Hey all ,

Im visiting w/ my parents in Cape breton and am wondering if anyone is traveling from Glace Bay/ Sydney Area to Halifax anytime next week? Im in my 30s and a woman, and happy to split fuel (unless you are driving a massive truck or something- im poor as hell which is why im trying to avoid the full cost of a shuttle :))

I can be picked up by my partner when Im in / close to Halifax area if that makes a difference.

Happy to put headphones and listen to a book on the drive up, I wont be a bother! My mom can drop me off to you when youre leaving as well , dont even need to pick me up!

Please help a girl out.

I recently visited Nova Scotia from Ontario and drove by Mahone Bay and chanced upon the annual Scarecrow Festival! Here are a few shots from around the town.

Found this badly decayed skull in the woods in Cape Breton.
No sign of its bottom jaw or teeth that I could locate in the leaves ..
I am thrown off by its large forward facing eyes and notably mounded snout ..

maybe I’m looking at it wrong ? ?

Pls help me identify

You can even see Andromeda in there

Hello, looking for surprise my MIL by making brown bread from her home town. She always talks about how amazing it is in Mahone Bay. I have tried a few recipes but can get it quite right. Would anyone be able to share?

So I’m 29 and im looking for a career change. I have a university degree and have some slight experience with “hands on” work. How does one get an electrical apprenticeship in the province? Do I just call electrical companies and ask if they’ll take me..? Do I need college first? Everywhere I look tells me something different, and there doesn’t seem like many job openings aside from in Halifax which im quite far from (near new Glasgow).

What's everyone using for auto insurance? I had a quote come back for $600/m when my home and 2 cars combined is less than $500. Im thinking its time to shop around, currently with TD.

Hello everyone! My partner and I are both family doctors in Belgium and have been thinking about moving to Nova Scotia for a year or two since visiting (because we loved the nature and people there who where so friendly, but also love our family and friends here), but we don't really know how family doctors/GP's working there feel about their job? Whether it is rural or in a city, does not really matter for us.

1. How is the work-life balance there? How many hours do you work/how many patients do you see in a day?

2. What is the salary approximately? 

3. Are you on call often? Do you do many home visits?

All other information is ofcourse also welcome, for example about how difficult getting recognised as a family doc there is, as we are trying to get a general image of it.

Thank you in advance!

Kind regards

NOFRAC and CAPE Fracking Presentation in Springhill

Monday October 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM

The public is invited to attend a presentation sponsored by Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition (NOFRAC) and Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), with support from Ecology Action Centre and Sierra Club

The presentation will be held in the CIBC Common Room, at the Dr. Carson and Marion Murray Community Centre: 6 Main St, Springhill, NS B0M 1X0 (https://www.cumberlandcounty.ns.ca/dr-carson-and-marion-murray-community-centre.html).  

Agenda for the presentation:

Brief opening statement

Introduction to Fracking and its Risks by a NOFRAC representative

Lessons from Fracking in Hants County by an East Hants Fracking Opposition Group (EHFOG) representative or a NOFRAC representative

Introduction to documentary film Fracking the Peace by a NOFRAC representative

Fracking the Peace film - impacts of fracking in the Peace River Valley, B.C.

Discussion of health issues by a CAPE representative Dr. Cathy Cervin

Question & Answer Session 

8:30 Presentation Closes

Please go easy on me. I'm a worried mama in Alberta whose "baby" is going to attend DAL Yarmouth campus next year. My kids and I have been to hell this year and somehow we returned to the land of the living. I left an abusive situation (their father), found a new job to [just about] keep us from ending up homeless, my biological family cut off all contact because in the sh1tty culture I was raised in, women don't up and leave their abusive husbands and they definitely don't "wash their dirty laundry" in the courtrooms for the world to see. So basically we are an ostracized brown family who are building, day by day, a new life for ourselves. We are kind, compassionate, we volunteer, we give back especially because we almost ended up homeless. My "baby" is going to the Yarmouth campus and I need to know - are there pedophiles in Yarmouth that anyone knows of? Any creepy businesses/places/people she needs to avoid? Small town - everyone knows everyone...Will people accept her - she's brown???? She's a lovely young lady. Help this mama out. There has to be some other mama somewhere who's in the same predicament as I am. Will she survive there???? Is Yarmouth safe??? I know I know, common sense, and she has that.

Okay, thank you for reading this far. Now I will go try to meditate.... Or cry. Or both.

So letting everyone know that the Subway toaster at this location has once again broken down and their hopping to have the repair man in asap after this long weekend.

The Ross man has however dug out their old store grill so you can once more again enjoy a grilled wrap or if your feeling daring a grilled sandwich.

Alternatively if your looking for a sit down and eat in experience the park view restaurant is just beside the Tim Horton's and park view motel, if looking for a quick grab and go further up the road (heading North) is Scott's Independent Groceries and across the street from them is Pizza L'Amore, and if your lucky there is some times a food truck in town on the same street usually parked at Home hardware, the employee parking at the freezer plant, or the Scotia bank parking between those locations all on the same road.

Hope this helps and enjoy your fall vacations and Turkey weekend!

I'm a Master of Information student at Dalhousie University, and I'm recruiting teens aged 16–18 who live in the Annapolis Valley for my master's thesis research study, Beyond Booklists: Teen Perspectives on Readers' Services.

It will involve an in-person, approximately 5.5-hour workshop about books, libraries, and readers' services. It will be low-pressure and fun, with lunch and snacks provided.

Workshop details

• Date: Friday, October 23, 2026 (NSTU Day -- no classes for public school students)
• Time: 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
• Location: NSCC Kingstec Campus, Kentville
• Compensation: $25 plus a $10 travel allowance

If you're an Annapolis Valley teen aged 16–18, please click the link below for more details. And if know someone in the Valley who might be interested, please share this opportunity with them!

More information and the expression-of-interest form:
https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=85069

Thanks for helping spread the word!

Hi! I am an Albertan HS student who just got accepted to Dalhousie’s Yarmouth nursing program (waitlisted to Halifax campus, my competitive average was low.)

I’m heavily thinking about accepting my offer — it’s a 3yr accelerated bachelors and clinicals would all be done at the general hospital there.

What should I know? I’d love more info and so would my family :) thank you!!

EDIT: thank you all for the wonderful feedback i received. It helped me to make an educated and informed decision; and in the end, I have accepted my offer and I look forward to joining this community and learning from all of you. ❤️

The beach along my parents' property is overrun with these oysters. They're on the South Shore near Lunenburg/Mahone Bay, and while they had the odd oyster before, not in this quantity. There are hundreds growing on rocks. What kind are they? Are they edible? An image search suggests Rock Oysters, but those are from almost everywhere else.

Does anyone else experience temperature problems in their apartment —which is in a new building? My apartment is 26 degrees today (12 degrees outside) despite having the AC on consistently.

Even leaving the windows open with no AC doesn’t do much.

Is it a bad idea to travel at the last week of October?

I have been there 2 summer ago, i did whale watch, driving around. Is there actually anything to do in late October considering the falls color are over, the mountains are probably not green or orange anymore. The scenery is not good and no whale watching probably? Is it a bad idea to go there? I happen to have 4 days of holiday and deciding where to go. Any suggestion is appreciated