Antigonish Life

05/21/2026

📚 BOOK DONATION DRIVE 📚

We’re collecting gently used books to help raise money for Jumpstart! ❤️

If you have books around the house that you’ve already enjoyed, we’d love to give them a second life while supporting a great cause. We’re accepting:
✨ Children’s books
✨ Novels & bestsellers
✨ Cookbooks
✨ Puzzles & activity books
✨ Pretty much anything in good condition!

Every donated book will help us raise funds for Jumpstart, helping kids access sports and recreation opportunities they may not otherwise have. 🏒⚽🏀

Donations can be dropped off at the Antigonish Canadian Tire retail store at 133 Church Street (in the mall).

Thank you for helping us turn old stories into new opportunities for kids in our community! 📖💕

05/01/2026

Today, we pause to recognize the dedication, sacrifice, and resilience of all first responders.

To our firefighters, police officers, paramedics, dispatchers, EMO staff, and DNR staff, along with every partner agency—thank you for standing ready every hour of every day. Your commitment keeps our communities safe, supported, and protected through every call, every challenge, and every unknown.

We also extend our deepest appreciation to the families, partners, and loved ones who support our members behind the scenes. Your strength makes our service possible.

To our members — thank you for your professionalism, teamwork, and unwavering service.
To our partner agencies — thank you for standing shoulder‑to‑shoulder with us.
To our families — thank you for your patience, understanding, and support.

Today, we honour you all.

Happy First Responders Day.

04/22/2026

Do you know someone who volunteers their time to help others or the community/nature?

Why not nominate them.

The municipality just posted this!

It’s National Volunteer Week and we’re celebrating by recognizing both an individual volunteer and volunteer groups from our community.

Volunteers are the backbone of Antigonish County, giving their time and energy to keep centres running, support local organizations, and create opportunities for all. The Antigonish County Volunteers of the Year Award honours those who make a difference in our community.

Visit our website for more information and how to nominate Antigonish County's next Volunteers of the Year here: https://antigonishcounty.ca/2026-volunteer-of-the-year-nominate-today/

04/22/2026

We love to see local franchises supporting locals ..

Notice from the Antigonish Food Bank..

We’re incredibly grateful to Sobeys Antigonish and their Customers for their generosity and community spirit 💛

Today, we received both a large food donation 🥫🍞 and a monetary contribution 💵, collected at the cash registers over the holiday season 🎄✨. These donations go a long way in helping us support individuals and families in our community.

Also featured here are some of our dedicated volunteers 🤝, whose time and effort help turn these donations into meaningful support every single day.

Together, we’re making a real difference 💫

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03/31/2026

Calling all Antigonish residents!

Did you know the Town's Electric Utility has been in operation for nearly 100 years? As we approach the 100th anniversary, we're on the lookout for your memories and keepsakes from over the years. Whether it's photographs, stories, or artifacts, we want to hear from you!

Did someone you know play a role in the development of our electric utility back in the mid 1920s? Or perhaps you have a unique story to tell about how it's shaped our community over the decades? We ask you to help us put together a visual story that reflects the history of Antigonish.

Please share your submissions by emailing them to [email protected] or drop them off in person at 274 Main Street, Antigonish.

03/25/2026

Todays rogue snow storm from afar...

⛈️ If you’re in Antigonish around 6:30 PM and a random snowstorm comes out of nowhere this guy right here is the culprit, what fun!

03/10/2026

Friendly reminder -

You will need to go to the page SevenEight Mangement Inc , to enter the contest. You go to their page , give a like ; follow and share then scroll down to their contest and follow the direction. My apologies if this has caused any confusion - Lisa , Editor.

Do you love our little town, the locals, the food and small businesses? If you do , here's a chance to support 2 local businesses at once. Give them a like , share and follow 😉 Then go ahead and follow the contest rules . You could win yourself a delicious and deserved meal , all while helping locals and small business in your community.

LOCAL GIVEAWAY – ✨

At SevenEight Management Inc., we believe in supporting the businesses that make our community special.

We’ve partnered with The Waffle Bus to give away a $200 Waffle Bus Gift Card Waffle Bus Stop Inc.🧇

How to enter:
1. Like this post ✅
2. Follow SevenEight Management Inc. & The Waffle Bus ✅
3. Share this post to your feed ✅
4. Tag 2 people in the comments ✅

Winner will be announced March 24th at 7:00 PM. 🎉

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We are also looking to partner with local businesses and creators who may be interested in having their products featured in Airbnb and short-term rental properties we help manage.

If you’re a local business interested in collaborating and getting your products in front of visitors coming to the area, feel free to send us a message.

Let’s keep supporting local.

— SevenEight Management Inc.

This giveaway is not affiliated with or endorsed by Facebook.

03/10/2026

Do you like having your voice heard on important matters at hand?

The Town and County of Antigonish are launching a Recreation Facility & Recreation Needs Assessment to help shape the future of recreation in our community. We want to understand how people use current spaces, what’s missing, and what facilities and programs will be needed in the years ahead.

We need your input! Take the Survey here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmwMw9hEfNlIpyQsuf5CEDuXumYGPvbS6xoANVdl-VQsBphA/viewform

You can share your ideas and experiences through a community survey, and by joining one of our upcoming community engagement sessions. Your input will help guide decisions about recreation spaces, programs, and future investments.

Whether you’re a parent, athlete, senior, newcomer, student, or someone who simply enjoys being active, your perspective is important.

Learn more and take part: https://antigonishcounty.ca/rec-needs-assessment/

Survey is open until March 30, 2026

03/03/2026

BL Environmental and Eastern 2.0 Waste Systems are both running weekly $50 giveaways for the next 8 weeks! Your chances of winning are pretty good and both have a grand prize... a dumpster from Eastern and a septic clean out from BL. Like their respective posts, tag someone, and follow pages to enter.

02/26/2026

Across our region, arts, culture, and tourism are not luxuries. They are infrastructure for community wellbeing.

At FireLoch we work to invite new ways of organizing teams, welcoming visitors, and caring for both our human and non-human neighbours. Yet in these “unprecedented times”, these approaches are not optional experiments. They are responses to real and growing social needs: isolation, burnout, declining rural vitality, and the mental health challenges facing our communities.

The provincial budget recently tabled raises serious concern for us and for many across Northern Nova Scotia. Cuts that diminish investment in arts, culture, and regional tourism signal a troubling shift away from recognizing the role these sectors play in public health, economic resilience, and community sustainability.

While FireLoch does not depend on government grants to operate, we see clearly how these decisions ripple outward. Artists lose opportunities. Cultural workers leave rural communities. Small tourism operators struggle. Community gathering spaces shrink. And ultimately, the health of our population is affected.

When investment in arts and culture declines, we risk prioritizing short-term wealth over long-term wellbeing.

Arts and culture are preventive health care.
They are economic development rooted in place. They are how communities process change, preserve knowledge, welcome newcomers, and sustain hope.

In rural regions especially, culture is not separate from tourism, and tourism is not separate from community health. Visitors come because places are alive with creativity, story, music, language, and belonging. When we weaken these ecosystems, we weaken the social fabric that sustains us all.

This moment calls for collective voice and collective presence.

We invite community members, artists, cultural workers, tourism operators, health advocates, and neighbours from across the region to stand together and affirm that arts and culture matter — not only economically, but socially and spiritually.

Join us at the community rally on March 4th in Antigonish and tag friends and organizations who need to know where to gather
It is important that we show up — for one another, and for the recognition that arts and culture are essential to the health and wellbeing of our population.