The recent national summit into the opioid crisis in Canada emphasized two distinct, but related, issues unfolding here in our province and across the country.
We have an increase of opioid overdoses and overdose deaths related to the arrival in...
Looking back over the decades and, indeed, centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in this area. Two of those names that no longer holds a place here are Begin...
I was away on vacation the night of the Academy Awards earlier this month, so I’m just now getting around to watching the broadcast that I PVR-ed. I don’t care much about the awards themselves, but I like listening...
Strange what makes us feel sad and old.
Did you hear that Toys ‘R Us is shutting down its operations? It’s closing or selling its 740 stores in the United States, as well as giving up its international operations, Canada...
I started birding by accident, intent on spending a
year identifying the trees of Eastern Canada, and instead falling in love with
their feathered residents.
In the space of a couple of weeks, I went from...
News that long-time Member of Parliament Rodger Cuzner
will not seek re-election in the riding of Cape Breton-Canso in the upcoming
federal election has created some interesting scenarios.
On April 26 in his hometown of Glace...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970s.
The following excerpts are...
The writing was pretty much on the wall for Sears when the company announced they were “restructuring,” and everyone’s assumptions were confirmed when they announced liquidation plans this summer.
While news like this doesn’t come as much of a surprise...
With a new council about to take over, the hard work begins.
After the votes were counted on October 17, electors in the Municipality of the County of Richmond decided the current council needed...
Nova Scotians are supporting the province’s farmers and enjoying local food, using about a third of their food budget on locally grown or produced agri-food and dairy products.
A new survey, developed by the...