I am Yvonne Mary Chibwe born from a family of three.
My parents’ names were Patrick Chibwe and my mother Mildred Sampa. My mother died of malaria when I was four years old. The...
Every once in a while, YouTube has some odd advertising recommendations to click and to watch.
I saw one recently that triggered something unpleasant from my past. The advertisement was for the Canadian Sepsis...
The past two years have been tough on the Nova Scotia wine industry — and a new Wine Sector Support Program from the federal government provides much-needed and timely relief.
Across our province in...
In Robins in 1935 there were only five homes. The first was that of Henry W. Boudreau; he married twice, first in 1918 to Philomena Samson (1899-1922) and later to Eliza Boudreau (1893-1956). There were three children:...
What is the first thing you do when you buy and bring home a new tool, gadget, appliance, or anything?
If you are like most people, you open the box, plug it in and...
There are complaints about the lack of information on the redesign of the rotary in Port Hastings.
During the regular monthly meeting on July 7 in Port Hood, Inverness municipal councillors said they want...
In what we might call the old days, Arichat boasted a number of hotels. As a centre of commerce there was a constant flow of agents and businessmen.
An aptly named early hotel was...
It was disappointing to hear that a funding application from a group consisting of local municipalities and First Nations was turned down by the Universal Broadband Fund.
Inverness CAO Keith MacDonald told the regular...
I picked up some new prescription glasses this week since it’s been a few years since I purchased new glasses. I’m cheap about some things but I don’t mind paying extra for good quality lenses, since I...
When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence, you had damned well better take the action that would create it. We all make choices, but in the end...