Author: Aaron Cameron

Wishmaker parade raises $10,000-plus The Children’s Wish Foundation Wishmaker Parade raised enough money for a wish, and a head start on another. Saturday’s festivities raised $10,200 — a slight bit more than the $10,000 the charity requires to fulfill a wish. Ahead of the noon parade of kids, students, and vintage cars — all led by a piper —...

The Westville and Area Garden Club planted a seed of an entirely different kind. Following the day-long series of workshops and idea exchanges of the Nova Scotia Association of Garden Clubs Region 2 Fall Rally — which the club hosted — events moved to Acadia Park where a gardening monument was formally unveiled. The raceless, ageless,...

NEW GLASGOW — The Share the Warmth campaign may be into its 16th year but staff, customers and friends of Atlantic Fabrics were as passionate about the project as ever. All six Atlantic Fabrics locations take part in making quilts and donating them to worthy causes local to them. The East River Road location will be donating...

Some 165 participants and volunteers turned out to Trenton Park on Sunday morning to take part in the 5th annual CIBC Run for the Cure. Between them, they raised $30,000 for breast cancer research and advocacy in Atlantic Canada. This marks the third year the walk/run has taken place in Trenton Park. Participants enjoyed a...

The United Way of Pictou County pulled in $1,200 Saturday morning. Taking place at the Pictou County Wellness Centre, the unique United Way fundraiser Pulling for Change saw 10 teams compete to see who could pull a firetruck the quickest. Teams paid an entry fee of $100 to take part, and the highest pledging team...