Pictou, Canada News

A New Glasgow woman will return to provincial court May 21 for a bail hearing in connection with the theft of a motor vehicle earlier this week.

The Pictou County Rainbow Community will be hosting a rainbow walk Friday to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.

As part of this year's celebration of Gaelic Awareness Month, the fifth annual Gaelic ecumenical service will take place Sunday at 4 p.m. at Little Narrows Presbyterian Church, with the Rev.

The portrait sculpture was unveiled by Peter MacKay Minister of National Defence and Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, Associate Minister of National Defence in the company of Vice Admiral Paul Maddison and sculptor Christian Cardell Corbet.

Mike Thompson, Aquatic Director of the Pictou County Y accepting the awardfrom Allison Robinson of NS Life Saving Society on behalf of the local Y. At the Annual Meeting of the Nova Scotia Life Saving Society held at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax April 29 the local Pictou County Y was awarded the Y award-the local Y offered and ... (more)

Northumberland Strait lobster fishermen gathered at the wharf in Caribou, Pictou County, on Thursday to plan their protest of low prices.

Perhaps it will be regional amalgamation or, as John MacDonell, the minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, put it, "the A word." He made the comment Friday after meeting with municipal councillors from across the province in Yarmouth.

Some 250 Northumberland Strait lobster fishermen gathered at the wharf in Caribou, Pictou County, on Thursday to plan their protest of low prices.

More than 200 senior novice musicians from the Cobequid New Horizons Bands, Glasgow New Horizons Bands and Metro New Horizons Bands will be on stage together at all three venues, all of which start at 7:30 p.m. Tonight's concert will be at the Christ Anglican Church in Stellarton.

Allen Martin attends the memorial for the Westray explosion in Stellarton in 2012.

One male youth from Pictou County has been arrested and charged in connection with a break and enter and theft into Big Al's Convenience Store New Glasgow, North Provost Street.

The Pictou County Women's Centre, along with the Pictou County Centre for Sexual Health will be promoting a community-wide Denim Day on May 10 in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Lobster fishermen in Guysborough, Antigonish and Pictou Counties are following the lead of fishermen on Prince Edward Island and tying up their boats.

The Gyro Club make be giving up control of the annual chicken barbecue they hold, but it won't be abolished.

Five Pictou County teachers were among 11 educators honoured by the Chignecto-Central Regional School Board and the Nova Scotia Teacher's Union this week for their unwavering commitment to student success at the 2013 Excellence in Teaching Awards ceremony.

The federal government's decision to axe the long-form census has left parts of the Conservative heartland in western and rural Canada without some of the newest data on how its population is changing.

The federal government was ordered last month to pay about $8,200 which allows Jeremy Meawasige to stay with his family.

The Fire Weather Index map below depicts a prediction of potential fire conditions for the afternoon of the date shown.

The May 24 Strong Song event at the Pictou County Wellness Center will kick of with special guest host Jessi Cruickshank.

Drop by a local library for a 30-minute stroll in your community with a local walking ambassador.