For the past several years, I’ve noticed people toting
what seems to me a curious accessory. They come in all sizes and shapes, and
many of my friends won’t leave home without one: water bottles
They’re...
Was I wrong?
I admit, I may have been a bit hasty with my prediction regarding people becoming sick of films and television shows based on comic books. As it turns out, networks and movies studios just keep clamoring for...
The Strait area heaved a giant sigh of relief after a
fire in a wood ship silo at the Point Tupper operation proved to be minor.
Port Hawkesbury Paper
(PHP), the owners of the mill, confirmed...
This is an open letter to all federal political party leaders from Doctors for Decriminalization, a group of physicians calling for the decriminalization of drugs in favour of a health based approach to substance use.
By: James Mupito and
Sister Agnes Bwalya
I am 13 years old and in Grade 1 at St Mary’s Special School in Kawambwa. There are six children in my...
Health care, our bills, employment, COVID-19 and a myriad of other concerns loom within our lives. One certainly on which we will agree: many of us are enduring personal mental anguish and are eager to lessen our...
Inverness County Cares (ICC) is a community organization based in Inverness County.
ICC has supported the St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School and Children’s Center (Lwanga School) in Kenya since 2012. ICC provides $60,000 a year and Chalice Canada matches with...
The Mira River abounds with picturesque scenery and stories connected with the early days of the French regime at Louisbourg. These were the thoughts of C.W. Vernon who wrote about Cape Breton at the turn of the 20th century.
For...
I am frequently asked about my political views and which party I support. More often than not, I am presented with others' assumptions about my stance before I have the opportunity to respond.
To...
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) final report is the carefully documented response of Canada’s First Nations to the 1969 White Paper of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
In it, Trudeau proposed...