Nova Scotia’s Official Opposition MLAs are calling on the Houston government to take action and ensure Nova Scotians get mental health care when they need it. Despite a promise to provide universal mental health care province-wide, Nova...
By Dave MacNeil
As I edit my daughter’s university paper on Caravaggio’s The Entombment of Christ with 25 minutes to go to her submission deadline, I can’t help but think that the table we’re...
Nobody said being a parent would be easy, but some challenges can feel especially daunting. One is the prospect of talking to your kids about the experiences they’re having growing up.
For example, conversations...
Premier Tim Houston has recently taken to Mi’kmaq communities like a wolf in a very confused sheep costume – loud, alarming, and entirely miscast. His latest performance? Warning residents that illegal cannabis dispensaries are teeming with fentanyl...
Nova Scotia’s Official Opposition MLAs are calling on the Houston government to take action and ensure Nova Scotians get mental health care when they need it. Despite a promise to provide universal mental health care province-wide, Nova...
I have long believed that the restaurant industry is among the most challenging ways to earn a living, and the past several years have only reinforced that view.
Extended hours, razor-thin margins, rising food...
Household garbage collection comes around once weekly in Richmond County.
Residents need three separate garbage bags, one large size clear bag and two large size blue bags. Using the large clear bag only for...
With a week to go before Parliament resumes, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on the federal government to make 2026 a year of the entrepreneur and implement policies that will support the growth and success of small businesses.
“2025 was a rollercoaster for small businesses. They had...
By Dave MacNeil
Growing up with as many as a dozen people living under one roof, there wasn’t a lot of need for a green bin, if one even existed back in the 70s.
There are few things more jarring than sipping your morning coffee, scrolling through international headlines over the holiday season, and discovering that somewhere across the pond, a parliament has risen in solemn unison to debate the moral...