Is there anything worse than traffic?
I don’t mean just a large volume of vehicles – as long
as it’s moving, it doesn’t matter if there are two cars or 2,000, I’m not
bothered by busier...
During the last federal election, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau announced that if elected, he would not institute a toll on Montreal’s new Champlain Bridge—a $4.2 billion project.
On May 29th 2018, the Auditor General of Canada reported that the...
The ninth resident pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, West Arichat, was Father Alexander Beaton, a Cape Breton priest of Scottish descent who spoke the three principal languages then used in the Diocese of Antigonish. There seems to...
Editor’s note: The following letter was written to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Chuck Porter.
Dear Minister Porter,
I am writing to confirm that the Springtide Board of Directors...
Certainly not a new and emerging challenge, sub-par communications infrastructure continues to dampen best efforts to retain and attract businesses in our rural Nova Scotia communities.
The bottleneck in broadband connectivity is one that has continued to oppose rural Nova...
I’m wondering if any of your readers might have contact details for Jimmy and Colleen Cook who left French Cove (near St. Peter’s) for western Canada back in 2006.
We purchased their house and land at that time and during...
With the governing Liberals expected to call an election after introducing the budget at the end of this month, there is speculation about what will happen when Nova Scotians soon go the polls.
On April 27, the provincial government will...
We are looking forward to getting back into the House of Assembly to hold the Liberals accountable for our crumbling education system.
We’ve taken our time to carefully consider the recent report on education. While some ideas merit discussion and...
Emojis are modern-day hieroglyphics, easy to use when gestures or
words aren’t possible. Coming up with them must have been a fun job, right? The
bursting head surprise face. The green sick face. Heart eyeballs. The broken
heart. They can...
The fact that the moderate livelihood fishery in St. Peter’s Bay has been, so far, peaceful and uninterrupted, is very encouraging given recent events.
Last month, hundreds of Mi’kmaq from across the province gathered...