Septic Awareness Week is Sept. 15 to 19 and Waste Water Nova Scotia Society (WWNS) is providing the opportunity for homeowners to be educated about the importance of septic tank maintenance to prevent failures, protect health, and...
I have never advocated that people who routinely feed low doses of antibiotics to livestock should be executed without trial. That would be too harsh, too irrevocable. There should be fair trials, and fines for a first offence, and...
By Dave MacNeil
It was just past midnight on Nov. 10, 1964, as Dad guided his Ford Falcon through an early-winter snow squall on Hawley’s Hill, just north of Mabou.
Mom’s...
As someone who attended every concert of Nova Scotia Summer Fest, I was heartbroken to learn that the festival is officially ceasing operations. It feels like the end of an era – not just for music lovers...
A public opinion poll conducted by CFIB with members of the Angus Reid Forum found that 10 per cent of Canadians have canceled their business travel to the U.S and 22 per cent cancelled their personal travel.
Dear Prime Minister Carney,
We are writing to express concern about the lack of progress on energy transmission in Atlantic Canada and to urge the new Major Projects Office to prioritize renewed discussions with...
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...
As Remembrance Day draws near, the red poppies bloom on lapels and coat collars across eastern Nova Scotia, signaling more than just the approach of Nov. 11.
In communities...
Hi! My name is Ezra and I’m 8.5 years old. I wanted to write about one of my favourite days of the year – May the 4th!
May the 4th is Star Wars Day...
By Dave MacNeil
With rubber boots making a splash in recent years on the fashion runways of Europe, I can only imagine what might have been 50 years ago, had my mother not forbid...