Earlier this year, the Liberal government launched a consultative process on Canada’s defence policy.
While Conservatives remain skeptical of the government’s intentions, especially given this government’s tendency to embark upon endless consultative processes rather than make the hard decisions inherent...
A bit of outside-the-box thinking might go a long way toward remedying the issue of wharves in Port Hood and on Port Hood Island.
The wharves were dealt something of a death blow on December 16 of last year when...
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...
Every woman I know who has married in the past few years has this in common with the others: once they walked down the aisle and said “I do,” they ditched their maiden names and adopted their husband’s surnames.
We’re...
I plan on contributing to my RRSP as I always do, but wondered how it works if I also contribute to a spousal RRSP. Does this count towards my contribution limit or my partner’s limit. It...
There was another mass shooting. Actually, if we’re nitpicking, there have been a total of 16 mass shootings in the United States in the less-than-three short weeks of 2017. Sixteen. Think about that.
The one I’m referring to is the...
The following is a list of Protestants in Isle Madame from January, 1852 transcribed by Stirling Edwards in September, 2004 from the records of St. John’s Anglican Church in Arichat.
This list is among the papers of the Rev. James...
With community determination and input Inverness County has grown and flourished; Canada’s Musical Coast, Celtic Shores Coastal Trail, but now a company wants to place massive industrial turbines 200-plus meters tall in the Creignish Mountain range.
In the last weeks, three political events have occurred: America (Trump) has become more demanding with NAFTA negotiations; Trump has suddenly pivoted towards Mexico on trade, thereby splitting (or attempting to split) the partners that might have stood firm...
In 1781 France supported the American colonies in their
efforts to maintain independence from the British empire. From the beginning of
the insurrection, France supplied munitions and naval power to the rebellion.
Nova Scotia remained loyal...