October 17 was the International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty. This day promotes dialogue and understanding between
people living in poverty and their communities, and society at large.
This year’s theme was “Acting together to...
Let me start by saying that planting trees, by the
millions or billions as promised by various world leaders, is an excellent
idea. These miraculous plants have the power not only to stabilize soil, purify
water, shelter biodiversity, improve public...
Twenty-seven years ago, violence erupted in Cap Auguet,
near Arichat, and a tactical police squad was deployed to quell the
disturbance.
For many people in and around the area, this would seem
like an outlandish statement. Cap...
I am all for marking my “X” in a round circle on my
ballet slip with my shaking old right hand while trying not to spoil my
important vote. The right decision matters when it comes time to count...
This week: A story 27 years in the making.
It started as my story, and it all happened in the
summer of 1992, when I was a university student working at a tiny tourist
bureau next...
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...
Now that the dust has settled, voters have gone to the
polls, the ballots have been counted, and the winners declared, this is a good
time to review the federal election campaign.
On Monday night, Canadians...
Let’s go back to 2013 when our provincial government,
in partnership with numerous stakeholders, created the Parks and Protected
Areas Plan. It was an inspired document, identifying huge tracts of land which
were ripe for formal protection either as wilderness...
I have a friend, an extrovert of the highest order, who
will talk to a stranger anywhere, anytime; on an escalator, in a doctor’s
waiting room, at the checkout line, in the stands at the ball park.
The following is a transcription
of all legible gravestones which remain in the old burying ground at St.
Hyacinth’s Church. This cemetery is located directly behind the former Glebe
House, overlooking Lennox Passage.
The majority of the...