On July 8, 1773, a rickety 20-year-old Dutch ship left Loch Broom on the west coast of Scotland with 189 displaced Highland Scots on board seeking a new life in the wilderness of eastern Canada.
Like some of the vessels...
Poor Andrew Scheer.
He was poised to be Prime Minister only two years after
winning the federal Conservative leadership, as the Trudeau Liberal brand went
south once the SNC-Lavalin scandal
broke in February.
Then...
The 1972 RABA season ended with a three-play-down format, quarter-final, semi-final, and championship rounds.
In one quarter-final best-two-out-of-three round, the Red Caps defeated Little Anse 16-4 and 11-6. The round of River Bourgeois versus Port Hawkesbury went the distance with...
During the Covid-19 pandemic, home is the safest place
we can be. We are socially isolating in an attempt to stop the spread and
flatten the curve.
However, for many children, youth, and adults home is
not...
Rev. Guillame Marin LeBlanc was the son of Pierre LeBlanc and Barbe Martel. He descended from the Acadians of Grand Pré who were deported to Philadelphia in 1755 but eventually returned and settled in Arichat.
In 1880 LeBlanc had opposed...
After 66 years in the priesthood and after recently turning 93 years of age, Father Hughie D. MacDonald has decided to retire.
Fr. MacDonald said his plan is to continue working until living space becomes available at the facility which...
By: Dawn Ostrem
When I moved to Cape Breton five years ago, I mentioned to someone that I had bad nerves.
What I meant was that I got nervous about everyday things; speaking in front of large crowds, or climbing ladders....
In 1897 Bertram Bourinot began the Richmond County Record, a periodical that lasted for almost 80 years. Marshall Bourinot worked with his father and continued the paper into the 1970s. The following are excerpts from the Richmond County Record...
The Fleur-de-Lis Highway, from Point A to Point B, is approximately 20-plus kilometres (km) of paved roadway. Residents have been battling over many tiring years for safer roads, especially those relying on the St. Peter’s to Fourchu...
Let’s go back to Arichat in 1935.
We have arrived at what is known as “the Head of the
Harbour.” Once again, we encounter a vacant area that extended from Joe
Martell’s to Remi LeBlanc’s, however,...