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Happy New Year! (nearly)
December 30, 2025
Angus Bonnyman
December 30, 2025
That cozy feeling only wood heat can provide …
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Welcome!
I hope that Santa found each and every one of you. Thank you for your support this year, it has been appreciated, and I am looking forward to the next print issue in February - please get in touch with your news nuggets, community events, advertising, etc.
This week I am trying something new … I am telling people that I have been ‘hibernating’ for the past week or two, rather unapologetically. I will get back into the swing of things in the New Year, but for now, I am enjoying that I don’t have much of a schedule governing my days. In the meantime, attached are a few events happening this week. Happy New Year!
Race to 1000 - We. Are. So. Close! - we’re at 996 as of this morning, still time for it to happen before NYE! Please share :)
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A Few Nuggets … ICYMI
Ski Wentworth opened for the season on December 22nd and Santa delivered about 15cm of snow. Deadline for either a Five-Pack of Lift tickets that you can share with friends and family ($255+HST+fees) or their Snow School Seasonal Program is tomorrow, December 31st - more details at skiwentworth.ca
Thanks to support from local businesses and organizations, there is a busy schedule of free community skates planned this Winter at NSRC - most Saturdays (11:30-12:30pm) & Sundays (12-1pm)
Also at NSRC – Adult Skating M/W/F 11am-1pm $5/day, $30/half-season pass; Adult Pick-up Hockey M/W/F 10-11am; Women’s Pick-up Hockey Sundays @ 7pm, $10
Read By The Sea returns to River John on July 11, 2026 for a one-day, literary festival focusing on local authors, at Bissell Park.
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Jobs & Opportunities … please tell them that you heard about the position in The North Shore Nuggets ;)
Creamery Square Assn is looking for a volunteer Treasurer - email [email protected] if you’d like to join the Board.
Dine Around Colchester County, part of a province-wide, month-long event - deadline of Jan 15/26 to receive physical marketing material, Feb 1/26 is the final registration cut-off - discoverhalifaxns.com/dine-around-sign-up
Mark your calendars!
Dec 31st 8:30pm - 12:30am | New Year’s Eve Dance Pugwash Legion | $25/person, $40/couple. For advance tickets, call 902-614-2909. Featuring Andy LeBlanc & The Edge. 50/50. Late night bites. |
Dec 31st Skate - 6pm Fireworks - 8pm | New Year’s Eve Skating Party & Fireworks Hector Arena, Pictou | $5, $20/family. Hosted by Pictou Lobster Carnival |
Jan 1st 11am | New Year’s Day Polar Bear Dip Dinghy Beach, Pugwash | Hosted by P.E.A.C.E. Ring in the New Year with a splash! Everyone is welcome (whether dipping or not) for a bonfire on the beach, hot chocolate, lots of laughs and community fun. |
Jan 1st noon - 2pm | Tatamagouche Shambhala Meditation Levee Sunrise House, 1629 Highway #6 | We invite you to drop by and celebrate the New Year with us. For more info, email [email protected] |
Jan 1st noon - 5pm | New Year’s Day Levee Malagash Legion | Food, fun & games. |
Jan 1st 2-5pm | 1st Ever Wentworth New Year’s Levee Wentworth Rec Centre | Free admission - donations to Ladybug Pantry welcome. Live music with Kaden Mattinson, plenty of food and cash bar. |
Jan 8th 7:30pm | First Thursdays Wallace & Area Museum | “Remembering Grants General Store - 1964-1993”. All are welcome. Free refreshments |
Jan 10th | Northumberland Strait Fiddlers Oxford Seniors Club 31 Ellis St, Oxford | 12-1:30pm Slow Pitch Fiddle Circle. 1:30-4:30pm Fiddle Circle Contact Rosemary at [email protected] |
Feb 8 Registration 12-1pm Play starts at 1pm | 2nd Annual Bob MacLean Crib Tournament Wentworth Rec Centre | $20/person, $40/team. Bar services, food and lunch available. |
Feb 11 | AGM Wentworth Rec Centre | |
Feb 19 - 22 | 2026 North Shore Winter Carnival | Community organizations and businesses with an idea, big or small, and wants to be included in the event calendar can register here |
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