I have been a palliative care volunteer since 1982.
We have a great organization because of all the dedicated people who started palliative care at Strait-Richmond.
It was wonderful to have Dr. Martel join us to help people die at home...
For the past week, I have felt personally violated by
our Liberal government, when news leaked that the federal government is intent
on investing $18 million of taxpayers’ money in a new airport in Inverness to
accommodate and patronize Cabot
Links.
As I’ve mentioned previously in this column space, I
have an “in” with Santa this year, so I’m privy to all kinds of North Pole news
that might otherwise go unreported.
Which is why I can...
If I had a quarter for every time I’ve been asked to write something about the recent happenings involving Richmond Municipal Council, I would be rich.
Everyone seems to think I’m biding my time and sitting on an explosive opinion...
After months and years of
negative news stories, Richmond County residents were treated to some good news
recently.
The most recent came from
the triumphs of local minor baseball teams.
At the 11 and...
Editor’s note:
The following letter was written to the Town of Mulgrave.
My name is Russ from Sydney, and I am the host of an
Internet podcast called “The Cape Breton Situation Podcast.” We are hoping...
When The
Tragically Hip’s frontman Gord Downie lost his cancer battle two
years ago, it was hard to ignore the accompanying national outpouring of grief.
And yet, as I reflect on last week’s passing of John
Mann,...
In the early 1970s, government policy made it possible for teams to apply for and use monies to build or upgrade baseball fields. New facilities sprang up in Rocky Bay, Arichat and Louisdale.
The 1971 season of the RABA saw...
Now that the awards season is winding down and everybody actually received the correct envelope, you might be finding it difficult to sift through the wave of post-Oscar blockbusters and Academy Award winners and losers to figure out how...
I am exhausted by outrage, exhausted by it. Also bored of it and a little bit depressed by it.
Outrage greets me when I wake up in the morning and turn on the news. It’s on my car radio on...