The Strait Area Chamber of Commerce wishes to congratulate those joining or returning to our region’s municipal councils. We also thank the many strong candidates who put their names forward to serve. This election has brought significant change to municipal...
The federal government has dropped the ball once again, on how they’re dealing with the roll out of a new initiative involving cannabis. It’s hard to believe the government that was forward-thinking enough to legalize the use...
Sorry folks. I wasn’t able to hit Wonder Woman this week so I’ll have to postpone my commentary. I will get it to you next week. In the mean time, it’s random thought time. Here we go. First of all, the...
A former Canadian Prime Minister returned to the Strait area recently, and after this visit, the region’s largest educational institution will be forever changed. On October 26, StFX alumnus and former PM Brian Mulroney returned to the Antigonish campus to...
In the days leading up to Halloween, we got an ugly reminder that few things are scarier than a coward with an agenda. Over a four-day span, packages containing pipe bombs showed up in the mailboxes, residences and workplaces of...
For years now, members of the conservation community and even anonymous government employees have expressed to me their worry that exactly this would happen - that years of lethargy from our provincial government would result, finally, in their abandoning the...
With reference to the conditions that allowed for the formation of the United Nations, Sir Winston Churchill has been credited with stating: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Some would argue that we are...
“For too long, we were denied access to our own reserve land on the south side of the highway.” Paqtnkek First Nation Chief PJ Prosper on January 16 regarding the new highway interchange “I was quite...
“733 million people (1 in 11) go hungry everyday.” (Global Hunger Index, 2024). Malnutrition is a time bomb ticking away to premature grave. The World Health Organization reveals, malnutrition rates are rising due to...
Recently, provincial government officials confirmed that yet another redesign of the rotary in Port Hastings project now includes an overpass to Highway 105, multiple traffic lights, and a bypass lane coming from Port Hawkesbury, along with new...




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