At about 7 a.m. in the morning on Thursday, February 16 in Ruai, Kenya, 280-plus students were on parade to pray, sing and give words of welcome to Fr. Duncan MacIsaac (Stella Maris and St Margaret’s parish priest), representing...
Asked how much time they spend helping or supervising their children’s homework routine, many of my friends and acquaintances will say "hours.” And after a full day of work and school, it’s exhausting.
Luckily for me, I don’t say this...
As Canada Day has come and gone for another year, unfortunately the debate over whether to celebrate the birth of this nation has not.
As of press time, the remains of 1,287 people have...
Let’s go back to 2013 when our provincial government,
in partnership with numerous stakeholders, created the Parks and Protected
Areas Plan. It was an inspired document, identifying huge tracts of land which
were ripe for formal protection either as wilderness...
“God be with the citizens, we are back to the time of poverty,” wrote Saudi Arabian blogger Rayan al-Shamri on Twitter last week. That’s a bit strong, but he and his fellow citizens are certainly no longer living in...
Yep, the election is in full swing.
You can almost smell the desperation and longing for attention. As a person who dislikes politics in all forms, here’s a little survivor’s guide to making it out of this election with at...
La Fédération acadienne la Nouvelle-Écosse se mobilise avec la Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne (FCFA) et le Conseil national des parents francophones (CNPF) pour souligner l'importance de l'adoption par le gouvernement fédéral de l'amendement du projet...
I’ve lived the grand majority of my 44 years of life in two specific places: Grand-Greve, Richmond County (roughly 27 years) and Port Hawkesbury (nearly 14 years), with the remainder spent in Halifax for my university education.
My wife and...
Inverness County Cares (ICC) continues to work on their commitment to raise the $60,000 portion of the $120,000 needed to support the St, Charles Lwanga Secondary School in Nairobi, Kenya for a budget year. Our partner Chalice Canada of...
There were a lot of different topics I could have chosen to write my column about this week.
There are wonderful accolades that could have been offered. There are issues that are concerning to...