Profile of Cait MacIntyre

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• Just seems like the thing to do, says longtime...
  Being a volunteer for the annual New Glasgow Music Festival has become a bit of a tradition for Marg Durning. From 1972 to 1988, she was ...
• Murrays festival roots run deep
  Bob Murray doesn't remember much about the time he competed in the first ever New Glasgow Music Festival, held 70 years ago. He does, however, ...
• Joining the spiritual and natural worlds
  Peggy Thayer lives in a small two-storey home on Pictou Landing Road. It's quiet and modest, which is, ironically, how one might describe Thayer ...
• Trenton gone to the dogs
  For at least a couple of days, Trenton could have been known as dog town. This past weekend, the town's dog population increased by 192 which ...
• Colombian students sample Pictou Countys snowy spring
  For the next several weeks, 12 Colombian boys will be attending classes at Trenton Middle School. The boys, who attend a private boys school in ...
• MacKay defends his efforts at tribute dinner
  STELLARTON - At a tribute dinner in his honour Saturday evening, Peter MacKay took time to respond to Elizabeth May's comments on the event. In a ...
• Disappointing turnout for thank-you dance
  EUREKA - The music was blasting from the speakers, but the dance floor was empty. The hall was filled with rows of empty seats. The union ...
• The lights were down but environmental awareness was...
  NEW GLASGOW - Lights went out across Canada and around the world Saturday evening for Earth Hour, an event held to send a message to governments ...
• Weather doesnt dampen spirits of runners
  Perhaps the unfavourable weather conditions, including icy roads and strong winds, were to blame. Whatever the reason, there were fewer people ...
• Its time to help give MD the boot
  It's that time of year again. Over the Easter weekend, firefighters from across Pictou County will be asking for your donations as they attempt ...
• Emergency response groups can tap into $8.5M
  Fire departments and emergency response organizations across the province will be able to purchase much-needed equipment thanks to help from the ...
• Family Home Child Care Centre getting a home of its own
  STELLARTON - The Family Home Child Care Centre is relocating. The centre's board recently purchased a property on Foord Street in Stellarton, ...
• Kiosks a treasured hit with the community
  John Ashton says he was both surprised and thrilled with the response to the East River Community Kiosk Project. Four kiosks are now on display ...
• Pharmacare program a real need for Canadians says...
  STELLARTON - Canadians deserve a national pharmacare plan, says the president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Union Retirees. Speaking at the ...
• Spreading the net to make a difference
  Since last October, students at North Nova Education Centre in New Glasgow have been helping Spread the Net. The Spread the Net campaign is part ...
• Hospital working to improve trauma care status
  The News NEW GLASGOW - The Aberdeen Hospital should soon improve to Level II trauma care status, Dr. Nicole Boutilier announced Thursday. ...
• Nighthawks prevail over Gryphons to earn berth in...
  THORBURN - The North Nova girls hockey team's season came to an end on Thursday after a 4-0 loss to the Northumberland Nighthawks. Playing at the ...
• LIFESAVER
  NEW GLASGOW - She's an ordinary high school student, but last weekend Jennifer Parsons did something extrao
• Investigating energy
  ANTIGONISH - A new project is underway at St. Francis Xavier University that will look at the potential for geothermal and wind energy ...
• BY THE NUMBERS
  LYONS BROOK - Edna Tobey never expected she would one day become her own boss. But in October 2004, she began Lighthouse Bookkeeping ...
• Getting in touch with your sixth sense
  David Semler believes everyone is a psychic. He says all people have some degree of psychic ability, and it is up to us to listen to our ...
• Boxers giving back to coach
  The News TRENTON - As Barry and Marie Sponagle deal with a personal tragedy, people in the county are reaching out to the Durham couple in their ...
• NDP candidate wants more money from feds for forestry
  FOXBROOK - The Central Nova NDP candidate is calling for the federal government to show greater support for the forestry industry. Louise ...
• Think pink at NNEC
  PARKDALE - North Nova students will be thinking pink at their next school dance. Half of the proceeds from Thursday evening's Think Pink dance ...
• Four choose to remain in ACPC
• Relay for Life squad setting tough trail to follow
  For two years in a row, since Relay for Life began in Pictou County, it has raised more money than any ot
• Tick carrying Lyme disease found on Pictou County...
  It's smaller than a fingernail, and yet, Dr. Katherine Finlayson says, it's certainly startling. Fin
• Lyme disease sufferer spent years being misdiagnosed
  Brenda Sterling-Goodwin believes she contracted Lyme disease about 10 years ago. Back then, she was a cat g
• North Nova brings Oliver! to life on the stage
  Nicholas Higgs has been performing, basically, his entire life. When asked how old he was when he first started singing, he answers without ...
• Beyond Ash another step closer to the big time
  Beyond Ash are one step closer to that coveted $1 million recording contract from Bodog Music. The Pictou County rockers won a battle of the ...