The Fleur-de-Lis Highway, from Point A to Point B, is approximately 20-plus kilometres (km) of paved roadway. Residents have been battling over many tiring years for safer roads, especially those relying on the St. Peter’s to Fourchu...
During the Covid-19 pandemic, home is the safest place
we can be. We are socially isolating in an attempt to stop the spread and
flatten the curve.
However, for many children, youth, and adults home is
not...
We are all anticipating better weather with the coming April showers, and as the rhyme goes, they bring May flowers, but it also brings hungry nymph ticks.
It is useful to have some knowledge...
It has been almost 20 months since the start of the pandemic in Nova Scotia.
During this time, we have witnessed the resiliency of Nova Scotians, the commitment of our health care workers, the...
The health care crisis has been at the forefront of
media across Nova Scotia. It has been for some time.
Every tragic story of the health care system failing
someone strikes at the very heart of...
The fact that the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) council is considering applying for a loan to help us get by during the COVID-19 pandemic, is very serious.
The Province of Nova Scotia has...
Adam Cook is a genius!
His production of “One Hundred Thousand Welcomes” last
weekend in Port Hawkesbury was one of the most entertaining and most moving
theatre experiences I’ve had at the SAERC Auditorium. This was...
At the core of police street checks is citizens’
personal information.
After all, street checks are an intelligence tool meant
to gather information that might be useful in future investigations. They are
state-sponsored citizen surveillance. Information is...
Housing insecurity and homelessness exist across Nova Scotia in communities of all sizes.
While the realities of homelessness might be more visible in the city, people living in rural communities are also dealing with homelessness, where it’s more likely to...
I have been pondering why there are so many visibly angry persons within Canada and elsewhere worldwide?
Most people occasionally get upset; it is the nature of the human creature, but not to the...