Family doctors are asking Nova Scotians to roll up their sleeves to receive a flu shot. This year, it’s even more important to be vaccinated against the influenza virus and its complications.
That’s because...
The recent decision by the provincial government to introduce sweeping changes to the education system has generated strong opinions.
On January 24, the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Zack Churchill, announced the province will adopt the recommendations outlined...
Twenty-seven years ago, violence erupted in Cap Auguet,
near Arichat, and a tactical police squad was deployed to quell the
disturbance.
For many people in and around the area, this would seem
like an outlandish statement. Cap...
I knew it was coming… the sudden darkness and interior
silence which marks the loss of power.
I filled my bath tub and several containers with
drinking water, gathered firewood and prepared a store of canned...
It’s hard to fathom what is going through the heads of some people who continue to brazenly disregard public health rules around Nova Scotia.
As is the case in places like the Annapolis Valley,...
I am a very concerned citizen of Route 19 on beautiful Cape Breton Island.
The Rhodena Wind Farm Project is a proposal by developers from away. They are planning to erect 18 industrial wind...
What did the main street of Arichat look like in 1935, over eighty years ago? Roughly in the center of the village stood the stately and unique Commercial House, a hotel servicing the needs of salesmen, businessmen, and travelers...
Every so often, rightly or wrongly, a government-supported business venture becomes a political football.
From Sydney Steel, to SNC-Lavalin, we’ve seen decades’ worth of fall-out from government intervention in the business community. Occasionally, however, the sticks we use to beat...
This week, I will be leading my third major agricultural trade mission to China, one of the most promising markets for our farmers and food processors.
This will be the largest agricultural trade mission in Canada’s history, and we are...
Fifty years ago, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin witnessed
a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California that killed an estimated 3,500
sea birds, as well as marine animals such as dolphins, elephant seals, and sea
lions.