The transformation of Nova Scotia’s social assistance system has been underway for over two years, but people living in poverty, and their advocates, say to date there has not been significant, meaningful change.
A community coalition is calling for an...
On May 24, representatives from the Nova Scotia Health
Authority, MLA Lloyd Hines, Municipality of the District of Guysborough
Councillor Janet Peitzsche, management, staff and foundation members of Eastern
Memorial Hospital, the Canso Lions Club, the local physician and myself...
With just over a year to go before “The Roaring Twenties” begin, I’m astounded that we’ve spent the run-up to Christmas arguing over a song written in 1944.
The “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” debate, which has reared its head at...
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...
I am writing to correct information in a story entitled “Activists pleased with response to ‘Unsettling Canada’ protest on Causeway” which appeared in the July 12 edition of The Reporter.
The plan at the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project is...
The following is a newspaper account of the
circumstances surrounding the murder of Clarence F. Glover of Waltham,
Massachusetts in 1908 and the subsequent trial of Hattie LeBlanc accused of the
crime.
Part 2
Communication efforts with Mulgrave Fire Chief Mike
Breen have included efforts to curb his practice of executing spends without
purchase orders, seeking payments without adequate paperwork and failure to
account for the operational and regulatory status of the department.
Richmond County Canada, District No. 41 Richmond, Sub-District No. 6
Taken by Daniel Sampson, April 6, 1891
Text transcribed and contributed by Jeanne D. Belford
This transcription should be of particular interest to those with Bonin, Boucher, Boudrot, Burke, Cordeau, Dugas, Fougere,...
We, the organizers of the Community Anti-Racism Rally on June 13 in Mabou, would like to, first of all, thank Darnell Kirtin, Selah Best, and Steven Googoo for sharing their thoughts, experiences, and compassion so powerfully and...
As early as 1824 a functioning school existed in Arichat. By 1834, the school faced insurmountable financial difficulties and as a result, the creditors – primarily John Tyrrell; a prominent Arichat merchant – foreclosed on the property,...