On Arichat’s main street in 1935 was a lane most people referred to as “Godfrey’s Lane” due to the fact that the the LeBlanc home and the G.J. LeBlanc general store were located at the bottom of the lane...
The name D’Escousse has evolved from several variations such as de Coux, Decoux (Thomas Pichon), and Descout, a seaman who frequented the area. The 1752 census used this name. The word “escousse” means stopping off point.
By: Yvonne Fox
“First Canso petitioner sees dream come true – sought signatures in 1883”
This was the headline for an article in The Halifax Herald’s August 11, 1955 newspaper.
In studying the history of a village, town or county, it is those individuals who had an impact on the life of their time who receive the recognition – and rightfully so.
Successful entrepreneurs...
After the controversy in the federal riding of Cape
Breton-Canso over the MP’s decision to leave public life, and even more so, the
government’s consideration of a new airport in the Inverness area, the riding
of Central Nova also made...
Green Island is located at the northeast entrance to Chedabucto Bay and the Strait of Canso, a busy sea-lane in the “days of wooden ships and iron men.”
It is also an area of...
The province’s decision to control the reporting of certain COVID-19 numbers could prove damaging for the new government, as well as efforts to effectively deal with the virus.
Just before the holidays, the province...
Since there have been children, there have been zealous parents who advocate for them.
In the past few years, however, that zealousness has curdled into outright obnoxiousness. And while schools and functions are rife with horror stories of helicopter parents,...
While police and provincial officials maintain they do not know how, there are residents from outside Nova Scotia coming into this province without permission.
In the past couple of weeks, there were two cases...
Over the past couple of months, we’ve had plenty to say
about how other people spend our money.
Take the mid-April fire that caused significant damage
at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, for example. The world reacted...