By: Christine Chisunka
I am Christine Chisunka, 24 and the last born in a family of three.
My family was very poor and my mother died when I was three...
We have arrived at the two-year milestone for this pandemic.
Much will be written about the rights and wrongs that stemmed from this viral contagion. The one thing about which we will agree is...
By: James Golemiec
Pretty much every time the weather gets turbulent, and sometimes just because it's foggy, or for no apparent reason at all, Nova Scotians have to endure power outages. In the...
Inverness County Cares (ICC) is a registered charity based in Inverness County. Our current project is with two schools in Northern Zambia, called the Kawambwa Project.
The two schools, St. Mary in Kawambwa and...
If what we eat is tasty, fragrant, packaged and readily available, what is not to like? Sadly much of what we eat has been affected by food processing, corporate marketing and nutritional adjustments.
Humans...
An ability I work to maintain is to be able to walk and to do so whenever it suits me.
A brisk walk, regardless of its distance, offers much for its participants. Walking, in...
Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to federal fisheries minister Joyce Murray.
Dear Minister Murray,
Fifty years ago, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) introduced the “Moonlighter Policy”...
There are concerns within the Village of St. Peter’s, at the intersection of Grenville and Pepperell Streets is unsafe, and is a discomfort for all motorists.
While experiencing a long waiting time at the...
The old site of St. Peter’s, on St. Peter’s Bay to the east of the canal in Cape Breton, would first feel the influence of European fisher folk and traders many centuries ago.
Portuguese...
By: Sister Agnes Bwalya
In our northern Zambian tradition, when workers go to work in the fields in early hours of the day, parents or elders in the family prepare food to eat...