* Moses Coady, Roman Catholic priest, helped found the Co-operative Antigonish Movement at St. Francis Xavier University

* James " Father Jimmy " Tompkins, Roman Catholic priest, helped found the Co-operative Antigonish Movement at St. Francis Xavier University

It also influenced the thought behind the Antigonish Movement, which implemented cooperatives and other measures to aid the poor in the Canadian Maritimes.

In Nova Scotia, St. Francis Xavier University, a Scot Catholic university associated with the Antigonish Movement and the highland games.

* Father Moses Coady, leader of the Antigonish Movement

* Antigonish Movement

Antigonish is notable for having a social movement named for it, the Antigonish Movement, launched from St. Francis Xavier University in the 1920s by local priests and educators including Rev.

The Antigonish Movement which started in the 1920s in Nova Scotia, through the work of Doctor Moses Coady and Father James Tompkins, has been particularly influential in the subsequent expansion of community economic development work across Canada.

Father James John " Jimmy " Tompkins ( 7 September 1870 – 5 May 1953 ) was a Roman Catholic priest who founded the Antigonish Movement, a progressive effort that incorporated adult education, cooperatives and rural community development to aid the fishing and mining communities of northern and eastern Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Antigonish Movement later evolved into the Extension Department ( now the Coady International Center ) of St. Francis Xavier University.

Father Tompkins was the Spiritual founder of the Antigonish Movement.

As parish priest Tompkins observed firsthand the plight of the poor fishing community there and helped organize and lead what would become the Antigonish Movement of cooperative fisheries, stores, housing projects, and adult study groups.

* Antigonish Movement, Center for Economic Development, Cape Breton University

The highest temperature ever recorded in the province was 38. 3 ° C ( 101 ° F ) on August 19, 1935, at Collegeville, which is located about 15 km southwest of Antigonish.

In 1863 the name of the County of Sydney was changed to Antigonish County.

Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County ( Antigonish County ) was divided in 1836.

MacKay was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the June 2, 1997 federal election for Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough, a riding in northeastern Nova Scotia.

John Lent was born on July 8, 1948, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

In 1882, when John Thompson was concerned about losing an electoral battle in Antigonish, Annie wrote him to say that " I wish I could be with you for one ten minutes to talk square to you ... So keep up your courage ... win or lose they can ’ t keep you from me much longer ... So now you must not be such an awful baby until you get home and then I ’ ll see how far you can be indulged.

MacMillan was born in Upper South River, Antigonish County.

* The little girl on the train is reading " Antigonish " ( a poem by William Hughes Mearns ), which was inspiration for David Bowie's " The Man Who Sold The World ".

The Arichat College was moved to its present location in Antigonish, and established as St. Francis Xavier College in 1855.

Most of its territory ( except for the community of Sydney River ) was incorporated into a new riding called " Cape Breton — Canso ", and it also added a portion of Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough on the mainland.

May's support was concentrated in the community of Antigonish.

The district was created in 1966 from Antigonish — Guysborough, Colchester — Hants, and Pictou.

In 1996, it was merged into Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough, and Sackville — Eastern Shore.

The electoral district was re-created in 2003: 93. 3 % of the riding came from Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough riding, and 6. 7 % came from Sackville — Musquodoboit Valley — Eastern Shore.

In the 2004 election, Conservative Party candidate Peter MacKay, who had represented Pictou — Antigonish — Guysborough, was returned to the House of Commons from Central Nova.

By the late 1820s, Dorchester was commonly referred to as Antigonish.

Antigonish Highland Games St. Francis Xavier University was established in Antigonish in 1855, having been founded in 1853 in Arichat, Cape Breton and originally called the College of East Bay after East Bay, Nova Scotia where an earlier institution had once existed ( 1824 – 1829 ).

MacNeil was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Although the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Halifax Edward McCarthy supported amalgamation, the Catholic Bishop of Antigonish James Morrison successfully opposed it and eventually exiled Tompkins to the tiny fishing village of Canso, Nova Scotia as parish priest for Canso, Little Dover and Queensport.

The band started their career with the name One I'd Trouser, a line taken from a song in Monty Pythons ' " The Meaning of Life ", when they formed while in high school in Antigonish Nova Scotia, before changing their name to Trouser, and eventually The Trews.

After completing high school in Sussex, New Brunswick, he completed a bachelor's degree at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, he graduated from Morrison Glace Bay High School and then studied physical education at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish.

He hoped to enroll next in the Bachelor of Arts program at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, but his family couldn't afford to pay for a university education so Macdonald obtained a teaching licence and taught for two years to finance his education.

John Gaventa OBE ( born 1949 ) is the director of the Coady International Institute and Vice-President of International Development at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

After four increasingly successful seasons with the indie troupe and two summers acting and directing in a company called Festival Antigonish, Wilcox went on to complete a Masters in Theatre Direction at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas before returning to Halifax in 2007.

During Father Le Loutre ’ s War, on February 21, 1753, nine Mi ' kmaq from present-day Antigonish ( Nartigouneche ) in canoes attacked an English vessel from Canso, Nova Scotia which had a crew of four at Country Harbour, Nova Scotia.

Mearns is remembered now as the author of the poem " Antigonish " ( or " The Little Man Who Wasn't There "), but his ideas, about encouraging the natural creativity of children, particularly those age 3 through 8, were novel at the time.

* 1902 Rejoins staff at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish

* 10 October 1934, becomes chaplain at Bethany, the motherhouse of the Sisters of Saint Martha, Antigonish

She was born in 1960 in Kingston, Ontario, graduated from Westmount High School in Montreal and then the Celtic Studies program at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Gallivan began his broadcast career at a local radio station in Antigonish, Nova Scotia while attending St. Francis Xavier University.

The StFX Student Union, known as The U, represents the students at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

" Rethinking Development: Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing ," the Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness was held in Antigonish, Nova Scotia June 20 – 24, 2005, co-hosted by Genuine Progress Index Atlantic ( proceedings online ); the Coady International Institute ; Shambhala ; the Centre for Bhutan Studies ; the Province of Nova Scotia ; the Gorsebrook Research Institute at Saint Mary's University ; and the University of New Brunswick.

* On Responsibility in the Private Sector, keynote speech by Ray Anderson at Rethinking Development ( GNH2 ) in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, June 22, 2005.

Recent years have seen the conference held at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, NS, although for 2005 the Provincial Conference was moved to Acadia University in Wolfville, NS and has been held there for seven years now.

Since the group's inception, the musical director has been John C. ( Jack ) O ' Donnell, now Professor Emeritus of music at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

He studied politics at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and at University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.

When the remainder of the bypass is completed, traffic will be moving at 110 km / h ( 70 mph ), and the various bottlenecks between Antigonish and Heatherton will be eliminated, including stretches of road with a posted speed limit of 60 km / h ( 40 mph ).

Ballantyne's Cove is a community in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada, lying on Ballantynes Cove ( Nova Scotia ), at the north-western end of St. George's Bay.