Skin cancer accounts for one in three new cancer diagnosis in Canada, with Nova Scotia having one of the highest rates of melanoma in the country.
A major cause of skin cancer is exposure...
At the outset of the #MeToo era, the slogan “Believe women” became a rallying cry for the movement and was used as a tool to challenge victim-blaming attitudes and to engage wider audiences in conversations about gender-based...
In West Arichat, the Christian brothers believed they were being persecuted because they were not bilingual and in this notion they were seconded by the pastor and the group of parishioners who supported him.
Since it’s summer and we are out and about more, I’ve grouped a few unrelated things that could happen to us at this time of the year. These are things that can hurt us, but the likelihood...
The experiment of removing garbage bins at provincial parks and beaches has failed and it’s time to return them, as well as those tasked with emptying them.
Late last month Richmond Municipal Council asked...
Last week YouTube recommended a video to me about a ship that sunk in a hurricane, several years ago off the coast of Florida. What I found interesting was why the captain decided to sail his ship...
The first priest who lived at West Arichat was Father Jean Baptiste Allain, a French émigré who had to flee from St. Pierre and Miquelon to the Magdalene Islands in 1792.
Afflicted with asthma,...
The province is tempting fate by removing all remaining community public health restrictions.
As a result of its July 4 announcement, the province confirmed that isolation shifts from being mandatory to “strongly recommended” for...
By: Evans Simutami
I am the second born in a family of two boys and two girls; three children are black and I am the only albino child and have limited vision. My...
The first missionary to visit Arichat was Father Bailly de Messein, a native of France serving in the diocese of Quebec.
Bailly was replaced by Father Bourg who directed the parishioners to build a...