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a baseball player hitting a ball The Nova Scotia Major Little League Provincial Championship will continue this weekend at Cameron Bowl in Glace Bay. The host Glace Bay McDonald’s Colonels enter the weekend undefeated. STOCK IMAGE.

Baseball NL wants more players and communities to 'Step Up to the Plate'

Baseball NL is ramping up efforts to grow interest across the province through a new initiative offering information and resources to encourage more play. ‘Step Up to the Plate’ offers several useful resources including registration information, ...

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Scary, exciting times: Some first-time buyers perservering despite frustrating market challenges

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House prices have risen 6 per cent year-to-year in the Halifax market and likely across the Atlantic region. FILE

Curious, not furious: How to manage a child's big emotions

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Parent from a place of peace - not chaos. Don’t expect children to do things they are not ready to do yet.

P.E.I. lighthouse finalist in Canadian historical place restoration competition

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ERIN SULLEY: Never underestimate the power of a slow cooker in the kitchen – check it out by making this slow cooker apple pork

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One for the ages: Cape Breton comic proud to be a geriatric millennial

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From left, Winston (Scotty) Fitzgerald, John Allan Cameron and Joella Foulds are being inducted into this year's Cape Breton Music Industry Hall of Fame. The event will take place June 20 at Centre 200. CONTRIBUTED

Call to the hall: Cape Breton music industry recognizes 'undeniable' impact of Cameron, Fitzgerald, Foulds

Ian Nathanson |Updated 9 hours ago |4 min read

Three Cape Breton music greats — John Allan Cameron, Winston (Scotty) Fitzgerald and Joella Foulds — will be honoured as inductees into the 2024 Cape Breton Music Industry Hall of Fame. “The impact of these individuals on the development of Cape ...

Donna Morrissey. — Contributed photo by Nicola Davison

JOAN SULLIVAN: Crisp and evocative writing in Donna Morrissey’s seventh novel, 'Rage the Night'

Joan Sullivan · Columnist |Updated 9 hours ago |5 min read

Rage the Night by Donna Morrissey Viking/Penguin Canada $24.95 300 pages This is Donna Morrissey’s seventh novel, often works of historical rural Newfoundland (she’s also published a memoir, “Pluck”). This book, too, is entwined with actual ...

Ambani's JioCinema cuts subscription prices as India's streaming war heats up

Aditya Kalra, Kanjyik Ghosh |Updated 3 hours ago |2 min read

By Aditya Kalra and Kanjyik Ghosh (Reuters) - JioCinema, the streaming platform run by India's Reliance Industries, on Thursday cut prices of its premium offering to as low as 29 rupees ($0.3480) a month, heating up competition for Netflix and ...

A cover dance band performs during an event devoted to the Spring Festival, at a shopping mall in Khimki, on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, February 10, 2024.

Young Russians dance to K-pop and watch anime amid Asian culture boom

Reuters |Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A few years ago, Karina Marakshina had to explain what K-pop was when asked to describe the musical style of her Moscow dance studio. Now she says she hears it blasting out from nearly every mall where she shops. Russia shares ...

Cape Breton Community Calendar events for April 25-May 1, 2024

Contributed |Updated 1 hour ago |8 min read

Cape Breton Community Calendar is a public service listing of community events sponsored by non-profit groups. It will appear weekly on Fridays. The deadline for submissions is the Wednesday previous at noon but to ensure adequate advance ...

PHOTO: Cape Breton Golden K gives to palliative care

Contributed |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

The Cape Breton Golden K Club recently made a monetary donation of $18,000 to the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. The money is to be used to refurbish palliative care rooms in the facility. The Cape Breton Golden K Club recently made a monetary ...

A sign in the city centre advertises the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, April 17, 2024.

Eurovision euphoria boosts travel to Sweden's Malmo, eDreams says

Reuters |Updated 11 hours ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Eurovision fever boosted travel searches for the Swedish coastal city of Malmo by 176% between September 2023 and April 2024, Spanish online travel booking company eDreams ODIGEO said on Wednesday. The Eurovision song contest, the ...

Record giant HYBE audits 'NewJeans' label as infighting returns to K-pop

Hyunsu Yim |Updated 10 hours ago |2 min read

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's largest music company is auditing the management of one of its labels as it suspects they are planning to break away, the latest case of infighting in K-pop, one of the world's most popular and profitable ...

The Cape Breton Regional Chamber of Commerce has opened nominations for the annual Cape Breton Business and Philanthropy Hall of Fame this year.

Nominations open for 2024 Cape Breton Business and Philanthropy Hall of Fame

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |1 min read

The Cape Breton Regional Chamber of Commerce has opened nominations for the annual Cape Breton Business and Philanthropy Hall of Fame this year. In collaboration with Cape Breton University and the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the event ...

A memorial for late former Beatle John Lennon is seen at the "Imagine" mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park to mark Lennon's 80th birthday, in New York City, U.S., October 9, 2020.

John Lennon's lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction

Lisa Keddie, Will Russell |Updated a day ago |2 min read

By Lisa Keddie and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain. The ...