Eventually, the federal government made the right decision by shelving a proposed airport project for Inverness County, but how long it will be sidelined is anyone’s guess. On July 25, the Minister of Rural Economic Development, Bernadette Jordan,...
Kombucha tea is a fizzy, refreshing and slightly alcoholic beverage made by fermenting tea with a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast – known as a SCOBY. While kombucha has seen a resurgence in popularity in...
The Migratory Bird Convention Act (MBCA) is a fine piece of legislation, stipulating in no uncertain terms than an exhaustive list of our native birds - chiefly those who come and go with the seasons - cannot be legally killed,...
The book Acadian Lives consists of interviews with Cape Breton Acadians and was collected and edited by Ronald Kaplan with Rosie Aucoin Grace. The book was published in 2004. “Wilfred M. Poirier was born in 1885...
As this piece goes to print, I will be acknowledging my one year “keto-versary,” as the Internet calls it. August 6, 2018 was the day I officially cut sugar and carbs out of my diet. The...
Sometimes I won’t have anything especially profound or enlightening to say in this column. (I can hear you now: “Only sometimes?”) Occasionally, I’ll have a week that was so full of travels, adventures, and mid-summer memories that...
My favourite tree is probably the American beech, not because it’s the tallest or longest lived member of Maritime ecology, but because it’s beautiful, and comes with a compelling history. At one time, the majority of...
A little more than a year ago, I watched a movie on Netflix, quite by accident. It was a documentary called The Magic Pill and it was about diet, specifically the ketogenic way of eating. Here’s the...
It is interesting to note early place names in Isle Madame and their evolution over time. For example, with the founding of Ile Royal (Cape Breton) in 1713, most community names were given a religious connotation,...
As part of my long-term plan to get myself into some semblance of good physical shape, I recently got myself a new physical trainer. Well, not exactly; I have neither the financial resources, the patience, nor...




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