Arts & Culture

One the glories of Maritime agriculture is our fine textured and mild flavoured local lamb. The Northumberland Lamb Market Co-operative plant in Bible Hill, recently upgraded and in receipt of a federal license, serves about 90 sheep farms across the region and supplies Sobeys with consistently excellent fresh lamb.

The Peace by Chocolate Nova Scotian success story has been told all over the world, and the Hadhad family is using their fame to raise awareness of the plight of Syrian refugees.

Nova Scotia in Film
a periodic examination of films with Nova Scotia connections

Construction of the Brian Mulroney policy school at Antigonish’s St. Francis Xavier University is going to be handled by the Toronto-based firm EllisDon, well placed sources tell TheMacdonaldNotebook.ca.

St. Martha’s Sister Jovita MacPherson has received the Mayann Francis Faith in Action Award for her work with the homeless in Halifax.

The award was presented last Friday at the Atlantic School of Theology gala at the Lord Nelson Hotel.

St. Martha’s Sister Jovita MacPherson was honoured at last week’s Atlantic School of Theology Gala for her work with homeless folk in Halifax

It’s a homecoming this weekend for Canada’s former first lady, Maureen McTeer as she visits Kings Hants.

Construction of the Brian Mulroney policy school at Antigonish’s St. Francis Xavier University is going to be handled by the Toronto-based firm EllisDon, well placed sources tell TheMacdonaldNotebook.ca.

Antigonish business tycoon Steve Smith says he is happy with the way JD Irving Ltd. is running his former home building supply chain, Central Home Improvement.

The chain, with big box stores in Antigonish, Windsor, New Glasgow, Sydney, Guysborough and Inverness, was acquired by the Irvings in January.

Dalhousie University will be celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2018. In doing so, according to the Dal News, it “will become one of only a handful of Canadian universities that [has] celebrated a bicentennial”.