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21-year-old Liam Dee said he’d be leaving on June 30 to volunteer onboard the Africa Mercy. It will be stationed in the Canary Islands and Cameroon. Dee will be working onboard the ship throughout July and August.

In the midst of hundreds of students preparing to graduate from NSCC Marconi Campus at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre on Friday, there were six students from Eskasoni

The odds may seem like they were against her. But Carole MacKinnon overcame them. On Thursday, the mother of five, step-mother of four and grandmother of 12, graduated from the Nova Scotia Community College, achieving a dream she had put on hold for a while.

When AJ Ibe-Diala graduates from the Pictou campus of the Nova Scotia Community College on Thursday, his family will be watching from home, about 8,000 km away. 

The Marconi Campus valedictorians Denise Sonmor and Kaela Ramsay will be honoured for their dedication and hard work in their respected fields on Friday.

As Kim Nippard watched her son, Ryan Curiston, walk across the stage to collect his high school diploma at long last, she was bursting with pride. Nippard and other family members were sitting in a crowded auditorium in Shelburne as Curiston collected his diploma from the Nova Scotia Community College adult program.