On November 10, on your behalf, I attended a meeting of about a dozen chamber representatives from across Nova Scotia and several members of the Provincial Advisory Council to the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting was hosted by the...
I never thought I’d see the day when even one person would become so fed up with – or just plain terrified by – their political choices that they’d turn to a comedy show for some semblance of democracy...
Efforts to provide assistance and comfort to crew members on a boat that has been docked at the wharf in Port Hawkesbury for more than a year are certainly heartwarming.
Five crew members of the Dutch Runner – including three...
Raise your hand if you still have a landline.
It may seem like a silly question, but the number of people trading their home phone line to rely solely on their cell phone, is growing every day, it seems. As...
The 1959 season in the Richmond County Baseball League (RCBL) saw the Petit de Grat Red Caps resume their winning ways and recapture the championship.
The young, talented squad that had fallen to the River Bourgeois Tigers in the finals...
The NHL’s 31st team now has a name and that name is the Vegas Golden Knights.
Good lord. First of all, and I’m sure I railed against this since the announcement, why is there another hockey team going to the...
The Strait regional school board’s International Student Program invites you and your family to join other families in the Strait region who enjoy the enriching and rewarding experience of becoming a host family.
Imagine sharing the beauty, history and culture...
It took a minute or two for reality to set in and even though the sentence "Trump is the US president" still sounds in my head like something smashing into panes of glass, it's time to put in some...
Ephrem Boudreau was born in River Bourgeois in 1905.
After his classical studies from 1922 to 1928 at the seminary at Trois Riviere, he spent three years at agricultural school at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere. Here he earned bachelors’ degrees in arts and...
Our flight took us over the Strait of Canso, over Lennox Passage, and many of the islands that lay adjacent to Janvrin’s Island and Arichat.
A quick glance reveals an abundance of gravel and sand that make up the shores...