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There are no shortage of activities during YCON in Yarmouth, which this year takes place March 31 to June 2 at the Mariners Centre. Michael Carty Photography

No shortage of fun: Y-CON returns for bigger year at Yarmouth Mariners Centre May 31 to June 2

Calling all gamers and cosplayers, the Yarmouth Comic Convention – Y-CON – will be returning from May 31 to June 2 at the Yarmouth Mariners Centre. Y-CON is an annual volunteer run gaming and comics convention in Yarmouth that features vendors from ...

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New general manager, restaurant, and observation decks at iconic Cape Forchu Lighthouse in Yarmouth

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Cape Forchu's Climb the Light Experience Tours can be booked, starting May 18. DAVEY AND SKY

30 years of singing, connection and friendship: The Carillon Singers to celebrate their pearl anniversary

Updated 18 hours ago |4 min read

The Carillon Singers are celebrating 30 years as a group. The group celebrates friendship between women through song. Their spring concert, Goddess Remembered, showcases the power of the goddess through song, poetry and art created by women.

BRIAN STANFORD: Ribfest planning in the works, community support programs going strong

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Volunteers reviving popular Windsor, N.S. summertime festival

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Cape Breton Community Calendar events for May 16-22

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The inaugural project of Joan Jonas' "Moving Off the Land II" at Venice: Ocean Space in 2019. - Photo by Enrico Fiorese / D.H. office

New Cape Breton-inspired New York art exhibition relocating to Nova Scotia in 2025

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 20 hours ago |2 min read

An American art exhibition drawing heavy inspiration from Cape Breton will be leaving New York City for its new home in Nova Scotia next year. The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) have jointly acquired ...

Sixteen artists and artisans have been selected to create thirteen public art pieces located in and around the new deCoste Culture Hub which is currently under construction in Pictou, N.S. The new space is expected to open Sept 2024. - Contributed

16 artists and artisans to contribute talents to new deCoste Culture Hub in Pictou, N.S.

Sarah Jordan |Updated a day ago |3 min read

On May 2, deCoste Cultural Hub and the Town of Pictou unveiled a public art program featuring 16 local artists and artisans. Chosen by a committee of volunteers interested in the arts and culture, the artists will contribute thirteen unique pieces ...

Colourful bird houses line the waterside landscape near downtown Glace Bay as the temperature started to warm up Monday. BARB SWEET/CAPE BRETON POST

PHOTO: Bird's eye view in Glace Bay

Barb Sweet · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 13, 2024 |1 min read

Colourful bird houses line the waterside landscape near downtown Glace Bay as the temperature started to warm up Monday.

This painting of Dendromaia unamakiensis by Canadian artist Henry Sharpe is part of a display at the Cape Breton Fossil Centre in Sydney Mines. Discovered in Point Aconi, the 309-million-year-old fossilized remains of the lizard-like mammal ancestor is the earliest fossil evidence of parental care in existence. Chris Connors/Cape Breton Post

The Tree Mother of Cape Breton: Fossil found in Point Aconi first evidence of maternal care

Christopher Connors · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 12, 2024 |5 min read

SYDNEY, N.S. — More than 300 million years before moms started kissing our boo-boos and reminding us to eat our veggies, a lizard-like creature in Cape Breton performed the first recorded act of motherly love. In 2017, a fossil enthusiast named Brian ...

Calgary-based Chef Darren MacLean, owner of three of Canada's Top 100 Restaurants, showcased his skills at the gala dinner of Delect'ble, Fox Harb'r Resorts annual Spring Culinary Weekend festivities.

MARK DeWOLF: Delect'ble spring culinary weekend

Mark DeWolf · Food critic |Updated May. 10, 2024 |4 min read

Fox Harb'r Resort hosts globally inspired culinary weekend fusing Japanese techniques and local ingredients.

Pictured left to right during St. Francis Xavier University’s recent graduation ceremonies are university president Andy Hakin, Elder Sister Dorothy Moore and university chancellor John Peacock. Moore was awarded a degree Doctor of Laws honoris causa for her work as an activist and educator. CONTRIBUTED

PHOTO: Mi'kmaw elder, residential school survivor receives honorary doctorate from Nova Scotia university

SaltWire Network |Updated May. 10, 2024 |1 min read

Sister Dorothy Moore, a Mi'kmaq elder and residential school survivor from Membertou, was presented with an honorary doctorate of laws during St. Francis Xavier University Convocation on Sunday. Along with being a social justice advocate for ...

Northside 4 Chase the Ace chair Craig Ivey, left, and North Sydney Food Bank executive director Lawrence Shebib. The draw is down to the last two cards May 15. BARB SWEET/CAPE BRETON POST

Curiosity

Tempting tickets: Cape Breton Chase the Ace fever rising in North Sydney

Barb Sweet · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 10, 2024 |4 min read

Tickets are flying off the counter for the upcoming Northside 4 Chase the Ace draw, which is down to two cards. The next draw is Wednesday, May 15. “Everywhere you go they are talking about it,” said chair Craig Ivey. The minimum jackpot is $340,000 ...

Clare MacDougall, left, and Leslie MacArthur stand next to a priority boarding sign for Air Canada Jazz at the J.A. Douglas McCurdy airport on Tuesday, where they have worked for 35 years. NICOLE SULLIVAN/CAPE BRETON POST

Bright Side

'We love this job': Cape Breton women who started at Air Nova on same day 35 years ago retiring on same day

Nicole Sullivan · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 10, 2024 |11 min read

Clare MacDougall and Leslie MacArthur have seen a lot of changes in the airline industry over 35 years as customer service representatives. Air travel consisted of paper tickets, complimentary in-flight liquor and no identification needed for ...

Hubtown Theatre Youth Player's two-cast production of Clue promises a fun-filled murder mystery for audiences. Tickets are available at the Marigold Cultural Centre. Brendyn Creamer

Hubtown Theatre Youth Players to present bewildering whodunit with Clue

Brendyn Creamer |Updated May. 9, 2024 |5 min read

Hubtown Theatre’s Youth Players are gearing up for yet another performance, and this time, they’re dipping their toes into a murder mystery. Not just any murder mystery, mind you. The play is based on the famous detective board game Clue (and its ...

Pam Leader, the Savoy’s executive director, left, is shown with Wesley J. Colford, the artistic and executive director of the Highland Arts Theatre. CONTRIBUTED

Cape Breton’s Savoy and HAT theatres collaborating on Mamma Mia! musical

SaltWire Network |Updated May. 9, 2024 |3 min read

The Savoy Theatre and the Highland Arts Theatre are joining forces to bring the popular musical known as Mamma Mia! to Cape Breton this summer. The first official collaboration between the two theatres since 2019 has been described as ‘an ...

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