We don’t know as much about the owls (Mi’kmaq:
ku’ku’kwes) of the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere as we do about other birds.
I expect that may be due to the fact that observers are
not out...
In studying the history of a village, town, or county, it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition, and rightfully so.
Successful entrepreneurs like...
I recently returned from Las Vegas. Let me tell you about it.
Anyone who knows me, knows I love Britney Spears, I always have. She’s was one of very few remaining stops on my concert bucket list, but I didn’t...
Ahem: Dear Your Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth The
Second of the House of Windsor…
Oh, forget it. We both know that I’m not fond of that
pompous nonsense. Let me try again.
Dear...
It started with sticky fingerprints on my laptop screen. (I’m not sure how they got there or who was responsible; all I’m saying is that they looked small and there is only one person in this house who eats...
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970s.
The following excerpts are...
The following excerpt is taken from Cape Breton Book of the Night edited by Ronald Caplan. This story was taped, transcribed, and translated into English by Jocelyne Marchand.
“We had problems after we got there. The first night we slept...
My year-long Canada 150 pledge to only play CDs by homegrown artists on our car stereo throughout 2017 recently reintroduced me to a pair of talented musicians and composers from my native L’Ardoise.
And even though they were featured on...
Arichat is the oldest parish in the Diocese of
Antigonish. This is the second installment recounting its history.
In his diary, Bishop Plessis wrote that the people are
either involved in a seafaring way of life...
The world didn’t end last weekend. If you’re reading this, you’ve dodged the apocalypse yet again.
September 23 came and went and you, like me, still have to pay your bills, walk your dog, and fold your laundry. That Saturday...