The Fleur-de-Lis Highway, from Point A to Point B, is approximately 20-plus kilometres (km) of paved roadway. Residents have been battling over many tiring years for safer roads, especially those relying on the St. Peter’s to Fourchu...
Based on the feedback of residents, and others who regularly use Reeves Street in Port Hawkesbury, the town’s main thoroughfare requires more changes.
In a press release dated June 24, the Town of Port...
The Strait area recently bid farewell to two people who were strong advocates of their communities, and the Acadian culture.
On June 14, Louise Marchand of Petit de Grat – a tireless advocate for...
Cape Breton is rich in musical talent. Names such as Lee Cremo and Natalie MacMaster come quickly to mind, but not to be forgotten from tiny Richmond County, and even tinier Isle Madame, are international performers and...
Some days I can really feel my age. I’m not achy when I get up in the morning, but there are days when I don’t have the stamina that I used to have. I noticed it last...
In only two years, Pride Month in the Town of Port Hawkesbury has grown.
This year, Pride Month activities in the town will culminate in a big event on June 26.
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Generation 5: Mary H. Tyrrell was born on Aug. 8, 1919 and married Wilfred Dugas on Oct. 16, 1944. She died in 1964 age 45 and he died in 1983 at the...
Two of the best recommendations I’ve tuned into over the last few years are to keep moving to live longer and we need to drink more water. I’m sure that experts have been saying those things for...
Recently, I had the honour of being requested to do a eulogy for a 95-year-old friend with whom I had the good fortune of knowing since my childhood.
My commemorative challenge was to take...
As the provincial government seeks ways to improve the health care system in Nova Scotia, come two new approaches to the use of local facilities.
Nova Scotia Health (NSH) announced recently that it has...