Lawyer and politician Thomas Horace Fuller was born in 1816 or 1819, probably in Arichat. He was the son of John Fuller, sheriff of Richmond County and Mary Oakley. Thomas Horace’s brother was Hyacinth Huden Fuller who married on...
Looking back over the decades and, indeed, centuries, it is amazing to observe the numerous family names that once were common in this area. Two of those names that no longer holds a place here are Begin...
January 30, 1900: Theophile Boudrot, son of Desire
Boudrot and the late Virginia Josse, married Marie Barbe LeBlanc, daughter of
Paul LeBlanc and the late Sophie LeBlanc, witnesses Bertie Boudrot and Harriet
Anne Meunier
February 5, 1900:...
This is kind of embarrassing so please let me get to the end before you judge.
A week prior to me seeing Wonder Woman, three friends and I discussed the casting of Gal Gadot in the titular (stop giggling) role....
November 20, 1907: Arthur Poirier, widower married
Sarah Jeanne Goyetche, daughter of Jean Goyetche and Angélique Bourque,
witnesses Jacques Goyetche and Emilie Goyetche
January 22, 1908: Pierre A. Richard, son of Pierre
Richard and Célina Boucher married...
Protect West Mabou Beach Provincial Park? It should be transferred to the Department of Environment and Climate Change, so there will be no more closed door meetings allowing one minister to possibly sign over our beach and...
Highway 104 was built over 40 years ago as a non- access highway from either direction starting west to east from Port Hawkesbury and ending at River Tillard Bridge.
No one is permitted to...
When I reflect on memories of our cat Sadie that
predate her departure from this world last Thursday afternoon, her purr will
always come back to me.
It often reached incredible volumes – Cathy described it
as...
My first legislative sitting as an MLA has been a fascinating journey into the world of political baseball, where deflecting criticism is a full-time job for Liberal cabinet ministers.
We pitch ‘em, they bat ‘em. We want answers, they give...
It’s always when I’m doing something mindless like
chores or paperwork that a memory reminding me of an old friend is triggered.
I was looking out the window last night while loading
the dishwasher when an...