By Paula Horvath Community Contributor Eastport Arts Centre The bays and inlets that surround coastal Canada and the rivers that supply them are a source of life for Maritimers. That’s why it’s so important to protect and restore them for future generations. Both the successes made and the challenges yet to be faced will be […]
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Council in Saint Andrews has been forced to reschedule items voted on in a meeting held without quorum. On April 27, the council held a rescheduled meeting following the death of acting mayor Kate Akagi. Akagi’s death meant there were three vacancies, the other two left by the resignations of Jamie Hirtle and Brad Henderson. […]
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When the Tone Changes, So Does the Conversation In a place like ours, conversations still matter. They happen every day—over coffee, at local shops, during community events, and around kitchen tables. They are part of what keeps our community connected. But even here, if we listen carefully, something has been changing. The tone has shifted. […]
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Council in St. Stephen has bid an emotional farewell to two long-serving local leaders who are not reoffering in the next election in May — Mayor Allan MacEachern and Deputy Mayor Ghislaine Wheaton. At the final regular council meeting, Chief Administrative Officer Jeff Renaud paid tribute to the entire council — thanking them for their […]
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I don’t have to ask Maud if she wants to go outside. All I need to do is zip up my coat, and to Maud it may as well be the starting pistol at the Kentucky Derby. She appears at once, as if conjured. Whatever she was just doing—napping, lounging, or conducting high-level squirrel surveillance […]
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Christmas may still be months away, but at NBCC St. Andrews, the holiday season has been top of mind all semester after building two new wooden cabins. As students grin inside the handcrafted structure, instructors Eugene Gowan, Brent Dunn, and Chris Hartford stand in the rain at the edges of the photo, letting their students […]
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A consulting firm presented to St. Stephen Council that operating the Giddens Memorial Airport as status quo is no longer a viable scenario. Ben Crooks, a senior planner with aviation consulting firm HM Aero based in Ottawa, presented to the council on Wednesday. “The airport based on our assessment and based on available materials has […]
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By Barbara Rayner, Reporter Warning: This story contains a discussion about suicide St. George – For the past six years Patty Borthwick, with the help of volunteers, has organized an annual food drive for the St. George Food Bank, in memory of her daughter Hillary Hooper. Hillary’s Hope for Hunger, which was held in St. […]
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The way we search for jobs is changing. Long gone are the days of simply writing a resume and submitting it to an applicant tracking system and hoping to get a response. Now, due to AI, your resume must include certain items to get through the system and on to a Recruiter. Experience and education […]
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From the perspective of older women experiencing coercive control, legal distinctions based on relationship type carry far less weight than a proposed law assumes. Often, the central concern is simpler and more urgent: she wants the abuse to stop. Tabled in December 2025 by the federal Justice Minister, Bill C-16, the Protecting Victims Act, proposes […]
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