There’s something eerily familiar about the tale of Northern Pulp and the recent events
surrounding its uncertain future.
Of course, that’s because we’ve lived so much of it,
right here in the Strait of Canso.
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...
Politics at any level is a difficult issue to digest
and discuss, because it seems to rely equally on numbers and personalities.
Here in Nova Scotia, we’ve had our share of distinct
personalities at both the...
International Women’s Day felt a little different this year.
For one thing, there seemed to be an air of hopelessness to it. Women have made incredible strides over the past year, on the local, national and international scale, and yet...
I’m breaking with my own personal tradition and devoting this column to several random thoughts, rather than giving you nearly 800 words on a specific subject.
It’ll be a nice change of pace for both you and me, and it...
“Good afternoon. You’re watching the North American Headline network, or NAH for short. I’m Janine Generic-Anchorperson, and this is my colleague Winston Squarejaw. Winston?”
“Thank you, Janine. Today, as we endeavour to bring you explosive testimony from both sides of...
At this point of the year, many of us are hitting the road and getting a better, more intimate look at Cape Breton Island than we typically achieve during the wicked winter weather (or even this year’s late-spring, early-summer...
For those of us that enjoy comic art,
especially political satire, this summer has gotten off to a lousy start.
In late June, we learned that Brunswick News Incorporated dropped veteran political cartoonist Michael de
Adder...
Dear Ralph:
I thought it was a good idea to reach out to you, since
you’ve been the source of so much bitterness and resentment over the past
couple of weeks from many of my fellow...
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...