Retired Sergeant Tyson Matthew Bowen of Lorne, Pictou County passed away at the Aberdeen Hospital in the early hours of Sept. 3 at the age of 35.
Bowen was described in his obituary as...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905. He wrote Riviere Bourgeois from which this history is taken and translated.
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During the early period of colonization and during...
The life of an albino in Zambia, and many parts of Africa, is filled with fear and uncertainty. From birth, they are misunderstood and persecuted.
Due to widespread misinformation, communities believe albinism is infectious...
Accountability is an assurance that an individual or an organization will be evaluated on their performance or behaviour related to something for which they are responsible. An organization which follows the principles of accountability; transparency, participation, evaluation...
One local wind project was selected and another was rejected to take part in a power purchase agreement with Nova Scotia Power (NSP).
In a press release issued on Aug. 17, CustomerFirst Renewables (CFR),...
Regarding the Watershed Wilderness designation for Archibald Lake, the Cochrane Hill Gold Project did not meet the standard of federal law for major natural resource projects in Canada because the contractual agreement between the province and the...
The ninth resident pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, West Arichat, was Father Alexander Beaton, a Cape Breton priest of Scottish descent who spoke the three principal languages then used in the Diocese of Antigonish. There seems to...
We live in an age of mass media options and increasingly more choices regarding where we can obtain information.
Unfortunately, all that is distributed for our perusal is sometimes missing and pertinent data is...
Although it does have a role to play in helping get the word out fast, there are times when social media platforms help disseminate false, or misleading, information at the same speed.
In July,...
The fourth resident pastor was another priest from the Province of Quebec, Father Joseph Etienne Ethier. He was ordained in Montreal on Aug. 4, 1867 and was a fellow professor with Father Fournier on the staff of...