The Strait area was deeply affected by the recent passing of former Member of Parliament and federal cabinet minister Allan J. MacEachen.
MacEachen passed away on September 12 at the age of 96. He was born and raised in Inverness...
In the Mi’kmaw calendar, December is Chief Moon Time (Kesikewiku’s).
The Mi’kmaw word breaks down to ‘winter moon’ but the adjective ‘Chief’ describes a December full moon that is 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than full...
As a wind developer, it lifts my spirits to get emails such as this one which I received a couple of days ago from a local resident: “I think the idea of a wind farm along Route...
Chewe Mupenzeni Lewis, an albino boy with low vision, was born on Aug. 8, 2007 in the Kasma district of the Northern Province of Zambia.
He is the third born child (and the only...
Have you ever heard of Sisyphus?
He’s a poor sap from Greek mythology who was condemned to a life of rolling a boulder up a hill almost to the top, only to have it come rolling down again. The term...
COVID-19 is more than a daily spreadsheet of virus and death totals for a community newspaper; it cuts more profoundly and personally for us.
It’s a story about the local trucker delivering goods to...
In studying the history of a village, town, or county, it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition, and rightfully so.
Successful entrepreneurs like...
It’s good to see the provincial government is willing to re-open now, and is considering the easing of more public health restrictions now that daily COVID-19 numbers remain low across Nova Scotia.
According to...
I’m sick today so it looks like you folks are stuck with another random thoughts column. Apologies.
Alright let us settle this once and for all. The hotdog is a sandwich. Yeah, yeah cry foul all you want, but the...
P.T. Barnum, a 19th century circus showman, famously
said: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” But I wonder if that famous
quote still applies to the cynical, paranoid, anxious society we’ve become,
where mass murders are commonplace and children...