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Chase the Ace New Waterford winner chosen

Toria Higgins won $7,339.50 in the April 24 Chase the Ace event at the New Waterford and District Community Centre after the ace of spades was selected. The winning ace was chosen from 17 cards remaining at the time of the draw and was drawn by ...

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Halifax modelling agent breaks industry stereotypes, becomes catalyst for change

Updated May. 3, 2024 |8 min read

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Owner and Creative Director of Soli Productions Management Inc, Solitha Shortte, for De Souza story in Halifax Monday April 29, 2024.

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Mi'kmaw acts shine at first day of 2024 ECMAs

Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia not reopening its western branch in Yarmouth

Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read

African Nova Scotian author on Amazon’s bestseller list

Updated May. 3, 2024 |3 min read

A Tex Mex Cinco de Mayo?

Updated May. 3, 2024 |5 min read

Maggie Andrew, an artist from Nova Scotia, won her first ECMA award for African Canadian artist of the year during the award nights at the Delta Prince Edward Convention Centre on May 3 in Charlottetown. She said getting nominated was a huge recognition of her craft and winning the category meant a lot to her. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

Nova Scotia artists dominate first night of 2024 ECMAs in Charlottetown

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 3, 2024 |4 min read

Nova Scotians ruled night one of the 36th East Coast Music Awards in Charlottetown, capturing eight of the 12 honours. Five of the winners who received honours at the Delta Confederation Ballroom in Charlottetown on Thursday hail from the ...

Members of the Glace Bay High School Interact Club stand outside the Marconi National Historic Site in the Table Head neighbourhood of Glace Bay on Tuesday. The group — front, from left, Holly Wells, Mya MacKinnon and Cloe Maxner; and back, from left, Katie Poirier, Grace Halfyard, Mya McFadgen and Olivia Wheaton — won $2,000 for their presentation on the work of Guglielmo Marconi. Chris Connors/Cape Breton Post

‘Everybody should know his name’: Cape Breton students celebrate Marconi

Christopher Connors · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |7 min read

GLACE BAY, N.S. — On Dec. 15, 1902, Guglielmo Marconi changed the way we communicate globally when he transmitted the first transatlantic wireless message from Glace Bay to Cornwall, England. So it was fitting that on Tuesday, high school students ...

DownHouse is a new band from Cape Breton which was formed by students attending Memorial High School. Standing from left are Nathan Young, Nicholaas Quirk and Cody Young. Front from left are Owen Seymour and Leeland Marinelli. CONTRIBUTED

Cape Breton teens bringin love of rock, country and Newfoundland fishing tunes to local stages

Nicole Sullivan · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |5 min read

The downstairs room of the Sydney Mines legion is about half full as DownHouse plays their first set. People keep coming in as the band sings rock and country covers that have patrons singing along under their breath. DownHouse is a new band with ...

Eight-month-old Remi Taylor smiles as she crawls along the mats during Movers and Shakers Story Time at the James McConnell Memorial Library in Sydney on Wednesday. Also seen are Kendra MacIsaac, left, holding her 14-month-old daughter Grace MacIsaac and Cape Breton Regional Library program co-ordinator Tara MacNeil. Movers and Shakers is a drop-in program for babies, tots, preschoolers and their parents, grandparents and caregivers to enjoy songs, stories, rhymes and play with library staff. The next Movers and Shakers takes place May 16 and May 28 at the James McConnell Memorial Library from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Christopher Connors/Cape Breton Post

PHOTO: Moving and Shaking in Cape Breton

Christopher Connors · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 1, 2024 |1 min read

Eight-month-old Remi Taylor smiles as she crawls along the mats during Movers and Shakers Story Time at the James McConnell Memorial Library in Sydney on Wednesday. Also seen are Kendra MacIsaac, left, holding her 14-month-old daughter Grace MacIsaac ...

Vanessa Gaudet of Glace Bay found a wooden arm chair in heavy garbage and repurposed it into a picture frame. CONTRIBUTED

'Wasn’t a thing wrong with it'; Cape Bretoners love a good heavy garbage hunt

Barb Sweet · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |8 min read

It’s one of the most favourite times of the year for some folks in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, whether they are getting rid of unwanted junk around their house or hunting for treasure. Heavy garbage pickup begins May 6 but many put their ...

Neema Bickersteeth, left, Adrienne Danrich, and SATE (Saidah Baba Talibah) play the role of Portia's body, spirit and soul respectively in Aportia Chryptych: A Black Opera for Portia White. HAUI

Canadian artist HAUI talks Portia White opera: 'We can exist in a multitude of expressions'

Brendyn Creamer |Updated May. 1, 2024 |7 min read

Mixed media artist Howard J. Davis (also known as HAUI) is putting the story of Portia White front and centre in his newest creation — an opera based on the life of the Truro-born contralto called Aportia Chryptych. However, Davis is nothing if not ...

Welcome to another instalment of Visions from our Past, a welcome addition to the Cape Breton Post and saltwire.com thanks to Cape Breton University's Beaton Institute, which among many other tasks, serves as a "cultural heritage archive mandated to preserve the social, economic, political and cultural history of Cape Breton Island." The Beaton Institute's archives include an estimated one million photos depicting scenes of Cape Breton from the past 150 years. Shown is North Sydney’s front street in this 1888 image. Reference number: 88-523-18033. Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University

VISIONS FROM OUR PAST: North Sydney in 1888

Contributed |Updated May. 1, 2024 |1 min read

Welcome to another instalment of Visions from our Past, a welcome addition to the Cape Breton Post and saltwire.com thanks to Cape Breton University's Beaton Institute, which among many other tasks, serves as a "cultural heritage archive mandated to ...

With the rising cost of living Canadians have less disposable income making rising food costs harder to swallow.

Loblaw boycott: effective or misguided?

Mark DeWolf · Food critic |Updated May. 1, 2024 |5 min read

A rally to boycott Loblaw stores in the wake of increases in rise of living costs is sparking debate about the role of Canada's grocery giants.

Cape Breton Community Calendar events for May 2-8, 2024

Contributed |Updated May. 1, 2024 |8 min read

Cape Breton Community Calendar is a public service listing of community events sponsored by non-profit groups. It will appear weekly on Fridays. The deadline for submissions is the Wednesday previous at noon but to ensure adequate advance ...

A tasty and healthy meal, according to columnist Mike Finigan, sits before him, and yet the baloney sanding sits in the back of the mind grinning.

MIKE FINIGAN: Health scare gives thought to a two-faced look at life

Contributed |Updated May. 1, 2024 |3 min read

I sat in the waiting room at the doctor’s office and a wizened old gent sat across from me. He was approaching the centenarian age it appeared, and though he did have a wonderful head of white hair, he looked to be just bearing up. And I was ...