It is an absolutely distressing statistic that in 2019 Cape Breton Island (CBI) again nearly tripled the national average on consumer bankruptcy and accompanying consumer insolvency are more than double. Nationally, in 2018 and 2019, Canadian consumers...
This awareness program is in its sixth year and this year’s theme is, “Could ticks be there? Be tick aware!” The focus is on the growing geographical distribution of ticks in North America, building on last year’s...
The COVID-19 virus is destructive world-wide, and
causing serious illness along with deaths. It will attack any individual who is
unfortunate to cross its path and it will show no mercy whatsoever.
COVID-19 has become World...
Recently, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston appointed me as the health critic for the PC Caucus. It is a big responsibility and one that I am taking very seriously. After all, access to good healthcare is fundamentally important to...
March has arrived thus we have had to again deal with daylight saving time (DST), the first of our seasonal time changes.
Adjusting our clocks does not create more natural daylight. The time change...
Attention and assessment is needed concerning three exit sites in Port Hawkesbury; two sites coming from McDonalds and one site coming out from the Causeway Shopping Centre exit.
I witnessed heavy volumes of vehicle...
On October 1, the provincial government increased the number of players able to play sports from 10 to 50. As a result, Mabou Rec Soccer resumed play and we have been joyfully playing outdoors every week since.
Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In June of 1995, the Special Senate Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide recommended governments make palliative care programs a top priority in the restructuring of the...
It seems simple, doesn’t it? Doctors are vital to the
health of Nova Scotians.
We all know the statistics: there are more than 50,000
Nova Scotians on a list for a family doctor. At the same...
The landscape of Cape Breton-Unama’ki is changing.
Innovative new businesses are appearing across the
island, the international student population is growing at an unprecedented
rate, and traditional industries such as seafood and tourism are experiencing
renewed growth....