One of my friends announced good news the other day by posing her youngest daughter in a pink dress and with a sign that read: “Soon-to-be middle child. Good thing I can’t read yet.”
Predictably, justifiably, people in our group...
January 9, 1912: Charles Henri Shannon, son of Charles Shannon and Marie Samson, married Marie Aida Landry, daughter of the late Alexander Landry and Adeline Richard, witnesses were Wallace Kavanagh and Marie Landry
January 22, 1912; William Fougere, son of...
This would not be a typical tourist stop, even though it was happening in one of the most historically and culturally significant parts of Atlantic Canada, and arguably, the entire country.
There we were, me and Cathy and five members...
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil.
Dear Premier;
Thank you for commissioning the Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia. The subject is complex, and public interest is keen. Along with other forest...
As if waiting in traffic for two hours in sweltering late summer heat isn’t enough, motorists were further insulted when officials responsible for the delay pointed fingers rather than taking responsibility.
After a number of lengthy delays at the Canso...
By: Dr. Annamarie Hatcher
The September moon is called Wikumkewiku’s, or mate-calling time, in Mi’kmaw culture.
I am sure that the mating antics of the moose (Mi’kmaq: Tia’m) played a part in that descriptor for this time of year. Prehistoric-sounding wails...
Perhaps it’s envy, or maybe it’s a simple by-product of age, but I’ve grown weary of stories about kids hitting it big (important note: I am at the age where everyone younger than me is referred to as a...
The 1852 Church Census was transcribed by Stirling Edwards in September, 2004, from the records of St. John’s Anglican Church in Arichat.
This list is among the papers of the Rev James Allen Shaw, the first Rector of St. John’s....
As much as I’m happy to see September arrive, part of me hates to leave August behind.
That’s likely because the month of August is responsible for some of the most life-changing, transformative, growth-building and heart-filling moments I’ve ever had....
Bill Lahey’s Independent Forestry Review Report is a long-awaited vindication of what many woodlot owners, harvesters, and environmentalists have been saying for years: we need a forestry industry that leaves a significant portion of forest intact for the next...