Over the past couple of months, we’ve had plenty to say
about how other people spend our money.
Take the mid-April fire that caused significant damage
at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, for example. The world reacted...
One of Arichat’s most outstanding priests was Father Jean-Baptiste Maranda who arrived in 1835.
Within three months, he had completed a thorough visitation of the parish finding 2,300 parishioners, 1,300 of whom were communicants....
Efficiency One’s recent energy poverty report shows tens of thousands of Nova Scotia families are struggling to cover the cost to keep the lights on and heat their homes.
“Nova Scotians are dealing with...
I have been told that Bras d’Or cod (Mi’kmaq: peju) are
“wormy.” The Mi’kmaw term for worm is “weti” but there isn’t a term that is
specific for the cod parasitic worm.
I know exactly what...
Fougeres is a town in France on the edge of Brittany, Maine, and Normandy. Its inhabitants are referred to as Fougerais and Fougeraises.
Fougere is also a family name dating back to medieval northwestern France in the region of Brittany. The...
Hopefully a new survey being undertaken by the Strait Richmond Housing Matters Coalition will be useful in making the case for more housing in the Strait area.
The coalition started in December 2018 after...
We are all familiar with hospital Emergency Room
closures, and as weeks and months go by, we are witnessing more and more ER
closures for longer periods of time. The reason given is a shortage of doctors.
It’s sad that it’s come to this.
A Houston high school has notified families that it’s
implementing a dress code – but not for the kids, for the adults. Apparently
parents haven’t been making good wardrobe...
By: James Golemiec
I was at Chapters and I came across a little book with a bright green cover, called How to Land a Plane. I did a quick skim inside and it...
It’s hard to believe that September of next year will be 20 years since Hurricane Juan passed this way.
I slept through the whole event that night, at my girlfriend’s townhouse overlooking Bedford basin....