By Emily Sawchyn

Hannah Kent will be taking a major step forward in her lacrosse career in the fall of 2021, when the 17-year old joins Niagara University’s Purple Eagles women’s lacrosse team. Niagara offered Kent a scholarship to play in the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association’s top college division, and she is committed to the 2022 season.

By Emily Sawchyn

COVID-19 hit everyone in a multitude of life-changing ways, and Food Banks have been working harder than ever to keep communities together. Between February and June 2020, unemployment in Nova Scotia grew from 7.8% to 13%. Many people in need are visiting the Food Bank for the first time. At the same time, fear of the virus has kept others at home.

By Richard Bell

In the latest round in the fight to stop the province from turning Owls Head Provincial Park into an American billionaire’s three private golf courses and acres of luxury housing, the Department of Lands and Forestry (L&F) released another round of documents with dramatic new information.

By Emily Sawchyn

Emergency room closures continue to plague the three rural Eastern Shore hospitals, Twin Oaks Memorial, (Musquodoboit Harbour),  Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital (Sheet Harbour) and Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital (Middle Musquodoboit)

By John Fulton Rowlings

By Dee Dwyer

As you’re driving through Musquodoboit Harbour on Highway 7 from the west, you’ll pass a little sign in Rhonda MacFarlane’s front yard saying “Masks,” pointing to a table with a colourful display of masks, $5 on an honors system.

By Mary Elizabeth O’Toole

The Lawrencetown Beach Café is located in the historic MacDonald House, a hillside site with spectacular views that often include surfers and kiteboarders.

By Jennifer Deacon

You don’t have to look far for potter Iris Patterson’s muse.

by Catherine Berry

What a joy it is to walk around our vibrant and compact village! One afternoon recently, I met friends for coffee, returned library books, bought fish, and picked up meds from the drugstore, all without having to drive my car.