Past Events

Wednesday, May 24th 7-8:30 PM McConnell Library The Gaelic College Archives   Join staff from the Gaelic College for a presentation on Gaelic culture and archives in celebration of Nova Scotia Gaelic Month. The Gaelic College is embarking on a project to build their archives in a way that will document, digitize, and preserve home recorded audio and video of any and all things Gaelic. * Staff will also talk about how the college will be accepting archival materials.

St.F.X. alumni and friends: The St.F.X. Alumni - Eastern Cape Breton Chapter is hosting a spring social beginning at 5:30pm on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at the Black Spoon Espresso Bar and Pantry, located at 7 Convent Street in North Sydney. St.F.X. President Dr. Kent MacDonald will be our guest speaker. Join us for appetizers, conversation, and St.F.X. prizes! Alumni are asked to bring a nonperishable food item which will be donated to the local food bank. Please RSVP to…

Griefshare, a special help seminar and support group for people experiencing grief and loss, will be held on Thursday evenings at 6:30 PM for 13 weeks in St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 8 Marconi St, Glace Bay beginning March 30th. GriefShare features experts on grief and recovery topics.  Seminar sessions include: “The Journey of Grief” “The Effects of Grief” “When Your Spouse Dies,” “Why?” and “Stuck in Grief” For more information, call 849-4747

Karen Forrest, Angel Lady of the Maritimes Thursday May 25th, 6:30 pm McConnell Library, 50 Falmouth St, Sydney Karen Forrest, Canadian author, retired military nurse and medium, will visit Sydney from her PEI home to talk about her life as the "Angel Lady of the Maritimes". Find out about her journey from military mental health nurse to professional medium talking to angels to guide people in their lives, and to the deceased to help people heal through their grief.   She will…

Babysitting Course: For youth aged 11-15. To be held on Saturday, May 27th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m at Town House. Cost is $50. Call (902) 849-2449 for more information or to register.  

The Cape Breton Regional Library will be holding a Garage Sale on Saturday, May 27 at the Library’s garage on Charlotte Street in Sydney. The sale will run from 9:00 AM to noon, rain or shine. This is the time of year that people are spring cleaning so if you have items that you would like to donate to the Garage Sale, they would be greatly appreciated. Although you may not want them, they could be someone else’s treasure. You…

JUMPSTART   DAY    MAY 27th 2017 10am -4pm Canadian Tire - 49 Spar Rd, Sydney Games, BBQ, Bake Sale, Silent Auction, Pitching Tent, Face Painting Trigger Happy Laser Tag, Popcorn, Cotton Candy, Live Entertainment performed by Vanna White, DJ Majestic and Final Cut and even more activities. 100% Money raised stays local to help kids aged 4-18 participate in Sports and recreational activities. In 2016 Jumpstart Charities helped 335 local kids get in the game and distributed over $73681.00 in our local…