Days after Premier Tim Houston held a health summit with senior health officials, the province announced changes to emergency care.
Among its main commitments, the province wants to have teams led by doctors focus...
By: Zack Metcalfe
In 1955 the last of Nova Scotia’s Peregrine falcons was plucked from its nest on the cliffs of Cape d’Or, probably sold to falconers in the midst of the species’ collapse.
We’ve all heard the name peregrine, even...
On the surface, a change to one line in our national anthem might not seem to have that much in common with recent revisions to the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program.
And yet, as both stories dominated the headlines last...
One day over the Christmas holidays, three of the four
MacDonalds were in separate rooms on the second level of our house, chatting
and laughing about a topic I can’t even remember.
In the midst of...
The efforts of a local group in amassing data about immigrants to Cape Breton will be invaluable in helping increase the numbers of newcomers to the region.
In the past four years, approximately 200...
My first legislative sitting as an MLA has been a fascinating journey into the world of political baseball, where deflecting criticism is a full-time job for Liberal cabinet ministers.
We pitch ‘em, they bat ‘em. We want answers, they give...
As prosecutors, Crown attorneys of the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service are committed to the fair treatment of all members of the public who encounter the criminal justice system, including African Nova Scotians.
We...
I sent a friend I haven’t seen in a while a Spotify playlist of songs I thought might remind her of me.
I’m not sure why I did this but it was a thing and here we are. I am...
As we approach Remembrance Day, I am hoping that perhaps your readership can assist me with a solemn, but important, task related to veterans.
I am the coordinator of the Last Post Fund’s Unmarked...
War is death; it is destruction, and suffering. It is also a time when men and women, soldiers and civilians stand up and face great danger to stop wars and restore peace. But how do we remember...