The fate of a gravel lot is stirring up conversation and some complaintsin the seaside Cape Breton village of St. Peter's.

Potloteks Isaiah Bernard is the fourth Mikmaq and second Nova Scotian to head up the national Indigenous youth organization.

The Nova Scotia government is topping up income assistance payments on Aug.29 to assistfamilies struggling with the impact of inflation on the cost of school supplies.

Hundreds are expected to descend on St. Peters, N.S., this weekend to swim through the villages canal locks.

The mayor of a Cape Breton town hopes this week's$600-million announcement to begin exporting hydrogen from Nova Scotiato Germany will mean hundreds of jobs for her community and others.

While RCMP have not identified the teenagevictims, communitymembershave confirmed that they are Isaac James Goswell, a student at Lockview High School in Fall River, N.S., and Duncan Chisholm, a student at Dalbrae Academy in Mabou, N.S.

In the third year of a Mi'kmaw STEM summer camp, the science-based learning resource takes place in Bras dOr Lake in July and on South Shore in August