When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action. When you desire a consequence, you had damned well better take the action that would create it. We all make choices, but in the end...
Skin cancer accounts for one in three new cancer diagnosis in Canada, with Nova Scotia having one of the highest rates of melanoma in the country.
A major cause of skin cancer is exposure...
At the outset of the #MeToo era, the slogan “Believe women” became a rallying cry for the movement and was used as a tool to challenge victim-blaming attitudes and to engage wider audiences in conversations about gender-based...
By: Evans Simutami
I am the second born in a family of two boys and two girls; three children are black and I am the only albino child and have limited vision. My...
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...
Recently, I had the honour of being requested to do a eulogy for a 95-year-old friend with whom I had the good fortune of knowing since my childhood.
My commemorative challenge was to take...
By: Mwaba Goodson
I am an albino man with low vision and I was born on March 23, 1992 in Chilubi district of Northern Province of Zambia.
I am the...
Editor’s note: The following was sent to Premier Tim Houston about plans for a federal dental program.
For over half a century, Nova Scotians have benefited from provincially administered government dental programs that cover...
We all recognize that welcoming communities are good for everyone; they’re good for current residents, they’re good for newcomers, and they’re good for our future.
When people feel welcomed by the community they live...
I am not here to argue the merits of consolidation.
Not being privy to the extensive research completed by councils, but only being presented with those aspects of the research that support a position...