About The Antigonish Reel
A local information service and publication for Antigonish town and county.
What the Reel does
The Reel helps people find useful local information quickly and discover something worth their attention. It brings together current information, events, selected public notices and announcements, Reel Journal work, and purpose-built features such as Reel Five.
It is not a social network or a comprehensive news service. Readers do not need an account, and there are no comments, personalized feeds, or paywall.
Who runs it
The Reel is operated by Colin Duggan in Antigonish as a Baile Fios project. It is a single-operator service, not a staffed newsroom. Colin decides what is published, reviews submissions, and handles corrections and privacy requests. The contact page reaches the Reel directly.
Standards
Clear kinds of information
Events, Posts, Reel Journal entries, and feature-owned information remain distinct even when the front page brings them together. Sources and freshness are shown where they matter, and information from an outside source is not presented as the Reel's own reporting.
Human editorial judgement
Submissions and gathered material do not publish themselves. A person reviews what appears. The aim is a useful edited selection, not an endless or automatic feed.
Corrections and withdrawal
Mistakes should be corrected. The corrections page explains how to report one and what the Reel may do. When an item is withdrawn, its public address returns not found rather than leaving a public tombstone.
Sponsored work
Every paid item is labelled Sponsored. Payment does not buy editorial control. Medical information, obituaries, and alerts never carry sponsorship. The Archive may carry a clearly labelled placement when it reopens.
Follow the edited selection
The RSS feed carries published Posts and Reel Journal entries. Event listings and feature-owned information keep their own routes and are not folded into that feed.