For the past week, I have felt personally violated by
our Liberal government, when news leaked that the federal government is intent
on investing $18 million of taxpayers’ money in a new airport in Inverness to
accommodate and patronize Cabot
Links.
The independence of the inshore lobster fishery is a
goal we all support. It helps keep licenses in individual hands through the
Owner-Operator policy and is important to the growth and preservation of our
coastal communities. In the last few...
We hear Cabot
Links is a proposing a commercial airport for Inverness, suggesting
it would help attract more people to Cape Breton Island’s tourism attractions.
It appears the $18 million to pay for it would be ours. No word on...
Editor’s note:
The following was the winning submission in a Letter to the Editor contest for
international students within the Strait regional centre for education.
Being in Canada is a dream come true. It was the...
This is in reference to a letter on Facebook written by John Green
about the bingo on Thursday, May 30, at the fire hall in Port Hastings.
The week before, John gave instructions on how...
Two years ago, the municipal councillors of Inverness
County rescinded a previous motion to support an airport expansion in Margaree.
There were many reasons, but bottom line was that Inverness County could not
financially afford the project and there was...
I wish to comment on the story about Richmond County
wanting a mayoralty system. Interesting how the present warden is so anxious
for this higher paying stint and with more or less total power for the entire
county to boot.
Consumers
- starting with the young, elderly and the handicapped population - are feeling
the pinch at the gas pumps.
The high price of gasoline, along with the closing of full service
gas bars at some of...
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...
There was once a time when everyone could see a doctor
whenever they needed to. If you go back far enough, doctors made house calls.
These days, more than 50,000 Nova Scotians don’t have a
family...