Given the strain on the food supply chain and the fact
that strict measures will be in place for some time, it was necessary for the
provincial and federal governments to declare fishery workers essential, but no
one should be...
The fact that the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) council is considering applying for a loan to help us get by during the COVID-19 pandemic, is very serious.
The Province of Nova Scotia has...
Adam Cook is a genius!
His production of “One Hundred Thousand Welcomes” last
weekend in Port Hawkesbury was one of the most entertaining and most moving
theatre experiences I’ve had at the SAERC Auditorium. This was...
At the core of police street checks is citizens’
personal information.
After all, street checks are an intelligence tool meant
to gather information that might be useful in future investigations. They are
state-sponsored citizen surveillance. Information is...
Raising a child is the hardest job anyone can do, both physically and emotionally. It’s a giant, wonderful, amazing, steaming garbage dumpster of long hours and constant worry, self doubt, sleepless nights, stomach-churning ups and downs, in between wonderful...
Towards the middle of April jobs around the property could simply wait because it was time to grab the camera and head for some of the nearby fishing communities.
Why? Because it was getting close to the first of May...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905.
After his classical studies from 1922 to 1928 at the seminary at Trois Riviere, he spent three years at agricultural school at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere. Here he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts and...
By: Dr. Annamarie Hatcher
What is happening in the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere in this early spring period?
In the Mi’kmaw calendar, April is Pnatmuiku’s or “birds laying eggs time” and one of our most iconic biosphere birds is settling down...
Housing insecurity and homelessness exist across Nova Scotia in communities of all sizes.
While the realities of homelessness might be more visible in the city, people living in rural communities are also dealing with homelessness, where it’s more likely to...
I have been pondering why there are so many visibly angry persons within Canada and elsewhere worldwide?
Most people occasionally get upset; it is the nature of the human creature, but not to the...