With this year’s Academy Award broadcast happening two
weeks earlier than usual, you could be forgiven for not having a clue who just
walked by the red-carpet paparazzi or why that movie with the strange title
just won seven Oscars.
Who is to blame for what befell Acadians in “Le Grand
Derangement” of 1755: the heartlessness and stubbornness of Charles Lawrence;
the pressure applied by the New England colonies to secure the region; the
failure of British authorities to adequately...
On my days off, after I get my people off to school and
work, I feed the dog, turn on the TV for background noise, and drink coffee
alone in my living room. As a married, working mother with...
Our appreciation for the natural world is limited by
our understanding thereof.
That’s been my mantra for the better part of a decade
now and research has since vindicated me, demonstrating that an individual’s
concern for local...
My husband and I both think it’s important to have a
Will but we have not gotten around to it yet. We have been married for 10 years
and have three kids. If we just wrote
down our wishes and...
Ocean sunfish are sometimes found on the beaches of the
Bras d’Or estuary in autumn and early winter, generating a lot of interest.
You may think that Ocean sunfish (Mi’kmaq: E’pma’jit)
earned that name because of...
Fourteen months after Peter MacKay won his first
federal seat, I got my picture taken with him.
He was in Antigonish at the time, in a campaign stop
for Hugh Segal, a former senior advisor to...
For the past several years, I’ve noticed people toting
what seems to me a curious accessory. They come in all sizes and shapes, and
many of my friends won’t leave home without one: water bottles
They’re...
Who is to blame for what befell
Acadians in “Le Grand Derangement” of 1755: the heartlessness and stubbornness
of Charles Lawrence; the pressure applied by the New England colonies to secure
the region; the failure of British authorities to adequately...
On January 16, Inverness County Cares (ICC) members
Betty Jane Cameron (Mabou), John McInnis (Judique) and Charlotte Rankin
(Judique) began their journey to the Kawambwa Project Schools in Zambia.
Travelling at their own personal expense, these...