Community & Events

The allure of lighthouse keeping has intrigued people for a long time, but few fall so far under the spell as to take it up as a career. One of those rare people is Chris Mills from Ketch Harbour, N.S.

It takes a particular kind of strength to live in a world where one's culture has been violently oppressed and the remnants of that oppression are visible on a daily basis. It takes more strength still to embrace aspects of oneself that are even more counter to the dominant culture.

Changing Canadian immigration laws have placed the owners of the Whale Watch Inn on Campobello Island in a precarious position that may force them to sell or shutter the inn and move back to the United States in March 2018.

An innovative project to rebuild populations of wild Atlantic salmon in New Brunswick rivers has been quietly under way in a corner of Grand Manan, and on June 8 another stage was marked with the introduction of over 700 more fish to the sea cages at Dark Harbour.

The Eastport 4th of July Committee has completed this year's schedule, and a highlight of this year's festivities will be the presence of a U.S. Navy vessel. "The U.S.S. Lassen will arrive on July 3," says Eastport 4th of July Committee Chairman Barbara McPhail.

The pending closure of the obstetrics (OB) unit at Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) has generated significant concern from the eastern Washington County region it serves.