Research shows early learning is beneficial. Educational play-based programs like our pre-primary initiative have been shown to improve social, health and emotional outcomes and these benefits last a lifetime. It will also save families thousands of dollars in child...
The Nova Scotia Liberal Caucus is calling on the Houston government to initiate an independent review of Nova Scotia Power to restore accountability and ensure the province’s energy future is reliable, affordable, and sustainable.
Nova Scotia has changed more in the past five years than it has in my lifetime. Our population is growing, there are cranes in the sky and the province is changing. While we see growth in our...
Inverness County Cares (ICC) works in partnership with Chalice Canada, an international aid organization based in Halifax, to support the two schools under the name of the Kawambwa Project.
The schools, St. Mary and...
Recently I have read articles in the provincial media concerning the Port of Halifax’s inability to handle and store cargo from the ships that are extremely large.
Suggestions have been made to develop the Dartmouth side of the harbour. Has...
Inverness County Cares members met many remarkable people at the Kawambwa School in Zambia.
This month we have chosen Fancy, an albino teacher at the St Odilia School. His autobiography gives a sense of...
Schools across Nova Scotia have started the new 2021-2022 term and school buses are transporting students in the early morning and late afternoon.
Responsibility is placed in the hands of school bus drivers to...
With record levels of anxiety, stress, and loneliness plaguing our country, a recent national survey commissioned by Scouts Canada offers some timely insight – and maybe even a solution. In a random survey of 1,000 Canadians, nearly...
Canadian public health guidance related to COVID-19 has
been changing as the evidence base and our understanding of COVID-19 is rapidly
evolving. We are continually looking at the evidence as it is being produced
and working with our partners across...
A Letter to the Editor in the March 20 edition of The Reporter asked “What is the Mining Association of Nova Scotia up to?” so I am writing to provide an answer.
The Mining Association of Nova Scotia is proposing...