: The St. Mary’s Association for Rural Transit (SMART-GO) has added a second wheelchair accessible van, which increases the size of its fleet to four vehicles. Team members Wendy Shelly (office manager and driver), Jason Collingwood (driver), Heather Kreffer (executive director) and Doug Fleet (lead driver) say the increase will better enable them to serve the ever-growing needs to the communities they serve. Story in this week's edition.
Photo Credit: Joanne Jordan
Municipalities call for second road to St. Martha’s
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — Guysborough County’s three municipalities have lined up behind a call to provincial and federal governments to address what local officials describe as a growing public safety risk at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish: the lack of a second, permanent access road.
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ON THE GO: The St. Mary’s Association for Rural Transit (SMART-GO) has added a second wheelchair accessible van, which increases the size of its fleet to four vehicles. Team members Wendy Shelly (office manager and driver), Jason Collingwood (driver), Heather Kreffer (executive director) and Doug Fleet (lead driver) say the increase will better enable them to serve the ever-growing needs to the communities they serve. Story in this week's edition.
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
January 28 2026
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — Guysborough County’s three municipalities have lined up behind a call to provincial and federal governments to address what local officials describe as a growing public safety risk at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish: the lack of a second, permanent access road. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH — A grassroots housing organization in Guysborough County has begun work on what it describes as the region’s first locally driven effort to develop a housing strategy focused specifically on the needs of African Nova Scotian communities. READ MORE
By Joanne Jordan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE — With filming of The Great Amherst Ghost Haunting now wrapped, officials at Sherbrooke Village say the experience has renewed their interest in attracting more film and television productions to the historic site. READ MORE
By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
UPPER AFTON — Residents from across Antigonish and Guysborough counties came out to learn more and share feedback during a series of open houses for the proposed Upper Afton Wind Project. The large-scale onshore wind development is being advanced by EverWind in partnership with Membertou First Nation.
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GUYSBOROUGH — For Jude Avery and other members of la Société acadienne de Torbé, the second annual Festival du Tamarin planned for Saturday, Feb. 7 is about more than food, music or a welcome excuse to shake off mid-winter’s chill. It is an affirmation – one in a growing line of efforts aimed at reinforcing Acadian culture and the future of the French language in a small but determined corner of Nova Scotia.
SUBSCRIBEBy Corey LeBlanc
ANTIGONISH — If you still haven’t found what you are looking for on Valentine’s Day weekend, Theatre Antigonish (TA) may have the answer.
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By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
CANSO — It does not amuse Harold Roberts, president of the Canso and Area Development Association and a local resident, that a routine bank deposit recently took him four hours and 15 minutes – most of which was spent driving round trip from Canso to New Glasgow after the closure of his town’s only bank branch last summer. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH — She holds the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award, the Duke of Edinburgh Award, and her name proudly adorns the Dr. William P. Oliver Wall of Honour. READ MORE
By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporting
GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY — A newly released provincial climate change risk assessment outlines increasing risks from stronger storms, flooding and pressure on infrastructure across Nova Scotia, but it also identifies Guysborough County as one of a small number of areas that may experience some potential benefits alongside those challenges. READ MORE
By Chloe Hannon, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
UPPER AFTON — EverWind Fuels is launching public consultation on a proposed Upper Afton wind project this month, hosting four open houses as the company begins early planning and community engagement on the development. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
ST. MARY’S — Two bridges crucial to public safety, access and economic development in the Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s are slated for major overhauls or replacement with key work to begin as early as next year, according to the provincial department of Public Works. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
CANSO — With a new operations chief now in place, Maritime Launch Services says Spaceport Nova Scotia has reached a “pivotal moment” in its bid to become Canada’s first and only commercial rocket launch site. READ MORE
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