With Canadians set to go to the polls in two weeks, it’s late in the game to highlight the need for factual information. News Media Canada decided to do its part by launching a new media...
“I told you, we shouldn’t stop here. I hate these chintzy take-out places.” “I know, but we’ve still got a long way to drive – on mostly-unpaved roads, for that matter. So, let’s take a chance...
This may be an issue only a woman can understand. Men may sympathize or even offer suggestions, but unless you’ve been forced to walk in circles or jump in place in the middle of a crowd, the magnitude of...
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...
As if the lessons alone from the Hadhad family of Antigonish are not proof enough of the social and economic benefits from immigration, along come two businesses in Port Hawkesbury to drive the point home further. On...
The better you are prepared, the better chance you will have of staying on top of everything that is coming your way, has been advice that most parents have tried to pass on to their children from time immemorial. Another...

Our churches

The seats were rattling. We could feel the pounding rhythms through our ribcages and even our hearts. Around us, hundreds of people jumped up and down in time to the music. Most were teenagers and young...
Looking back over the decades, and indeed, centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in this area. One of those names that no longer holds a place here is Haskell....
P.T. Barnum, a 19th century circus showman, famously said: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” But I wonder if that famous quote still applies to the cynical, paranoid, anxious society we’ve become, where mass murders are commonplace and children...
Mi’kmaq designs featured red, yellow, black and white long before colonists brought packaged dyes to Cape Breton. So, where did the colours come from? Red (mekwe’k), in particular, is a notoriously difficult dye colour to get...




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