FISH STORY: Visitors to Ballantyne’s Cove can now see for themselves the size of the largest tuna ever landed, caught by local fisherman Ken Fraser in 1979. A replica of the 1,496-lb fish was unveiled during the inaugural Tuna Fest at the cove Saturday. Pictured here are summer students at the Bluefin Tuna Interpretive Centre, Skye MacGillivray (left) and Sophie Marquis, posing with the centre’s new resident.
Photo Credit: Helen Murphy
‘The worst street in Antigonish’
By Corey LeBlanc
ANTIGONISH – Councillor Patrick McKenna described Bay St. as the “worst street in Antigonish” during council’s regular monthly meeting on Aug. 18.
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FISH STORY: Visitors to Ballantyne’s Cove can now see for themselves the size of the largest tuna ever landed, caught by local fisherman Ken Fraser in 1979. A replica of the 1,496-lb fish was unveiled during the inaugural Tuna Fest at the cove Saturday. Pictured here are summer students at the Bluefin Tuna Interpretive Centre, Skye MacGillivray (left) and Sophie Marquis, posing with the centre’s new resident.
By Corey LeBlanc
August 26 2026
ANTIGONISH – Councillor Patrick McKenna described Bay St. as the “worst street in Antigonish” during council’s regular monthly meeting on Aug. 18. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
MONASTERY – Under threatening late-summer skies, two buses rolled away from the Tracadie Fire Hall on Aug. 22 and headed down the back roads toward Goose Harbour Lake. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
GUYSBOROUGH – Road safety accounted for more than four in every 10 calls reported by Guysborough County District RCMP over a six-month period this year, according to a Journal analysis of the detachment’s public reports. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GOLDBORO – NexGold Mining Corp. is putting a sharper investment case around its proposed Goldboro gold mine as the company moves toward a financing and construction decision later this year.
SUBSCRIBEBy Helen Murphy
BALLANTYNE’S COVE — A giant tuna, great music, kids activities, a variety of food and artisan options, and fine summer weather attracted a big crowd to the first Tuna Fest here Saturday.
SUBSCRIBEBy Corey LeBlanc
STELLARTON – Midway through the game, and one run away from the mercy rule ending their 2026 season with a heartbreaking defeat, the Antigonish Diamond Jaxx rallied for a 16-15 victory over the rival Brookfield Elks to capture the Softball Nova Scotia U15 ‘A’ female provincial crown earlier this month.
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By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
GUYSBOROUGH CO. – EverWind Fuels’ proposed Harbour Hills wind farm has failed to secure provincial environmental approval after Environment and Climate Change Minister Tim Halman ruled that its filing lacks key data. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
SHERBROOKE – Historic Sherbrooke Village is pressing ahead with a plan to expand programming, find new sources of revenue and broaden its reach, despite a 20 per cent provincial funding cut that has already reduced its workforce. READ MORE
By Corey LeBlanc
ANTIGONISH – The Jerome McCarron Pavilion will be in the spotlight in the coming days, when the grand opening for the new addition to the Eastern Nova Scotia Exhibition (ENSE) grounds on James St. is celebrated on Monday, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m. READ MORE
By Corey LeBlanc
ANTIGONISH – One of the most famous views here – for decades the subject of countless photographs – has undergone a change, one that has sparked plenty of discussion. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
LARRY’S RIVER – Five days of boats, ball hockey, Acadian food, music, language, dancing and community gatherings had barely wrapped up when Jennifer Delorey tendered her cheerfully official assessment of the 21st Festival Savalette. READ MORE
By Alec Bruce
SHERBROOKE – Municipality of the District of St. Mary’s volunteer fire chiefs have come away from a lengthy meeting with the Department of Emergency Management’s top bureaucrat with a clearer understanding that Nova Scotia’s fire service modernization plans are not aimed at forcing municipalities to take over local volunteer fire departments. READ MORE
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