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Burritos which are rolled flour based tortillas filled with various ingrdients including rice and beans have become popular Tex Mex alternative to Mexican tacos or enchilladas.

A Tex Mex Cinco de Mayo?

Mark DeWolf · Food critic |Updated a day ago |5 min read Premium content

With Cinco de Mayo coming on May 5, Maritimers have a great excuse to check out a new Mexican or Tex Mex restaurant.

Five people are awarded with honorary degrees by UPEI. From left, Mary Jeanette Gallant, Aggi-Rose Reddin, John Bragg, Reginald “Dutch” Thompson, and Gary Schneider. - Contributed

Five people being awarded honorary degrees during UPEI convocations

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated a day ago |2 min read Premium content

UPEI will be awarding honorary degrees to five people alongside more than 1,200 graduates over four convocation ceremonies between May 14-17. “UPEI is so proud of our graduates,” said Greg Keefe, interim president and vice-chancellor. “In the last ...

Members of the Glace Bay High School Interact Club stand outside the Marconi National Historic Site in the Table Head neighbourhood of Glace Bay on Tuesday. The group — front, from left, Holly Wells, Mya MacKinnon and Cloe Maxner; and back, from left, Katie Poirier, Grace Halfyard, Mya McFadgen and Olivia Wheaton — won $2,000 for their presentation on the work of Guglielmo Marconi. Chris Connors/Cape Breton Post

‘Everybody should know his name’: Cape Breton students celebrate Marconi

Christopher Connors · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |7 min read Premium content

GLACE BAY, N.S. — On Dec. 15, 1902, Guglielmo Marconi changed the way we communicate globally when he transmitted the first transatlantic wireless message from Glace Bay to Cornwall, England.  So it was fitting that on Tuesday, high school students ...

Starting Monday, May 6, Canadians struggling with obesity can access Novo Nordisk in-demand Wegovy's semaglutide injection.

Popular weight-loss drug Wegovy coming to Canada

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 2, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

Starting Monday, May 6, Canadians struggling with obesity can access Novo Nordisk in-demand Wegovy's semaglutide injection. Wegovy, approved by Health Canada in 2021 as a once-weekly medication for chronic weight management, aims to support people ...

DownHouse is a new band from Cape Breton which was formed by students attending Memorial High School. Standing from left are Nathan Young, Nicholaas Quirk and Cody Young. Front from left are Owen Seymour and Leeland Marinelli. CONTRIBUTED

Cape Breton teens bringin love of rock, country and Newfoundland fishing tunes to local stages

Nicole Sullivan · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

The downstairs room of the Sydney Mines legion is about half full as DownHouse plays their first set. People keep coming in as the band sings rock and country covers that have patrons singing along under their breath.  DownHouse is a new band with ...

HMCS Queen Charlotte members will be parading through Summerside to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic on Sunday, May 5 starting at 10:30 a.m. File

85th annual Battle of the Atlantic parade set for Sunday in Summerside

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 2, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

HMCS Queen Charlotte members are hitting the streets of Summerside for a parade commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic on Sunday, May 5. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign of the Second ...

Absolute Losers.

Charlottetown's Absolute Losers and NORTER playing sandbar stage at Sommo Festival

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated May. 2, 2024 |2 min read Premium content

Charlottetown indie-rockers Absolute Losers and NORTER will be among the dozen acts to perform on the Sommo Festival’s little sister stage this September. Organizers announced the eclectic full lineup for the Amazon Music Sandbar Stage accompanying ...

April Wine circa late 1970s: Clockwise from top left, Steve Lang, Gary Moffet, Brian Greenway, Myles Goodwyn and Jerry Mercer. CONTRIBUTED

LEO J. DEVEAU: This Week in Nova Scotia History: April 20-26

Leo Deveau · Columnist |Updated Apr. 16, 2024 |11 min read Premium content

20 April 1874 - Residents of the Town of New Glasgow awoke to the realization that half of their downtown had been burned to the ground the day before. Though there were two companies of firemen in the town, as well as assistance from Stellarton, ...

Don Reid, left, and Nancy Beth Guptill, accept the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion award on behalf of the Lest We Forget Veterans Committee. Kristin Gardiner/SaltWire

Lest We Forget Veterans Committee acknowledged at Summerside’s annual community awards

Kristin Gardiner · Journalist |Updated May. 2, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Eight P.E.I. residents received recognition at Summerside’s annual community awards, held at the Credit Union Place on May 1. At the ceremony, the Lest We Forget Veterans Committee received the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion award, for a project to ...

Eight-month-old Remi Taylor smiles as she crawls along the mats during Movers and Shakers Story Time at the James McConnell Memorial Library in Sydney on Wednesday. Also seen are Kendra MacIsaac, left, holding her 14-month-old daughter Grace MacIsaac and Cape Breton Regional Library program co-ordinator Tara MacNeil. Movers and Shakers is a drop-in program for babies, tots, preschoolers and their parents, grandparents and caregivers to enjoy songs, stories, rhymes and play with library staff. The next Movers and Shakers takes place May 16 and May 28 at the James McConnell Memorial Library from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Christopher Connors/Cape Breton Post

PHOTO: Moving and Shaking in Cape Breton

Christopher Connors · Multimedia journalist |Updated May. 1, 2024 |1 min read Premium content

Eight-month-old Remi Taylor smiles as she crawls along the mats during Movers and Shakers Story Time at the James McConnell Memorial Library in Sydney on Wednesday. Also seen are Kendra MacIsaac, left, holding her 14-month-old daughter Grace MacIsaac ...

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