Hello Oxford - Nova Scotia

09/16/2025

Look at what you could be reading this week at HelloOxford.ca!

09/16/2025

https://hellooxford.ca/2025/09/16/cibc-adds-its-name-to-the-occ/

The CIBC adds its name to the Oxford and Area Community Centre, with a $100-thousand donation and gains naming rights with the CIBC Community Learning Centre.

09/14/2025

This photo appears in our article published today, covering the 2025 Duck Race fundraiser for the Oxford and Area Community Centre, but we felt it important to make special mention of The Church Mouse Players.

The Church Mouse Players began in 1995 with a small group of dedicated volunteers who were interested in starting a family friendly community theatre. The group holds two productions per year: one in the spring and another in the fall, out of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #36.

This registered non-profit theatre society is made up entirely of volunteers and is always actively trying to recruit new talents, whether it is by participating on the stage or behind the scenes.

The group has also always been known for giving back to the community over the years providing over $65,000 to various local community and youth projects.

This latest donation of $1100, to the Oxford and Area Community Center comes from the CMP's Spring production, "Murder at the Orient Express."

Stay tuned for news of the group's upcoming show!

(Photo by HelloOxford. L-R: Matthew Bragg; Paul Jones; Jordan Burkhardt; Church Mouse Players President Chris Greer; Troy Miller; Leta MacDiarmid; Connie Keating)

09/14/2025

https://hellooxford.ca/2025/09/14/oh-my-duckie/

The Oxford and Area Community Centre's Fall Fundraising event - a duck race down the River Philip - raises over $15-thousand for the project!

09/07/2025

https://hellooxford.ca/2025/09/07/talking-trash/

As the December 1st, 2025 deadline for adopting stricter garbage disposal and recycling rules nears, some residents are discovering they need to improve how they deal with their trash.

09/04/2025

Look what you could be reading this week at HelloOxford.ca!

We're a few months away from our one-year anniversary, and there are lots of stories published since last November that you might find interesting. Use the category links to dive into the archive. We're always interested in contributed articles and story suggestions. Drop us a line at

09/03/2025

https://hellooxford.ca/2025/09/03/got-your-ducks-in-a-row/

The Oxford & Area Community Centre's next fundraising event is just days away - and its happening on the River Philip!

08/25/2025

A wonderful way to support a longstanding community event (and get a free pass too!)

We are still looking for some volunteers to help out with gates on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday shifts available. These shifts are 2 hours each,and volunteering provides a full week pass. For students needing volunteer letters, we can provide a letter and/or reference.
As a non profit, volunteers help make community events happen! It allows us to invest more into the exhibition, and the grounds.

If you’ve reached out previously, please reach out again. As a fully volunteer board, things get a little hectic and we apologize for missing you!

08/22/2025

Many families in Cumberland County had relatives who served —and sacrificed— during World War II with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders.

The home of the NNSH museum at the Amherst Armouries is (yet again) threatened. Currently off-limits ti the public and even the curators, this essential local history resource deserves a better fate.

Please consider signing this petition.

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-6669

08/20/2025

https://hellooxford.ca/2025/08/20/hope/

Canada's greatest athlete... not a professional, just a guy who lost a leg to cancer and ran his own 5,373km marathon to inspire funding for cancer research. Terry Fox.

08/19/2025

https://hellooxford.ca/2025/08/19/oxfords-empress/

Oxford's volunteer fire department has a long and impressive history. This article was published in 1951, looking back on the department's first firefighting apparatus.