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Young artists from Trenton Middle School were showcased in the display window of The White Lotus.

IN PHOTOS: New Glasgow, N.S. shines with Art at Night

Sarah Jordan |Updated a day ago |4 min read Premium content

Art at Night is one of the biggest displays of artists and their work in Pictou County, whether it is painting, sculptures, or music. The event took place the evening of May 4, and attracted hundreds of people to New Glasgow’s downtown scene. Brian ...

Welcome to another edition of Visions from our Past, a new 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. St. Ann’s Bay, ca. 1880. Photograph by Theodore Keisel. Reference number: 78-718-2468. BEATON INSTITUTE/CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY

VISIONS FROM OUR PAST: Cape Breton's St. Anns Bay in 1880

Contributed |Updated a day ago |1 min read Premium content

Welcome to another edition of Visions from our Past, a new 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 ...

Leonard Paul has been drawing ever since he was a child. He joked that he moved to watercolours as a springboard to oil painting, but after forty years is still on the springboard. For his decades long career contributing to the arts, he is being honoured with an honourary doctorate from Acadia University on May 16 in Wolfville. ANGELA CAPOBIANCO

‘Art has been good to me’: Leonard Paul reflects on life after becoming honourary PhD recipient

Angela Capobianco · Multimedia Journalist |Updated a day ago |6 min read Premium content

Leonard Paul couldn’t believe it when he opened his email and saw a message from the President of Acadia University, Jeff Hennessy, inviting him to convocation to accept an honourary PhD in the humanities from the university. “I got the message on my ...

Chris Caddell , Ian Thornley, Sekou Lumumba, Dave McMillan. Photo by Nikki Ormerod.

City of Moncton announces headliners for Woah Canada! celebrations

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |3 min read Premium content

Canadian-American rock band Big Wreck and new Brunswick’s own Caroline Savoie will take stage at Riverfront Park in downtown Moncton as part of the City of Woah Canada! celebrations in July.  With hit songs like The Albatross and That Song, Big Wreck ...

Established in 2023, the King Charles III Coronation Medal honours 28 Nova Scotians who have demonstrated dedication to their professions and the well-being of the province. - Office of the Lieutenant-Governor / Contributed

Twenty-eight Nova Scotians honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

More than two dozen Nova Scotians have been recognized with the King Charles III Coronation Medal for their significant contributions to Canada. Representing a broad cross-section of residents, the 28 medal recipients were honoured during the first ...

Grade 4 Greenfield Elementary School students Ally MacDonald, left, and Cali Fraser wait for the start of a Music Monday concert at Shipyard Elementary School in Sydney on Monday. Three concerts were done which featured the Cape Breton Orchestra and Mi'kmaq artists. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST

'Very touching': 20th annual Music Monday at Cape Breton school brings together culture, reconciliation

Nicole Sullivan · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 6, 2024 |6 min read Premium content

Bethany Joe-Sylliboy wasn't sure what to expect from the Music Monday concert at Shipyard Elementary School.  The Grade 12 student from Alison Bernard Memorial High School knew the theme for the annual Canada-wide celebration of music education was ...

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Chase the Ace New Waterford winner chosen

SaltWire Network |Updated May. 6, 2024 |1 min read

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 ...

Tara Matheson, sectary of the food council board said the seed giveaway event is intended to help residents grow their own food through breaking barriers that they may face like buying seeds. Vivian Ulinwa/SaltWire

City of Charlottetown helping people grow their own food

Vivian Ulinwa · Reporter |Updated May. 6, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

The city of Charlottetown is encouraging people to grow their own food by giving out free seeds. The Charlottetown Food Council organized a community meal and seed giveaway event at the Founders’ Food Hall Demonstration Kitchen on May 4. The event ...

P.E.I. Ground Search and Rescue conducting mock search in Rocky Point area between around 3-9 p.m. on May 27. File

P.E.I. Ground Search and Rescue conducting mock exercise in Stratford area on May 11

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 6, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

P.E.I. Ground Search and Rescue (P.E.I. GSAR) is gearing up for a mock search exercise near Fullerton Creek Conservation Park on Saturday, May 11. Training will begin on MacIntosh Drive in Stratford around 4 p.m. and may continue into dusk or ...

Newly appointed music director of the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra Jaelem Bhate says his greatest joy is when he finds the strength to live in the moment. Emily Lee • Special to The Guardian

20 QUESTIONS: With P.E.I. Symphony Orchestra music director Jaelem Bhate

SaltWire Network |Updated May. 6, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Jaelem Bhate is the newly appointed music director of the Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra (PEISO).  Entering its 57th season, Jaelem is the orchestra’s ninth music director and will conduct his debut concert with the PEISO on Oct. 20. The ...

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